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  1. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    She’s honoring them by dustbathing there. As long as she doesn’t go too deep!
  2. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Terramycin is a good antibiotic ointment. Dog bites are crush bites more than puncture wounds, so she may have internal injuries beyond a sore leg. I wonder because of the prolapse, what caused that…. unless that pressure was a stress response? I’d suggest trying to keep her quiet and stay...
  3. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    So look what’s happening here - judging by the tail feathers and shapes in the Bigs coop this is Diane sleeping in the Nomad’s coop! Has she been relegated to the Littles table? Or does she want to dominate this way? Pretty sure this is Tedi and Annie, with Hazel in a nestbox.
  4. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    You explained the great and tough aspects of PT well! I can really relate. Sounds to me like you have a good mindset about sticking with it too. I think PT people can be such great coaches! Betty is your permission to be in chick heaven whenever you want, and not worry about placing them...
  5. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Yes @RoyalChick she might feel it’s safer. Also, the roost is a line formation, whereas the box is a flat space that allows different snuggle configurations. Just surmising that the line forces one or more to be at the “end” where they will be vulnerable to the other Bigs and further away from...
  6. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Love the flames on her chest!
  7. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Thank you! 🤦‍♀️
  8. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    I don't get it! :idunno
  9. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    I agree, Calypso seems neither male nor female, good for both. “Soca” or “Sokah” means Soul of Calypso. I just read that another Caribbean music genre closely related is “Kaiso”. @RebeccaBoyd “Blackie” actually works too - there is a Caribbean connection there - Chris Blackwell was a good...
  10. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    I like that name! Thanks. It'll be in the mix, I'll see who it fits, if any.
  11. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Combs, & wattles (or lack thereof) #1 Shanai. Her ambition knows no bounds. Destined for glory, if only in her own mind. Actually I agree with her, so that's two of us... #2 Isabel/Elizabeth - Lizabel/Isabeth She is getting along pretty well with compromised eyesight. When it's a...
  12. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    They are just darling! Chest bumpers - I like how Tassels was watching like a referee!
  13. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Hope everything is going well for you now, and you're not too uncomfortable! :hugs The cameras are really great for these times, aren't they? True chicken TV! ER tax Spots at about four weeks, here it was the feather tips. In the back
  14. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Heard a Red-Tail calling overhead yesterday, but it must have been flying by, didn't hear it again. There've been only Coopers here the whole summer, they nest nearby. Migration has started for the eastern areas, maybe early?
  15. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    She is molting and has been extra grouchy! Hand-feeding her treats is an art in gauging her grouchiness…She would like the collard leaf, but also wants to slam my hand. Sometimes it’s the same thing! All the pea combs of the previous Buckeyes were different too.
  16. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Thanks! Could it be harder to tell with Buckeyes? Pea combs and small wattles….I don’t know at what age one can tell definitively with Buckeyes. They are 12 weeks old now. She’s got the biggest and reddest comb of all of them. I’ll try to get a better head shot. I was focusing just on the...
  17. ChicoryBlue

    2-day chick with prolapse(?). Any advice please.

    I’m so happy Chippy is doing well! ❤️
  18. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    I want to mention Shanai, a honking big pullet and boss of the Nomads, i.e. all her brooder-mates. She must be 25% bigger than everyone else. She regularly spends a lot of time reinforcing her dominant position with the other Nomads. They all play chase and have a lot of stare-downs, but Shanai...
  19. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    These guys are very active, yet very friendly, they eat out of my hand, gather round me without fear, but are not lap sitters. My goal is to be able to handle them when necessary, so they do very occasionally get handled, which they object to but then calm down. Today one, might be Beedles - I...
  20. ChicoryBlue

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    That's some serious foot feather!
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