Hazel on drugs!

So, how do you give antibiotics to a chicken? It's an olympic sport! The theory is you wrap her in a towel, tuck her under your arm or inbetween your knees, prise open her beak and squirt it down!!! Nice and easy............... Ha!

An average the first 2 doses took about 30mins as she DIDN'T want to be caught, I think that she could see that towel under my arm! So the 1st day I was at work there I was in the run at 6am trying to catch her...... I tried to coax her with corn, which work eventually. But if I carry on like that they'll all be the size of a house! It wasn't so bad while they were having their afternoon mash, so maybe i'll try porridge for breakfast as the last 2 doses are tomorrow, so wish me luck!

Hazel goes to the vets

Well. Hazel has been unwell :-( After sitting in the nest box most of the day she made it out onto her favorite perch and stayed there. She was not to be temped with any yummy food and would not socialize with the others....... So as we were under the pressure of time as Nick was away for the next few days, off we went to the vets!

She was a lovely vet and was great with Hazel...... Poor hazel though, she was brill even when the nasty lady stuck her finger up her bottom!!!!! Luckily she couldn't find anything wrong. She now has antibiotics........... Great.