Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Marie’s Tina is sick,

Keep reading.

 

[Marie2020]

Not sure I got all that

But do so hope your day tomorrow is better.

It was a heck of a lot better today. Thanks lovely

How are you feeling today? Are you beating this darned lurgy?

Tina is back on form, she'll possibly never lay eggs again but she's eating like a piglet and running around everywhere. She tried laying this morning but princess was hanging over her. I will keep a close eye on her tomorrow and will oil her vent in the morning

 

[BY Bob]

My original flock became a cohesive tribe as they all grew up together and were together for over a year. They were all hens, and some of them had “best friends”, but they were all pretty tight.
I only have two of my original hens left, and at present there are 14 newcomers.
And two of these are roosters.
The hens are forming little groups of three and four. The roosters are just out there.
I’m waiting to see how it all turns out.

Please keep posting on what is going on. Here or your thread. I follow yours and I am fascinated to learn how this goes.

 

[Domino-The-Rooster]

I have hopefully 14 by September 19th and 1 speckled Sussex hen 3 barred rocks 2 hens and 1 rooster 2 buff orb hens 2 Easter Eggers 1 chick 1 hen 1 slw hen 1 black austrolaurp hen 1 blue copper Marans chick and 1buff laced polish chick and 1 white leghorn chick
the and 1 buff orb barred rock mix chick in incubator to hatch on Thursday other chicks hatchery chicks

 

[Marie2020]

I know we said poor breeding - but Lulu is a 'fancy' chicken - she is not bred to lay loads of eggs, she is bred to look devastatingly gorgeous.
So yes, she may have a genetic issue, but this is not a production breeding problem.

I've sent you a message lovely

 

[Marie2020]

I think what I will do is call the lab in the morning before driving down there - it is an hour's drive away and I have some commitments first thing but I can call before those start.
Hopefully I can get someone who can advise what to test for. And I will definitely include the feed.

Waiting for updates here

 

[Marie2020]

Perfectly said. I do hope she pulls through and you get to the bottom of this - it is NOT your wonderful care-taking!

 

[Marie2020]

And then there were three. She is gone.

I will probably call the state lab in the morning but will sleep on it.

Hug your chickens everyone, they are precious little souls and some of them are only with us for a short while.
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I'm so sad for you. It's just heart breaking

 

[Marie2020]

No. Well yes and no.
- Bella clearly had respiratory issues and had a positive test for Infectious laryngotracheitis
- Lulu and the Roadrunners were quite similar in that one minute they were fine and then in the course of a few hours were not fine.
The only localizing symptoms in that lot are Lulu's anema and liver function tests, and both Dotty and Minnie (as well as Maggie) had diarrhea for a long time.
Minnie tested negative for Bella's virus.

The feed of course unites them all.

Like that wormer I used. It's not our fault lovely. I would just like too make whoever produced it eat the lot.

 

[Marie2020]

I forgot to ask how to administer the cream?

I used a syringe. Measured the amount then in the beak it went. After a fight, Tina cannot be accused of being easy