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When the temperature drops…
Damn my short feathers, originally uploaded by Dixiebean.
…so do Dita’s feathers. Once again, the daft little Pekin has chosen to moult now that the weather’s started to turn a bit chilly. She seems to be feeling a little self conscious about her rapidly balding head, hiding away from the camera behind the last of the [...]
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Tags: chickens, garden, weather
…and relax
It feels like we’re turning a corner here. Things got a bit hairy for a while with Pepper & George’s myxi – who are thankfully healing up nicely – and distinctly hairless with Dixie. Our little old lady of the bunch had surgery for a hernia in her belly, and while we all held our [...]
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Tags: birthday, rabbits, tortoises
Hope
It’s been an emotionally draining couple of weeks, but Pepper is hanging in there – scabs and all. The snuffles have really hit her hard, so today the vet switched her treatment to penicillin injections. She’s so bunged up it was getting really difficult for her to take the syringed medication, so at least this [...]
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Tags: garden, Pets, rabbits
It never rains…
The good news is that none of the pets are on Baytril at the moment – result! Naturally there is a downside to this, and it’s a pretty big one: Pepper has myxomatosis. Just seeing it typed out makes me feel queasy.
Last Tuesday I noticed her eyelid was a little swollen, so it was off [...]
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Tags: Pets, rabbits
Dolly
If someone had tried to tell me a few years ago that chickens can make really great pets, I probably would have laughed in their face – or just given them my best pitying look and thought they needed to get out more. Sure, they’re nice to have around, but what do they really do [...]
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Tags: chickens, dolly, Pets
Fowl time
It took us a few weeks, but after hunting about on the net and avoiding some strangely cold-hearted locals*, we tracked down our new friends. Being left with a rather small flock (hmm, collective term for chickens..?) of 3 with Tairrie’s departure back in May, the time had come to introduce some fresh feathered friends [...]
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Tags: chickens, Pets
Blame it on the button
It seems that at the moment, our household’s destiny is to keep Baytril manufacturers in business. Dolly will be on antibiotics for a month; apparently at least one of the pets in the garden has to be… Although she’s not yet quite back to normal, I’m tentatively hopeful that she’ll make a full recovery. It’s [...]
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Tags: bag, chickens
Irresistible
Garden activities have taken something of a back seat lately, as I haven’t yet found the dedication to weed flowerbeds and dig soil over in the pouring rain – and don’t intend to, actually. Fortunately, it was bright, sunny and warm on Saturday when a group of us headed off to the seaside for Rachel’s [...]
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Tags: bag, beach, chickens, Smart car, weather
Endings
I’m sure it’s a cliché that people return from holiday declaring that they need another one to get over it, but maybe things become clichés because they’re true! Without wishing to sound ungrateful for my trip to the Caribbean (courtesy of the in-laws!), I wouldn’t have chosen to go somewhere so hot; I think I [...]
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Tags: beach, camera, chickens, Travel, weather
Chocolate -2 days and counting
It’s nice to have a couple of peaceful days after the somewhat stressful events in recent weeks. Pie seems to be doing well now; his daily routine involves warm baths and plenty of basking under the sun heat lamp and UV tube, with spells outside if the weather’s up to scratch. He’s very happy romping [...]
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