Sunny. Buff Orpington. Cute. Fuzzy. Earring Stealer.
"Grandma? You want to hold Sunny? She's your favorite I'll bring her over to you." Heidi brings her up on the deck for a cuddle. Grandma loves her "Sunny Dew". She's got an extra fuzzy bottom and charming little face. She's friendly and mild mannered. She's got personality. She's my boss hen out of the works. So Grandma gets a cuddle and .... her pretty earring snatched right out of her Ear lobe~!
I've had gold hoops pulled right out by Roger before when he was a bit younger and smaller and they were much more than he could swallow at the time. Not so much for these that Grandma was wearing today. She held them in her beak momentarily and as Heidi went to remove them from her mouth she greedily swallowed it to her gizzard.
Rosey kindly demonstrates how Sunny was paying Grandma her visit.
Sunny is under the deck and won't come out. I suppose afraid she'll
have to give back that earring somehow.
So being the chicken nerd I am. I googled this problem and it seems Grandma is not the only one nor is Sunny with her fettish for earrings. Gizzards galore have hoovered diamonds, pearls and other exotic gems. Rifle bullet casings, bolts!, you name it it's been swallowed. The general consensus is that the Gizzard with its pebbles and sand will grind a pearl into much needed calcium (like oyster shell supplements) and depending what you love more you'll need to decide on chicken dinner and your prized family jewels OR prized family chicken and well...processed family jewels. Being a nurse I've considered a perforated digestive tract but given the amount of food these birds get in a day I'm thinking Sunny will be just fine and this bit 'o resin and nickel will pass with oat, corn, clover and tomato by-product. Cheers Sunny. We owe Grandma a new pair of earrings!
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