With that being said, Alpha Beech is doing wonderful! She had me worried there for a bit. When I wrote my last post, she still was not eating or drinking any water. I wasn't too worried with the bite itself, as it was not a full puncture. But, I was noticing the shock behavior. If I couldn't get her to eat or drink, then she would die. Thankfully, around 1:35 AM I saw that she pooped. It wasn't a normal pooped and I freaked out. I took her out of the brooder because it was sticking to her bum, cleaned her up and checked out the poop and realized there was a bit of blood in there. I calmed myself down and held her for a moment, cleaned up her wound again and put her back in the brooder. Then the best thing happened, she DRANK WATER! Not a little bit of water, A LOT of water. I ended up watching her a little bit longer and she went poop again and I had to clean her one more time as it was still rather sticky, still a bit of blood in it, but more normal as she drank water. Then she went over and ate some food this time. Once I saw that I decided it was time for me to go to bed. At this point it was already 2:00 AM and I just knew I needed to sleep if I was to be functioning at all. Fast forward to 6:15 AM. I get up and go over to check on the babies and she was already awake and playing with her sisters. Still not as active as normal and not roosting like she was before. I had to clean her little butt off again, but this was the last time I needed to do it. Fast foward to Sunday and she was almost back to herself. The only thing I was not liking was the fact that she was not roosting like she used to and she seemed to be off to the side not hanging out with her sisters. It's almost been a week since the incident took place now, and I can happily say she is back to her old self. She is no longer crying in pain and is back to roosting and being my little Alpha. She comes to me when I have the safety gate off the top and she will sit next to me when I am reading to them. It is a great feeling knowing that animals can recover from trauma like they do. Here is her wound, which is not fully healed as she needs to grow all her feathers back.
As you can see though, you can barely see her bite mark. We hang out a lot and today she tried her first veggie! I can 100% say she loves mealworms way more. It has been an adventure to watch how fast these little babies grow. It amazes me every single day. To think that in just ten days they have doubled their size.
On a side note, I have found that some people have made a chicken playground for their little loves and I have decided I will do the exact same thing. I know that they do not need it, and most likely they do not even want it, but hey, it will be entertaining to give them something to play on. I will need to increase the size of the brooder for them, which needs to be done anyway. They are growing at such a rate that they need to have space where they will not beat up on their sisters. They also need a corner in their brooder where the light no longer touches so they can cool off whenever they need it. Anything to keep these loves safe, that is my entire goal . That is all I have for tonight as I am mentally exhausted from school.
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