Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Thank you. She is having a particularly bad day as she was not interested in dinner at all. I suspect she is working on passing the egg. We may bring her in to give her a bath.

I don't feel good giving chickens implant somehow. It is not really an option either. We have a vet here that sees chickens who has a 5 week waiting list on new patients. I also don't know if they do implants. Maybe I will try the birth control pills if I am desperate.

 

[featherhead007]

Well hopefully someone will go broody and you can hatch one of her eggs!

 

[BY Bob]

If by tomorrow evening they are remaining stable I would think that they don’t have AI. From all I read the progression is extremely fast - a day or less from first symptoms.

It is usually very fast but our knowledge is incomplete as the are culling immediately upon symptoms and positive test. So we don't know how sick any survivors might get for how long.

What we do know says that we are moving past bird flu as the cause.

 

[featherhead007]

And about Coco… she’s a handful and she acts like a human teenager (constantly rebelling) but as far as sweetness goes she’s tops!
Besides, she’s a consistent egg layer so I think I’ll keep her!

 

[featherhead007]

Well hopefully someone will go broody and you can hatch one of her eggs!

Hopefully

 

[BY Bob]

I haven't finished my latest portrait as I've been teaching a course for the last three months and it's consumed all my free time. This is the last week and I'm really looking forward to a break! However, I did write a short film score over the weekend, so I guess that counts as art! Here's the link if you'd like to have a look:

How are all your ladies and Mr P going?

That was wonderful. You are exceptionally talented. I could feel the danger and the warmth. I could just feel the spring in the music.

I want you to know I played it without watching the video. Really great stuff.

 

[GregnLety]

A lovely day outside. Most of it spent doing yard work. After Lety came home she wanted to do some work on a pen. We sectioned off a portion of our largest pen and added a door so we can move the rascals from the brooder and put a mama and babies there. Very proud of Lety, her carpentry skills are improving

 

[Ponypoor]

False alarm. She was in the box laying another egg next to the one she laid this morning. Three days in a row, two eggs a day!
The other is a golf ball (hasn’t hatched yet) View attachment 3453359

Yep I think Fluffy is just passing time sitting in the nest box because it’s cold, today with the lovely weather she was outside all day! Same with Marty!

An tonight Fluffy was up on the shelf not in her nest box sleeping, Marty is in her nest box at least!

Well in 2 weeks I will have chicks here and I have no broodies. Drats!

 

[Ponypoor]

Thanks! Glad to hear all your chookas are doing well.

My four are still going, including my two boys! No-one has complained yet! I'm hoping that the fact they sleep in the laundry to muffle the 5.30am crowing is enough.

That’s awesome! I had to put up triple foam insulation in the windows of the barn when I had my other Roos, so I could sleep! Do your neighbours know you have chickens at all in that case?

Mr P thankfully doesn’t crow much.

I was just commenting the other day about the noise my hens make as opposed to the Roo, it’s all day with them, until everyone has laid their egg. Meanwhile Mr P might crow 4 or 5 times in the morning. Municipalities around here will allow 3 hens but no Roo, don’t think they know how noisy hens are!!!!

 

[lightm]

Gosh those are beautiful chickens in wonderful settings. I was going to "love" this post until the new about Wendy. I'm so sorry.

Thanks! Tried to take good pictures today.