Monthly Archives: August 2009

What happened to Alana, plus an urban farm open house

August 26, 2009 | By Sunset | Comments (2)

We found out what happened to deceased chicken Alana. I got a call this morning about the results of the necropsy (which is just another word for an autopsy that doesn’t happen to a person). There is good news. She didn’t have anything infectious: not Marek’s, not botulism, not worms, not bumblefoot or Newcastle or the flu. She also didn’t [...]

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Sad news: Our flock goes from six to five

August 24, 2009 | By Sunset | Comments (8)

Sick chicken Alana did not recover. Here’s what happened: On Friday, she was crouched in the coop with a droopy tail and no energy. On Saturday, she seemed better. Perked up, walking, eating, drinking. By Monday, she was worse again. So I brought her inside so I could keep an eye on her. In a cardboard box in my cubicle. [...]

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A little beekeeping accident

August 19, 2009 | By Margaret Sloan | Comments (3)

My last post told of our attempts at hive building. We deposed the false queen and created a situation where the bees could make a new leader. And they did. They built a sweet little queen cell for the baby queen. They built it at the bottom of the 6th frame, and attached it to the adjacent frame. Perfectly positioned [...]

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Drooping tail and sitting around: What’s wrong with this chicken?

August 18, 2009 | By Margo True | Comments (17)

Alana is sick. We’re not sure what’s wrong with her. Alana sitting on a hay bale, tail down and listless.  On Friday, I noticed her sitting down in a corner of the coop, with a sort of sad inward gaze. When she did finally stand up (no chicken can resist the lure of corn on the cob, unless actually dead), [...]

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