It has been two weeks since Amelia started taking her long course of general antibacterial medication. It was a slow start and I wasn't very confident that it was doing any good. Tonight I saw behaviour in Amelia that I have not seen in the year I have had her. The girls have a new 'Grandpa's Feeder' which is driving them all a bit crazy as it is still in the training phase. They were all really hungry by the end of the day and were very concerned about going to the feeder, which was making a noise when they moved off the foot stand. I went in to help them out and I had three of them finally eating off the feeder when I noticed a Wyandotte hen to my right. I immediately thought it was Rosa, she's not a chubby, little bantam due to a lack of appetite but amazingly it was Amelia. Amelia is very skittish and never sidles up to me for fear of being cuddled er rather caught. I kept an eye on her and she was within less than an arms length of me and showing no signs of backing off.
I brought Rosa and Amelia in for a feed. Amelia has had a small to medium appetite so far. Tonight she ate so much her crop (where the index finger tips are in the photo) was completely bulging. She had eaten until she was completely full. This is a great sign. I can still hear her slightly laboured breathing from across the room tonight, but she seems so much livelier and more confident. I also had a fair look down her throat two days ago and saw no signs of the white infectious build up of a fortnight ago. And now I think about it, I haven't seen her swallowing in response to her chronic sore throat even once tonight. Maybe this is the start of her real recovery??
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