Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

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Those polish.

 

[notabitail]

it's not Monday you silly it's Tuesday! Did you forget coffee this morning it is a vital part of life!!!

I don't drink coffee in the morning. I drink a cup of black tea with sugar and creamer. The chickens think it is mud.

 

[notabitail]

He is way too young to start drinking coffee! Ugh all that caffeine!

I drink tea, Dr. Pepper, and the occasional iced latte, which is made in my house.
I can also hear the neighbor talking loud on the phone. Ugh.

 

[fuentemoon]

I have a very sad update on Eli.
As I expected, Eli died overnight. Actually very early this morning.
I have a preliminary necropsy report that her cause of death was a very large intestinal tumor that more or less completely blocked her intestines.
The chap said it was an unusually large tumor and that while it could possibly be Marek's, it was unusually large for a Marek's disease tumor.
Of course there is nothing 'usual' about such a young chicken - still technically a pullet - to have a big tumor regardless of the cause, so I agreed to have tissue sent to a university lab for testing. I will know more in a few weeks.

Eli and I spent a truly remarkable day together yesterday. I will post more about it when I stop sobbing.
I am sure when I post it will be very emotional and you will all accuse me of both anthropomorphizing and sentimentality.
She was a special little chicken and I miss her already.

 

[notabitail]

Tar tax

Martina
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And her Dada Mr P
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Don't you dare put tar on them!

 

[LhickenChicken]

Yes I saw the weather out there, terrible. It’s freezing here and wet.

Ok well be very careful - we don’t want you ending up like Edson or Drayton Valley

How are all the other chooks? Are they ok? Also how old was Lhicken? Curious as you have had 2 now. Production breeds prone to these things

Other chooks are just fine!
Lhicken was only one year old I think an egg broke inside her and you are right. It is *yay, I don't have to water the garden!!* raining. For a bit, for about half an hour, and I had to runnnn to lock up the meaties cause they were getting all wet. Soppy little meaties

 

[LhickenChicken]

Thunder means lightning that’s bad news - hope no new fires start up.

Make sure your fire is out - I know you know that, I am just an old mother hen. I have seen fires up close remember. Terrifying.

Ok sending more hugs your way.

My fire was not even started when the thunder started. Lhicken was still around. When the thunder stopped, she was on her last throws and I ended her misery with a '22.

 

[LhickenChicken]

I did not realize they were in Canada. That makes things more difficult.

yes, I changed my "location." it says Rimbey, Alberta, Canada (rimbey is the town that is closest to me)

 

[LhickenChicken]

Tar tax

Martina
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And her Dada Mr P
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Mr P is looking great! He is Polish you said? I will totally consider getting a polish he looks so cool! Just like my brat Taurus.

 

[LhickenChicken]

Thanks for weighing in. I wish we could have helped it.

I've seen a few hawks around here, at least two or two sightings of the same one. One encounter was very scary-- it flew over the chicken run, then down the driveway, then over the woods.