Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

More calendar pics

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[BY Bob]

I bet you could find lots of sounds on YouTube.... sometimes I play roosters crowing for the gals just to see their reaction

That seems mean somehow.

 

[HappyClucker7]

Peggy also makes that noise when she's on lookout duty.

My hens (especially the leader of the flock) has made noises similar to that on a few occasion. She always looks at something outside the coop, but I never see anything. Then she just goes back to normal.

 

[ravensnow]

Wow, there have been so many changes to the Fluffy Butt Acres family since last time I was here. I don't feel like I've managed to piece it all together.

Could someone tell me who the current flock members are?

 

[Shadrach]

Fat Bird went to see Gloria the vet this evening. I took a while but eventually having checked ears and nasal passages with an endoscope and not found anything that would cause such swelling around the eye and although the ear mites were evident they were few and most were dead from the treatment I had given Fat Bird. Gloria cleaned out the ear.
Despite have a good illuminated magnifying glass initially Gloria couldn't see anything in the eye. It was only when Fat Bird blinked that a tiny piece of something momentarily showed itself and then disappeared pretty much invisible to the naked eye.
After numbing the eye and a bit of very careful digging Gloria manged to remove a piece of debris about the size of a thumbnail cutting. This piece of debris had worked it's way right under the eyeball. There was no way I would have even seen it let alone got it out. It looked like it may have been a piece of straw.
The transformation in the state of Fat Birds eye was very obvious after just a few minutes.
A thorough clean and a drop of antibiotic eye ointment and Fat Birds eye was back to almost normal.
Gloria thinks the cuts around the eye may have been self inflicted as Fat Bird scratched around the eye. Three days of ointment treatment morning and night and hopefully that's Fat Bird sorted.
Needless to say Fat Bird was not impressed with any of it. Once home she ate supper and wandered off to join the others who had gone to roost.

Oh yeah, the cost for this, 18 Euros plus whatever the eye ointment costs when I pick it up in the morning.
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[LozzyR]

I will see what I can do. I'm limited to about 18 seconds by the email size limits. It is interesting that it seemed to make you less frightening to them.

I seriously don't understand the aversion to new foods.

You could use WeTransfer for bigger files, or Dropbox.

 

[LozzyR]

Yes. They are a formidable enemy because they are very smart and have hands like human hands so they can open latches, lift lids etc.
And as you can see, they climb well.
Terrifying.

I read this as ear mites having hands that could open latches and lift lids!

 

[Ribh]

Fat Bird went to see Gloria the vet this evening. I took a while but eventually having checked ears and nasal passages with an endoscope and not found anything that would cause such swelling around the eye and although the ear mites were evident they were few and most were dead from the treatment I had given Fat Bird. Gloria cleaned out the ear.
Despite have a good illuminated magnifying glass initially Gloria couldn't see anything in the eye. It was only when Fat Bird blinked that a tiny piece of something momentarily showed itself and then disappeared pretty much invisible to the naked eye.
After numbing the eye and a bit of very careful digging Gloria manged to remove a piece of debris about the size of a thumbnail cutting. This piece of debris had worked it's way right under the eyeball. There was no way I would have even seen it let alone got it out. It looked like it may have been a piece of straw.
The transformation in the state of Fat Birds eye was very obvious after just a few minutes.
A thorough clean and a drop of antibiotic eye ointment and Fat Birds eye was back to almost normal.
Gloria thinks the cuts around the eye may have been self inflicted as Fat Bird scratched around the eye. Three days of ointment treatment morning and night and hopefully that's Fat Bird sorted.
Needless to say Fat Bird was not impressed with any of it. Once home she ate supper and wandered off to join the others who had gone to roost.

Oh yeah, the cost for this, 18 Euros plus whatever the eye ointment costs when I pick it up in the morning.
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Wow. All the feels. Eyes are so delicate & so important. So glad the Glorious Gloria was able to sort Fat Bird. I am rather fond of your aged lady [Fat Bird, not Gloria; I don't know Gloria except by reputation...

 

[featherhead007]

Bombs Away

I was getting some pictures of Hattie and Aurora from a chickens eye view over the weekend and our favorite serial photo bomber showed up again.

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Hi, Phyllis!

 

[featherhead007]

Fat Bird went to see Gloria the vet this evening. I took a while but eventually having checked ears and nasal passages with an endoscope and not found anything that would cause such swelling around the eye and although the ear mites were evident they were few and most were dead from the treatment I had given Fat Bird. Gloria cleaned out the ear.
Despite have a good illuminated magnifying glass initially Gloria couldn't see anything in the eye. It was only when Fat Bird blinked that a tiny piece of something momentarily showed itself and then disappeared pretty much invisible to the naked eye.
After numbing the eye and a bit of very careful digging Gloria manged to remove a piece of debris about the size of a thumbnail cutting. This piece of debris had worked it's way right under the eyeball. There was no way I would have even seen it let alone got it out. It looked like it may have been a piece of straw.
The transformation in the state of Fat Birds eye was very obvious after just a few minutes.
A thorough clean and a drop of antibiotic eye ointment and Fat Birds eye was back to almost normal.
Gloria thinks the cuts around the eye may have been self inflicted as Fat Bird scratched around the eye. Three days of ointment treatment morning and night and hopefully that's Fat Bird sorted.
Needless to say Fat Bird was not impressed with any of it. Once home she ate supper and wandered off to join the others who had gone to roost.

Oh yeah, the cost for this, 18 Euros plus whatever the eye ointment costs when I pick it up in the morning.
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YAY, she's OK!