Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[lightm]

Hmmm strange how it's dark, not white with nitrates.

Did you ever get a fecal done on her? See if there are any bacteria or parasites at play? She certainly looks healthy and glossy!

The white probably fades or doesn't show.

No, no fecal done on her. She is a very healthy little fat pullet. I suspect it is related to her oviduct though. Somehow it is affecting the pressing-down-feather since its maturity. My other hens don't have this problem.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Last summer three of my silkies went broody every other month... Marty decided she didn't want to be broody. Until August! Then she brooded for about 35 days, and quit! She hasn't been broody since.

But the most interesting part was the fact that Buttercup, Misty, Whiskers and Dorothy all went broody! My barnyard mutts were just as hard core broody as my silkies!

Now Buttercup, Misty and Whiskers are all hatch mates, from the year before, and they all stayed broody for about a month, in fact Misty and Whiskers brooded together in the same nest. I would drag their fluffy butts out of the nest boxes a couple times a day to eat, drink, poop and fluff in the dirt, then they would run back to the nests.

Dorothy though is Queen Penelope's daughter and was born last October from the clutch of 4 eggs I set under Henny Penny; Penelope has never in all her almost 7 years shown the slightest interest in being broody! So it was a surprise to have Dorothy go broody, she wasn't even a year old! And boy can that girl sit tight! 6 weeks she stayed broody. I would haul her butt off the nest a few times a day, some days 4 or 5 times a day, she would eat, drink, poop and run back to her 'nest'.... Finally she gave up one day!

Then she went through the most horrendous molt! Poor girl, likely scarred her for life and she will never be broody again (here is hoping at least!).

So every one of my youngsters except Rose went broody last year! Only the 3 older ladies (Penelope, Blanche, and Sophia) along with Rose (Blanche's daughter) didn't go broody! Likely have that bunch this year haha!

Okay so after reading this, its clear I am going to have to redesign my coop interior. If this is going to be a regular thing I have to be able to get to them!
Side note: My husband made joke this evening that he had read something online that indicated eggs were being smuggled into the country due to the prices and so we should finish the other side of the shed and make the coop larger to accommodate more chickens. No idea if what he read was true or not doesn't matter. What I heard was we can add more chickens!!

 

[featherhead007]

Okay so after reading this, its clear I am going to have to redesign my coop interior. If this is going to be a regular thing I have to be able to get to them!
Side note: My husband made joke this evening that he had read something online that indicated eggs were being smuggled into the country due to the prices and so we should finish the other side of the shed and make the coop larger to accommodate more chickens. No idea if what he read was true or not doesn't matter. What I heard was we can add more chickens!!

If you’re going to build it bigger, why not add a widescreen TV , And central air conditioning!

 

[featherhead007]

Remember the price for eggs!

 

[Ponypoor]

Okay so after reading this, its clear I am going to have to redesign my coop interior. If this is going to be a regular thing I have to be able to get to them!
Side note: My husband made joke this evening that he had read something online that indicated eggs were being smuggled into the country due to the prices and so we should finish the other side of the shed and make the coop larger to accommodate more chickens. No idea if what he read was true or not doesn't matter. What I heard was we can add more chickens!!

Awesome hahaha that's too funny! No eggs are being smuggled in I am sure hahaha. BUT don't let him know otherwise!

 

[Ponypoor]

If you’re going to build it bigger, why not add a widescreen TV , And central air conditioning!

An office like I have... with internet too!

 

[Ponypoor]

The white probably fades or doesn't show.

No, no fecal done on her. She is a very healthy little fat pullet. I suspect it is related to her oviduct though. Somehow it is affecting the pressing-down-feather since its maturity. My other hens don't have this problem.

That is very strange - if it was a mare I would suggest a bacterial infection. Not sure if hens are like horses and can get those...

 

[Ponypoor]

The white probably fades or doesn't show.

No, no fecal done on her. She is a very healthy little fat pullet. I suspect it is related to her oviduct though. Somehow it is affecting the pressing-down-feather since its maturity. My other hens don't have this problem.

Found this - interesting.

https://hencam.com/faq/Yuck-My-Chickens-Have-Messy-Bottoms/

 

[RoyalChick]

Awesome hahaha that's too funny! No eggs are being smuggled in I am sure hahaha. BUT don't let him know otherwise!

I think the egg smuggling thing is real. Several news outlets covered the story - here is the NPR link
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/21/1150...e-seeing-a-spike-in-egg-smuggling-from-mexico

 

[BY Bob]

Oh my goodness that looks bad. It is hard to see the breaks in the x-ray but just looking at your leg gives me the same reaction I had when Rosie broke her collar bone this year. Both are cringe worthy. I am shocked they sent you home without surgery, but, I can maybe sort of understand after my experience with Rosie. She broke her collar bone about 1:30 on a Sunday night. By the time we got her home, showered, and horse put away we did not get to the hospital until almost 3:30 am. She had her x-ray about 4, my sister actually did them. She risked her job by telling us as soon as she took them that her collar bone was broke without Rose hearing. 3 hours later the ER doc finally comes to talk to us and officially tell us it was broke. Me and mom and by this time my sister who was now off shift and sitting with us had gotten a peak at the x-ray. If you looked at it, you knew it would require surgery. Keep it mind I have a 14 year old in various stages of panic attacks the entire time as she still thinks it is dislocated as the er doc first thought. He told her before the x-ray that if it was they would sedate her to put it back in place. Rosie is terrified of needles so she is ready to bolt, there was no way I could ease her mind by saying it was broke before he came back in because she would have had a full blown meltdown. Which she did when he came back in with the news. What had taken so long was he had been in contact with the orthopedic surgeon. They had decided since the bone had not broken through the skin not to do the surgery that morning. Instead we were sent home with instructions to show up the following morning at the clinic in the hospital by 8 am to see him. The doctor whispered to me out of ear shot of Rosie to make sure she had not eaten after midnight that night so we knew surgery was going to happen even if Rose did not. The next morning I have her there, she is sort of calmed down as she came home and read about collar bone fractures and saw that in most cases they did not require surgery just a sling and time. Yes I let that child believe that for her own peace of mind and my sanity for under 24 hours. The doc walks in, pulls up the x-ray and asked if she had eaten anything that morning. Rosie on her own pipes up she had not eaten anything as the pain meds were making her sick. He was like good, Operating Room will be ready in about 2 hours head down to the 2nd floor they are waiting on you in pre-op. Again, resume panic attack and meltdowns but it had to be done.

That was all handled by you all. Nicely done.