It has been an interesting morning. Not many people can say they have a chicken bathing in their living-room. But Lucy is here being taken care of by a very attentive Z~girl.
We think she is egg-bound. Z~girl who keeps very careful count of how many eggs each hen lays (she has the exact count written in a book from when they first started laying) and she is pretty sure Lucy hasn't laid in a couple of days. She observed that she kept laying down and not wanting to walk around plus her comb and wattles are a very pale red which isn't normal for her. Surely we can count this as supplementary enrichment of our science curriculum? Haha!
Seriously though, the hands on care she provides for our chickens, rabbits, and dog will go a long way in learning so much more than any homeschool elementary or public school science education would. Both A and Z learn so much more with having so much hands on experiences in addition to their homeschool curriculum. I also think I will order some poultry 4-H curriculum for Z~girl so she can continue to learn more.
I'll do an update later on how she is doing. Our chickens are more like pets than just "farm animals", as we would never eat any of our chickens. (or rabbits!) Let me just say that I am VERY thankful that we have wood floors in our livingroom.
The advice we had was to "check the chickens vent" and see if there was a stuck egg. Tipping a chicken upside down and probing its private parts was the last thing I thought I would be doing when I woke up this AM. Fortunately the glove were way to small and I supervised Z-girl as she did the actual hands on part. Techdadz.com
ReplyDeleteSo . . . was there an egg there? The worst we have had to do is smear bag balm on our RI Red's vent when it was prolapsed. No probing here.
DeleteThere was something there....not sure what. LOL She still hasn't laid but after many baths she is drinking and eating again (and pooping ;) and she acts quite a bit perkier...not sure what to think or do.
ReplyDelete^ and you didn't see her lay anything or pass anything? Oh-oh. Be careful she's not outsmarting you and has learned a new way to get attention....and spa treatments. ;) lol
ReplyDeleteHahahah! She is definitely loving the spa treatments but still no egg and she is confined to a dog crate so we would see it.
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