I hand fed her some concentrates and tried to get her to drink fresh water (unsuccessfully) and I gave her the final antibiotic injection to prevent infection from the remains of any unexpelled placenta.

Then baby had his bottle. He’s a good guzzler and lively.

After he was fed it was over to the rows of Swiss chard with clippers

I think she will need several more days of convalescence in the barn before she regains her strength

Meanwhile in another barn…

We hope that the chick survives and thrives and turns out to be a hen and NOT a cockerel.

In our absence overnight and yesterday a young badger was filmed in the courtyard in the daytime. How do I know it was a young badger? It looks small and by Google’s account and wisdom badgers are strictly nocturnal but young badgers might come out in daytime to explore or forage. Or it could be an orphan. I’ve seen a badger in the daytime only once and it gave me quite a start! More about our struggle with badgers another time.