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I cannot upload a video here but now she won’t put weight on her right leg.

We were out of town for about 3 days and all the chickens seemed fine before we left. We gave them plenty of food and water to be okay for that time, but when we got back we noticed she couldn’t keep up with the other 3 in the flock, and are absolutely perplexed as to how this happened. We don’t see any outward signs of injury, and aren’t sure what to do, any advice for the time being until the vet opens Monday?

I went in to a flash sale, and got one from one of the most well known artists from the studio. This studio has overwhelmingly positive reviews, and the artist who did the tattooing has made a lot of very feminine tattoos. I had been looking forward to getting a bird on my ribs, never really sure what. I saw a beautiful feminine dove stencil and decided that that was what I wanted— but now I regret it. Maybe it was because I was the last tattoo of the day.

My partner asked if he was doing shading and he said “oh yeah we are making this realism” and we were like oh! Ok, I’m good with a little bit of shading, doves are very light and fluffy.

Because of the angle I was sitting at, it was incredibly hard to see the work as it was going. One moment it looked lovely with stippling shading, but then he said we were so close and continued to dig in with shading.

All of my other tattoos are very light and feminine, with gentle shading, and it feels so out of place on my body…. I have never regretted a tattoo before. Obviously the ribs hurt, but for an incredibly painful tattoo to turn out this way hurts the most.

Do I wait for it to heal, remove it, and try all over again? I noticed it doesn’t even have feet, and I feel like its neck and head are not characteristic of the typical roundness that a dove has.

Will it lighten up significantly enough for it to actually look ok, do I need to get it covered, or should I bite the bullet and endure removal later down the line? Will it look more feminine and nice if I just let it heal? I feel so embarrassed by this tattoo 😭