My 11 yr old granddaughter that I miss terribly after moving away close to a year ago is just amazing. She is the one that has raised butterflies and mantis since she was around 4 and picking up and collecting mantis since she was 2. She has also had chickens since she was approx 4 yrs old.
Last night 2 of her favorite Giant Jersey Roosters were attacked by the other one and hurt pretty badly. She brought them in, both bleeding pretty badly from neck and head wounds. Autumn got pads and started moping up the blood, my daughter is not good at it other than coaching and getting the necessary supplies for Autumn, she opened up their mouths to check their throats to see if they were clear. Treated them with stop bleed and antibiotic ointments. Wash their eyes and heads all the while holding and soothing them. She fixed them up in portable coops with towels and straws for the night, said her prayers for them and went to bed. This morning she was up at 5:30 am checking only them, cooking them cheesy grits, blending them in the blender to smooth them out and hand-feeding them. They were standing up waiting for her. By this afternoon they were starting to crow but they are not out of the woods yet. The bully is gone to a new home with another very large flock. I told her if they make it tonight they should have a good chance.
This is a child that will sit up most of the night keeping an eye on a sick mantis. She would make an amazing Vet.
She has also started feeding and cleaning the water trough of the landlords' horses that are not doing well because their loser landlords are not feeding their horses. Her landlord tells her they eat the natural growth in the field, except they have had so much snow there is not much growth except some pretty thorny bushes. They are in northern Reno. According to my daughter, they are at least 100 lbs underweight. These horses are apparently not nice horses but they have become very attached to Autumn and she checks on them daily. The problem is my daughter cannot afford to be feeding horses but she is like me and cannot stand to see someone or something go hungry.
Last night 2 of her favorite Giant Jersey Roosters were attacked by the other one and hurt pretty badly. She brought them in, both bleeding pretty badly from neck and head wounds. Autumn got pads and started moping up the blood, my daughter is not good at it other than coaching and getting the necessary supplies for Autumn, she opened up their mouths to check their throats to see if they were clear. Treated them with stop bleed and antibiotic ointments. Wash their eyes and heads all the while holding and soothing them. She fixed them up in portable coops with towels and straws for the night, said her prayers for them and went to bed. This morning she was up at 5:30 am checking only them, cooking them cheesy grits, blending them in the blender to smooth them out and hand-feeding them. They were standing up waiting for her. By this afternoon they were starting to crow but they are not out of the woods yet. The bully is gone to a new home with another very large flock. I told her if they make it tonight they should have a good chance.
This is a child that will sit up most of the night keeping an eye on a sick mantis. She would make an amazing Vet.
She has also started feeding and cleaning the water trough of the landlords' horses that are not doing well because their loser landlords are not feeding their horses. Her landlord tells her they eat the natural growth in the field, except they have had so much snow there is not much growth except some pretty thorny bushes. They are in northern Reno. According to my daughter, they are at least 100 lbs underweight. These horses are apparently not nice horses but they have become very attached to Autumn and she checks on them daily. The problem is my daughter cannot afford to be feeding horses but she is like me and cannot stand to see someone or something go hungry.