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so sorry for your loss Mary Janet; she is at peace now, and you gave her a beautiful send off :hugs

Has anyone here seen MaryJanet? I'm starting to worry about her. Covid can rebound harder just after people think they're getting better. And does she have any backup for looking after her chooks if she's incapacitated? Any news from anyone would be gratefully received.

what lucky chickens they are to have you! :love

me too!

I hope you get a good night's sleep; you did the right thing. :hugs You have been lucky too today; I have not yet witnessed an egg being laid, I hope to someday.

you are focusing on the food, which was not the cause of her problem, but merely the hoped-for remedy to her problem. Her weight loss was just the symptom of something going seriously wrong in her digestive system. You must not beat yourself up with what-ifs about how you tried - following an...

absolutely. You went way above and beyond what most would do. She was very lucky to have you. Try to remember her when she was well. :hugs

You might find this helpful for understanding what may or may not be going on in Lorna's gut https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119393460 It's not the most recent review of potential causes of her problem (it's from 2008) but it is comprehensive, and relatively...

No I didn't. After a lifetime in research, I do a lot of my own. And the vet that sees the dog has sold out to a corporation that doubled the prices for half the service. I now take the other chickens as my first and true advisors: if they (or in particular, if the matriarch Maria) stick with...

:fl for Lorna. I've had a few just waste away over the years, and never really got to the bottom of it. I think there are quite a few different things that can cause it, and often there are multiple things going on inside, so it's hard to unravel their combined symptoms and work out what's...

Ah - if only! Sadly it's more complicated. Many will live with it, especially if it's a mild strain, and many, though carrying it, recover and resume a normal life - though it might take a year or so to get there (and a lot of people will have culled such a bird before then so don't even know...

I'm sure that's true. The Romans ate a wide variety of birds, not just the few we do. There are ancient cookery books for written evidence of (some, mostly elite) Roman cuisine, but sadly we also depend on Roman sources for written evidence of what the people they conquered did and ate too...

I imagine it's generally sound but it's not quite accurate, as there definitely were chickens here before the Romans. What's not clear is whether there were specifically Dorking chickens here before the Romans, and whether the ancient Britons ate them, despite what Caesar says once (an accurate...

pity it doesn't give a precise reference; if I have time later I'll see if I can track it down. Was easier than I thought: "Columella's De Re Rustica (1954) is one of several agricultural works that provide instructions for the care of egg-laying chickens, including housing requirements and...

I stayed on Sodermalm many years ago, and really loved it: fab view over Stockholm (when the ferries weren't parked up in the way!). The architecture and island structure is hugely appealing, but the prices weren't! Scrumptious cakes and breads in cosy cafes cost a fortune. But the apple cake...

There are 3 major agricultural treatises surviving and translated into English if you're really interested. The Dorking info comes from Roman historians writing on the invasion and then assorted sources recording life in Roman Britain e.g. the Vindolanda tablets, which among other things...

and she should be very resilient - the point of the long history is that they've survived through thick and thin!

Hej Mary Janet! Where abouts in Sweden? I think it's a beautiful country.

the breed - the five toes are the key to the identification, and while there are a few other 5-toed varieties, they were certainly not the norm then. Of course we've had 2,000 years evolution and selective breeding since then, and mosaics and painted surfaces aren't photos of course :lol:, but I...

Only the speckled variety of Sussex really appeals to me (I think I must have a thing about spotty plumage), and I love the Dorking's longevity - first mentioned in Roman sources, but it's not clear whether they found it here when they invaded or brought it with them.