WE HAVE HAD OUR FIRST BROODY CHICKEN! WE ARE USING THE DOG CAGE TO BREAK HER BROOD AS I AM NOT PUTTING UP WITH IT FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS!!

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED WE HAVE BUILT A NEW RAMP FOR THE COOP. THE OLD RAMP WAS ABIT NARROW AND ROUGH SO WE FOUND A OLD BED HEAD THAT HAD BEEN DUMPED AND PUT A BOARD ON THE BOTTOM TO FILL THE GAP. I AM HOPING THAT THIS WILL HELP THE BUMBLEFOOT.

WE ARE STILL TREATING THE BUMBLEFOOT WITH ANTIBIOTICS AND SEEMS TO BE WORKING FINGERS CROSSED.

YOU WILL HAVE SEEN THAT WE HAVE NOW ADDED A GALLERY TO THE SITE THIS WILL UPDATE AS WE TAKE MORE PHOTOS! YOU WILL SEE TWO PHOTOS OF ME WASHING AND BLOW DRYING SNOWBALL SOON AFTER WE GOT HER SHE WAS COVERED IN POO AND DIRT AND A FEW SHOTS OF THE OTHER GIRLS.

THE BUMBLE FOOT SEEMS TO BE UNDER SOME SORT OF CONTROL. MILLY IS IN A LARGE DOG CAGE AT THE MOMENT, AS THIS WILL KEEP HER FOOT AS CLEAN AS POSSABLE. WE THINK WE HAVE FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. WE HAD THREE HOLLY TREES IN THE GARDEN, THE LEAVES ARE SHARP AND CAN PUNCTURE THE SKIN THEN INFECTION GETS IN. SO LAST WEEKEND WE CUT DOWN THE TREES AND REMOVED ALL LEAVES!! THIS I HOPE WILL SOLVE IT!

I HAVE RE-LOCATED A CAMERA TO SHOW THERE DUST BATH AREA YOU SHOULD SEE MORE OF THE GIRLS NOW, I WILL BE PLAYING AROUND WITH THE LOCATION OF ALL THE CAMERAS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

FEED BACK WOULD BE NICE.

NOT MUCH IN THE TERMS OF UPDATES OF LATE SORRY! WELL LOOKS AS IF MILLIE NOW HAS BUMBLEFOOT AHHHHHHH! IF YOU CAN'T SEE THE CHICKENS MUCH THEY HAVE SEEM TO HAVE BECOME CAMERA SHY OR IT COULD BE THAT THE WEATHER HAS BEEN SO BAD LATELY THAT THEY ARE JUST SHELTERING! WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SAVING FOR A NEW COOP AND A NEW CAMERA SO LOOK OUT FOR NEW THINGS SOON!

SNOWBALL IS BACK WITH THE FLOCK, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AFTER AND CLEANING HER FOOT FOR THE LAST WEEK SHE IS STILL ON ANTIBIOTICS. THE SWELLING IS STILL THERE BUT SHE IS WALKING MUCH BETTER, WE THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS MISSING THE REST OF THE GIRLS AND ALSO IT WOULD BE HARD TO GET HER BACK WITH THE FLOCK. TIME WILL TELL IF THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA. SHE DOES SEEM TO BE HAPPER IN THE GARDEN!

WE HAVE NOTICED FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS THAT THE BUMBLEFOOT IS BACK IN SNOWBALL, WE HAVE TRIED TO TREAT IT AGAIN AND SHE IS BACK IN THE UTILITY ROOM TO KEEP HER CLEAN. SHE HAS A BANDAGE ON THE FOOT THAT HAS BEEN CUT OPEN AGAIN TO REMOVE THE HARD CHEEZY PUS NICE!

I HOPE THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME WE HAVE TO DO THIS SHE DOES NOT SEEM TO FEEL THE PAIN BUT IT IS NOT NICE SEEING HER NOT BALE TO WALK PROPERLY.