Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Well the drs office called said they cant do much there and want me to go to the ER so Im going in the morning when its not busy. They said they could do tests stat and they could figure out whats wrong. And they can give me IV fluids.
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I sure hope they were able to help. Reading on hoping for good news.

 

[Ponypoor]

They all do that, you shouldn’t be surprised. (Clean it right next time )

Decided not to risk getting the horses, so they can scatter the straw and shavings to their hearts content.

Just watched Blanche on the camera go into the hen house, reach into the bottom nest box and physically drag wee Marty out by the head

What is going on with these ladies this week?!

 

[RoyalChick]

What’s she doing today? Is she trying to lay an egg again?

Not so far. But she is not being very active sitting around. Tail down.
My poor baby.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Chicken news from the week just past at Fluffy Butt Acres

@Lilion's flock accused her of starving them: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26617510

@RoyalChick shared some adult content: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26617834
and Aurora approved: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26618650

@Ponypoor started the week by driving home through snow and ice and shared the now classic albeit humiliating picture of Mr.P: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26618492

Late in the day @BY Bob treated us to the assembled Fluffy Butts of Fluffy Butt Acres: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26618609

@micstrachan's plans for new chicks this year are up in the air because of a mountain lion! Read the story here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26618674

@BY Bob re-posted a video of Aurora taking on a turkey leg. Enjoy it here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26618838

@RoyalChick shared some footage of the morning routine in the Chicken Palace: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26619024

@bgmathteach's chickens were very suspicious of her camera: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26619772

@RebeccaBoyd got chastised by both Chiquita and Branch because she tried to rescue a small marshmallow from the hay stack. Turns out that marshmallow was a tattle tail and screamed blue murder to summon their protection detail who immediately went into action. No pictures but read the full story here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26619901

@RebeccaBoyd's Meeko and Grackle (hatched in October) started laying a bit earlier than expected - their eggs are small and elongated in shape, and Meeko's has the most beautiful speckles! See these gorgeous eggs here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26619998 and here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26623368

One of @micstrachan's older hens started laying and while I don't have any experience of underwater weaponry, I think naval vessels should be on the look out for this one! See it here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26620862

Over with @rural mouse , Twirp has started laying her blue eggs again: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26623370

@Firsttimehens1234 hatched the first two chicks - so cute - from her Olive Egger who was very sick at the time but now is well and just started laying again: Honestly, they couldn't possibly be any more cute! https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26628313

@featherhead007 got back home after a mystery journey and the first thing that happened is Xzit bit him!

@Chicken poppy lost her hen Dixie unexpectedly. Rest in peace Dixie, the chicks you left behind will be well cared for. Read the story here with some heartbreaking and cute pictures:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26627205
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26629904
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26630805

@Ponypoor is back home and her chickens are once again enjoying her singing:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26629678
And Mr.P got a spa day with a trim and pedicure: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26635145
She also has a broody. See here who it is: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26626726
Or possibly she doesn't: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26627042!

Hattie at Fluffy Butt Acres, in a first (at least in living memory), roosted! See it here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26630977

For anyone who missed it, Ask Aurora is posted here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26631868

@RebeccaBoyd's creek has some good fishing and guess who gets to enjoy it: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26635733
And just for Bob: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26635755

Oh dear, Madea turns out not to be exactly what @RebeccaBoyd was hoping for: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26635793

@RoyalChick shared Eli's problem: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26636368

Great job, RC! I love your wit and way of saying things! Thank you.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Oh no how sad but she is in a better place now

How are the wee ones doing?

They are doing well! The rooster is already picking fights with the big girls

 

[Chicken poppy]

Rizo just laid an egg while sitting on my Japanese bantam. Gabby kept going under her wing and on top of her, trying to figure out where to lay an egg. Eventually, Rizo just decided it would be easier to sit on her.

I do have a video of this! I’ll try to remember to post it here later.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Happy Caturday from my nieces and nephews as my sister calls them.
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Oh my heart! How precious.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Rizo just laid an egg while sitting on my Japanese bantam. Gabby kept going under her wing and on top of her, trying to figure out where to lay an egg. Eventually, Rizo just decided it would be easier to sit on her.

I do have a video of this! I’ll try to remember to post it here later.

Here is the ridiculous video!

 

[RoyalChick]

Here is the ridiculous video!

OMG that is priceless!!!

 

[BY Bob]

Great post, thank you. An assumption here, and in the studies? - or a fact stated in the studies? - is that Marek's has become more virulent over time (meaning more severe disease). Thus the search for why that is so and various theories to explain it. But I was stumbling over that first posit - that it has become more virulent. I had not heard that. Not that I have researched this greatly at all, just not come across that assertion. Is this true and how is this been found to be true? Sorry, is this something you can answer without a lot of trouble? Thanks.

Maybe this throws a big wrench into things but I also wondered if the coinciding increase and size of commercial flocks, and/or the preventive antibiotic use has played a role in any of these things, or if it is coincidental? It is occurring in the same time frame (say the last 50 years) as the said increase in virulence. Maybe the super-size farms and their other practices in chicken-keeping have played a role.

But I've always thought of Marek's - and Newcastle - as a kind of a stand-alone disease, apart from any antibiotic-responsive one.

I am going to comment. I am perpetually behind so If this is a SHRA so be it. I may never know as I can't read every comment any longer.

There is absolutely no connection between a virus and any antibiotic. The overuse of antibiotics has nothing to do with Marek's or Newcastle's and you cannot treat either with antibiotics.