Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

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Her molting is done. She’s a new chook now. Amazing how soft her whole body is now. She’s one special hen. And she’s as friendly as she looks. (Daddy please get that phone out of my face!)

 

[Ponypoor]

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Wattles and a splendid comb

 

[Ponypoor]

Her molting is done. She’s a new chook now. Amazing how soft her whole body is now. She’s one special hen. And she’s as friendly as she looks. (Daddy please get that phone out of my face!)

You tell him Ms Reitta!

 

[fuentemoon]

Pomegranate and sunshine, what more can one ask for

Was a beautiful day at our house, left about 12:30 drove about 10min to my father's house, where it was cloudy/foggy and at least 10° cooler!

 

[Ponypoor]

Pomegranate and sunshine, what more can one ask for
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Was a beautiful day at our house, left about 12:30 drove about 10min to my father's house, where it was cloudy/foggy and at least 10° cooler!

I will try my gang with pomegranate when I get home!

 

[Ponypoor]

To sleep perchance to dream…

Don’t know how Mr P can sleep like that!

 

[featherhead007]

Wattles and a splendid comb

She’s a gem. She’s so soft, a silkworm would be jealous. She’s so kind Mother Terissa would be jealous. She’s the best hen in the world (Bobs favorite honored and included hen) after all, both Leghorns anyways.

 

[micstrachan]

Hi guys. I hope all is well with everyone and their chickens. Here is a brief Lucky update. She had gotten so swollen, I tried again today to draw fluid off her with success. It was not cloudy, but a bit greenish. I took off about 50cc. I could not do more because I only wanted to poke her once abd couldn’t manage holding her still, keeping the needle in place and swapoing the syringe out by myself. I had to pull the plunger with my teeth as it was!

Anyway, afterward, I kept her in my lap for a bit and pet her and she did not resist. Then I found lots more fluid on the towel and when I set her down, she was still dripping pretty quickly. A couple hours later when I checked on her before we left for Thanksgiving at my parents’ house, she was still dripping. And when I got home over eleven hours after that (11:45pm!) she was STILL dripping.

While I’m glad I was able to take some fluid off, I did NOT intend on draining her completely and hope it doesn’t send her into shock and kill her. I offered her some soupy baby bird formula by red head lamp (mostly to get some fluid back into her) and she took a few sips. I also set a microwaveable heat disk beside her to cozy up to since she has a wet strip and it’s cold out tonight.

Here’s a pic of the syringe if fluid:

 

[micstrachan]

I guess I am doing this then. Yikes!

Ok, so Wednesdays are open. Starting next week Aurora will pick one or two questions and answer them each week. Be sure to get your questions in by Monday each week so she has time to choose. I will try to save them all and create a library of questions. If you're question isn't answered one week it could be answered in the future. I am asking that you include a headshot of the chicken asking the question so I can include it with the question.

We may have to adjust as time goes on but let's try it this way for now.

Oh boy. I hope I'm ready for this.

This will be fun!

 

[micstrachan]

I’m still here, sort of… I’m having troubles keeping up over here, I’m sure I can do better as winter sets in, but have been a bit busy working on the housing here View attachment 3331676
Getting close to a roof! And the farm is having the road worked on and I was able to get a little help grading a bit from the guys with the big toys… now I want me a 5ton excavator… forget a tractor! I’ve been getting help with the sheathing from two local guys a decade or so younger than me, which has been HUGE.

And I once again lack any new chicken Tax pics… so here’s an early/mid summer one… she’s such a black beauty! She finally has a name as well NixView attachment 3331680

The house is coming along nicely, Kris!