Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

My 4 week old school chick crowed this morning
Freezer camp....

Ok so senior moment….

It wasn’t the school chick, it was Penne the non- silkie chick with my co-broodies - getting so I can’t tell them apart!!

I do know that for about 5 seconds I thought it was Tippy! And I was freaking out!

 

[featherhead007]

What I am doing now, is making her as comfortable as possible. I put on a silk shirt, and my softest sweat pants. And just holding her close to me. I invite her to taste water or food I have prepared (no success with that) and we are having the deepest conversations I have ever had with her.

 

[featherhead007]

Ok so senior moment….

It wasn’t the school chick, it was Penne the non- silkie chick with my co-broodies - getting so I can’t tell them apart!!

I do know that for about 5 seconds I thought it was Tippy! And I was freaking out!

Blood pressure has jumped high because of that post. You trying to kill me?
SAVE THE ROOSTERS!

 

[featherhead007]

Calcium citrate 250mg twice daily. But I can’t get her to eat anything. Forcing her doesn’t work. She coughed out the last time I tried

The tabs are small enough too!

 

[LhickenChicken]

Calcium citrate 250mg twice daily. But I can’t get her to eat anything. Forcing her doesn’t work. She coughed out the last time I tried

You have to stick it farther down, or else they will just cough it up. Mrs Clean-egg did that when I tried to stick calcium citrate down her throat.

 

[LhickenChicken]

The tabs are small enough too!

Yeah, my pills for calcium citrate are huge. I just cut them in half.

I hope beloved Hen-Rietta will pull through this!
How old is she?

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I'm playing devils advocate here for @Ponypoor . Everyone on here knows my luck with hatching boys. I cannot tell you how hard it is to find homes for extra roosters, at times it is near impossible. I still have madea, at this point I will give him away. I do not eat my roosters, actually I do not eat any of my chickens. That being said some of the boys have been sold and were processed. I am sad about it, but until that time they lived a good life. A much better one than those poor chickens raised in the commercial poultry industry. I have to make peace with the fact that many boys I have been able to place in homes and are still alive today while knowing that some ended up feeding a family. It also all depends on your area if placing roosters is easy. In my area, everyone wants hens, very few want roosters. And we are rural for the most part and any and everyone can have roosters. Not everyone wants a rooster with their flock even if they can. You all know me, I love my boys, I would keep them all if I could. The simple fact is I cannot, so I do my best and have to live with knowing I tried my best for every single male chick I have hatched.

 

[featherhead007]

Yeah, my pills for calcium citrate are huge. I just cut them in half.

I hope beloved Hen-Rietta will pull through this!
How old is she?

Hen-Rietta will be seven years old next month. She seems bored, so I have Jaffar inside with us to keep her company for a while.

 

[featherhead007]

Hen-Rietta will be seven years old next month. She seems bored, so I have Jaffar inside with us to keep her company for a while.

Now there’s three of us laying around, being bored.

 

[LhickenChicken]

Now there’s three of us laying around, being bored.

I don't know, maybe take them on a walk? It's always nice to get away from the screen to take a walk. If you have the forest in your backyard like me, then consider if Hen-Rietta wants a bit of fresh air. After all, fresh air always helps. And exercise.