Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

Night ! I keep forgetting I am a couple hrs more out here!

Good morning sunshine

 

[Marie2020]

https://apple.news/ANO2hJWSXRrK0mcdIIIcpZg

And an alternative for folk who can’t access the above.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/24/turkeys-massachusetts-kevin-woburn-thanksgiving

I'll come back to this later

 

[Marie2020]

Lots of land here in central California! We accept goats too

What about sisters and her animals

 

[Marie2020]

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

They'll love that

 

[Marie2020]

She's loving this sun

Look what Tina laid.

 

[bgmathteach]

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:
View attachment 3332595

I hope she is okay - at least short term, as I also know that condition is not good at all.

I have to say, that liquid looks disgusting, knowing it came from inside her. I hope this draining helps her feel better for now!

 

[Marie2020]

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:
View attachment 3332595

Sending good thoughts and prayers ❤ that she recovers

 

[Marie2020]

I hope she is okay - at least short term, as I also know that condition is not good at all.

I have to say, that liquid looks disgusting, knowing it came from inside her. I hope this draining helps her feel better for now!

Better out than inside her

 

[Marie2020]

We've just ate apple and yogurt

 

[Marie2020]

Hello everyone