Monday, March 30, 2015

Strange day so far. Two things which I thought were going to happen- the boys coming out and a friend of Mr. Moon's staying the night here before a fishing trip- are not happening.
I can't seem to settle into a day and it's well half-over.

Elvis is not doing well. Right now he's standing under the kitchen porch, Miss Butterscotch keeping vigil at his sickbed. I have offered him bread with yogurt and olive oil but he is not touching it. When Mr. Moon gets home we'll try and clear that crop again.
I feel so sad.
I've read so much online and so many people do actually take their chickens to the vet but I don't think I'm that sort of chicken keeper. What if we take him and they say that he'll need surgery? Which, from what I've read, is a possibility.

No. Not doing that. As magnificent as he is, as much as we love him, that just seems too precious and crazy to me.

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We massaged his crop again. Not much came out. I don't think our Elvis is going to make it.



15 comments:

  1. You can take him and then decide on the outcome after you know...But I wouldn't blame you a bit if you didn't opt for that.

    Oh, Elvis. This is sad.

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  2. Sorry for Elvis and for you. I think you have the right mix of love, care, and pragmatism.

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  3. Oh my it seems some people do the surgery themselves https://bethelfarms.wordpress.com/medical-help-crop-surgery/

    I wish Elvis the best. Gail

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  4. SJ- I'm not sure at all that anyone around here treats chickens. I just feel like it's not the right thing to do. I just feel so sad. So sad.

    Sylvia- I am trying to tell myself that.

    Gail- Whoa. I've read warnings all over the internet about doing this. I don't think I could handle it. Plus- I don't have any suturing equipment.

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  5. I don't think I could do it either. I was just shocked by that blog and that they just cut the chicken open like that. Gail

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  6. This makes me so sad. Is he in pain? Is there medicine that is easy to acquire and give to him? I know he is "just" a chicken but man.

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  7. So sad,hope he recovers.
    Carol

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  8. I'm so sorry. I've been thinking of you and him all morning.

    I'm still hoping.

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  9. This is the sad side of keeping chickens, they steal a bit of our hearts as we tend them, and then they pass...sweet roosters are few and far between. Be well, Elvis Florida Moonbird.

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  10. Gail- Seriously. But I guess chickens are sturdy animals.

    Angella- Well, it's just a rooster. But...you know. Elvis has had my heart for quite some years.

    Jill- There is a anti-fungal I could give him for the infection he probably has but I'd have to get it from a vet. So no, not really.

    Ramona- That's what I keep saying. "Come on, old boy. Come on."

    Denise- I feel a bit indulgent, having this much sadness for a damn chicken but...it's our Elvis.

    Big Mamabird- I love that. Elvis Florida Moonbird. That he is.

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  11. This morning I stopped and found and internet hotspot so I could use my ipod to see how Elvis was doing. He is not just a chicken. He is Elvis. A good husband. IF he goes I hope it is peaceful and surrounded by his wives.

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  12. Birdie- Me too, darling. Me too. Thank you.

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  13. Perhaps there is an avian vet nearby if there is a Bird of Prey center. I sure hope that he will be okay. He is a fixture.

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