Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

How wonderful. I have never had an ankle biter

Have a week old chick who thinks my socks are tasty hahaha.

Note to all, chipmunk coloured chicks are good camouflage on wood shavings! Careful not to step on one

 

[Ponypoor]

So far, a quiet morning.View attachment 3569067Turkey vultures are out enjoying the thermals.

View attachment 3569068Some of the tall grass (not anywhere close to broody miss) mown, raked, and drying. This is a first for us, but going to try bagging and saving for winter coop goodies.

What a treat! They will love that come January!

 

[Ponypoor]

Her chosen nest site makes a good argument for deploying a drone to monitor your chickens - you could sit on the porch with a beverage of your choosing and look all over the field!

I like the way you think!

 

[rural mouse]

Point of reference: where is broody hidden?

 

[rural mouse]

The bigger question: who is she?

 

[featherhead007]

No not that one. One property down the alley from him. All his littles were safely under my coop’s roof last night.

Here’s the full ending of this house!

 

[featherhead007]

The bigger question: who is she?

She’s exploring her jungle fowl roots!

 

[knoturavggrl]

Here’s the full ending of this house!View attachment 3569526View attachment 3569527

Oh goodness, fires are so terrible I am so glad you are okay and that it didn’t spread. I hope everyone got out safely.

 

[featherhead007]

Oh goodness, fires are so terrible I am so glad you are okay and that it didn’t spread. I hope everyone got out safely.

No casualties were reported

 

[knoturavggrl]

Peanut is not doing much better on the painkiller. Just talked to the vet call center, she's looking to see if the vet on duty can come here tomorrow to help Peanut pass. She offered to check if I could bring Peanut up there today, but unless it's cancelled due to thunderstorms (actually likely) I have a gig in the opposite direction today and have to leave here by 4. It also would be added stress on Peanut to travel, it would be altogether less stress all around, me included to not travel for it...

I'm sitting with her with the side door to the nestbox open. She's confined herself here today, and though the Meloxicam has perked her up as far as catching flies, preening a little, gathering a little nest box hemp to her breast, she's not moving much except to adjust her sitting and raise up a bit and forward to poop. She doesn't want to drink any water. She is taking some blueberries and a little scrambled eggs & sunflower seeds. Her crop seems full and I wonder if things aren't moving.

Her belly is not tight like it was but it is filling again, and she is panting and seems hot. She stood a bit wingspreading and then slowly settled down like she didn't want the strain of standing. Or I'm imagining that. But the chopped hemp is warm and holds her heat. I might put her on the roost platform next to this where it is much cooler, especially since there's a big hole below with hardware cloth and screening in the poop tray now. If she wants to move back I'll help her if she can't.
Edit - I just left her there on the hemp. She might be feeling vulnerable and wants to feel hidden in the nest box darkness.

I am sorry CB, no words could make this any easier. So sending