Scaly Leg Mite Treatment - Update

The Chooks were given a vaseline-ing the other day to treat their scaly leg mite. These images show their legs and feet 2 days after treatment. You can see that heaps of dirt has stuck to the vaseline, however, some of the scaly bits have dropped off which I am pleased about. You can just see some smoother, slightly pinker skin beneath.

Sparrow running is a very funny thing indeed.

Delightful chook portraits.

Sparrow, a blue orpington (well, she's brown, ok?) has beautiful feathers.

Sunshine enjoying a peck and a scratch about beside the peepers' hutch.

Do you notice the plastic container on the bench seat?

Yes, well, um, while the baby peepers were getting cat biscuits as a temporary ration, the cat decided that he liked the taste of chicken pellets!

Peepers - Day 2

Day 2 and the Peepers are getting a bit braver. The wooden step down to the grass of their hutch no longer terrifies them quite so much (they fell off a bit to start with).

 They huddle together and move almost as one organism, or at least on brain!

Chomper comes to meet the chicks. He didn't try to attack, just sniffed...

... and decided that since they were in his hutch, they must belong to him!

Chomsky and Sunshine come to an agreement over ownership of the hutch and it's fascinating occupants.

This elegant stretching is what I call chicken ballet.

Barbara is the smallest, she's a Rhode Island Red and I suspect she may only be 4 or 5 weeks old.

The water dish has been replaced with a sturdier version, complete with beach-rocks from Wai-iti to weight it down so they can't tip it over.

Dred Rock and Barbara share a beak of water.

Sunshine comes over to see what all the noise and peeping is about. You can see how little they are.

 We are tall! This is Manu stretching up to get a tasty sandfly.

Manu and Dred Rock both have a lot more plummage than Barbara. Although none have many feathers on their back.

Gorgeous chickie.

Lots of photos and video today.

Bye!

Peepers - Day 1

The Peepers came home in the cat-carry cage.

 It was hot in the car, and the plastic was slippery so they all ended up bunched in the corner.

Once home, I popped them into the rabbit hutch; no rabbit currently resident.

 They are small and tired, the day is hot. It took them six hours to figure out the water dish!

 The hutch showing the yellow nest area (for them to sleep in), and the little black huddle of chicks in the back left corner.

At night time the wind and rain got up, so me and my husband covered the hutch in a big tarp and tucked it under. The upturned table is to weight it down. The vertical bamboo stick is to help secure the mesh doorway.

Cold peepers at night. Silly things wouldn't go into their yellow nest.