Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

@BY Bob @RoyalChick (And anyone else but wanted to make sure they see this.)

I guess I have been living under a rock because I just found out about the new antibiotic rules. Chewy still has several fish variations. (Which they may continue to have, someone said the new rules don’t apply to fish antibiotics but so don’t trust the source.) My finances are really tight right now, and this stuff is expensive, but I want to buy two oral antibiotics and a tube of terramycin. So my question is, which should I buy? I have found these:
Amoxicillin
Ciprofloxacin
Cephalexin
Metronidazole

I am looking for a place that still has Baytril (edit: without a prescription) if you think that one is more important than what I listed.

Baytril is like the bazooka of antibiotics. Really heavy gun. It is still in stock at All Bird Products.
I believe fish antibiotics will remain available but I am not sure.
I think Metronidazole may be a tad specialized for what you need.
But Bob is the expert. You should pm him. He can’t give generalized antimicrobial advice on a public site given that is his profession if you see what I mean.

 

[Ponypoor]

Fluffy Butt Friday

Drizzzly day (in Newfoundland we would say ‘it’s right mawzy’. Of course that make the mosquitoes and black flies have a field day!

But it doesn’t stop the chooks from running amok.

The schools chicks

Mr Rico

Mademoiselle Martina

Fluffy McNugget

Henny Penny McNugget in a hurry

Foggy McNugget

Cappy McNugget

Frosty McNugget

Mr P also on a hurry

 

[Ponypoor]

@RebeccaBoyd

Frosty is a splash! She has black feathers on her back and tail. She’s a wild thing!

Martina - just because

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

It's true they all 3 use the same box. We do still have our small coop we used when they were little. It was too small for full-sized chickens, but not for just 1. I had thought of taking the bedding out and putting her there when I wanted her to stop being broody. I could try putting her and the eggs there. It's kind of far from the main coop, but we could move it....

My husband suggested we build in a "brooding area" into our new run when we build it. I knew chicken math would get him eventually.

But maybe she's just not ready...kind of pre-broody? Like PMS? Is that a thing? She is just right at a 11-12 months old.

I think that you should build a small brooding area for her. That's what I did for Willow.
You may need to keep putting her on the eggs, having her sit down, and then give her a treat until she is on there all of the time (except for food and water)
I think that Willow is about that age. I got her a few months before she started laying. I'll need to look at some photo dates...

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Fluffy Butt Friday

Drizzzly day (in Newfoundland we would say ‘it’s right mawzy’. Of course that make the mosquitoes and black flies have a field day!

But it doesn’t stop the chooks from running amok.

The schools chicks
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Mr Rico
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Mademoiselle Martina
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Fluffy McNugget
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Henny Penny McNugget in a hurry
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Foggy McNugget
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Cappy McNugget
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Frosty McNugget
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Mr P also on a hurry
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That's quite a lot of McNuggets...

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

I'm going to a different TSC later today. Hopefully it has some of the stuff that I need. (Meaning some Polish and Silkie chicks that I can steal) Haha, and Permethrin, Vetercyn, and Betadine.

 

[Ponypoor]

That's quite a lot of McNuggets...

Fluffy, Curly and Henny Penny are all sisters (well hatch mates at any rate), and the chicks being raised by Fluffy and Curly automatically become McNuggets

 

[RoyalChick]

Don't the captions get pulled from POW? Already posted it there.

No. There is a caption competition photo submission thread. It is a hoot in its own right. They select from there.

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm going to a different TSC later today. Hopefully it has some of the stuff that I need. (Meaning some Polish and Silkie chicks that I can steal) Haha, and Permethrin, Vetercyn, and Betadine.

Good luck

Silkies and Polish are very hard to check gender, won’t know till they crow or lay an egg. Or do what i did and do the gender DNA test.

 

[Ponypoor]

No. There is a caption competition photo submission thread. It is a hoot in its own right. They select from there.

Oh I bet it’s hilarious! I will go search for it.