Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

I've skimmed many pages and will do a few replies. It's so hard to keep up!

What an absolutely beautiful bird! Thanks for offering to catch me up...I'll muddle thru this time.

Im so very sorry!

Nah...we're just obstinate.

How adorable!!! I'm jealous of anyone who gets good chick shots! My speedy like stinkers are generally blurs!

My pasta recipe takes 4! I think our definitions of small batches differ. I do love fresh pasta!

So tried to get some shots of the triplets but they're FAST. Even munchies don't slow them down. I'm trying to look at combs and wattles... though I know at 3 weeks it's impossible to sex them. Here's a very few pics I managed. Uno stays far away from the camera. Most only show Dos and Tres. Mom simply refuses to let me touch one. I hold out treats and she puts herself squarely between us.

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WOW! They have sure grown - they are lovely.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

@ChicoryBlue : I'm so sorry you lost her, but I agree with everyone that there wasn't anything you could do - other than keeping it safe, warm, fed, & comfortable as you did. How is your burn doing? I imagine a burn that bad will take a while to heal, but I'm hoping you've been able to keep the wound clean and prepped enough so that as the skin grows back, it isn't hurtful to play/tight on the hand.

@RebeccaBoyd : I can not imagine enduring the heartache you have this year. I don't know what to say - so many losses in so many different forms. I guess the only thing positive I can say is - at least you have Owly and Branche. It seems Owly is quite perceptive for such a young chick - but then, sometimes I think our pets know us better than our families (or at least read us better)

@knoturavggrl : It sounds like you have a great treatment option, I will be keeping you in my thoughts.


Sorry I've been mostly a 'fly-by' this week. Came down with nasty case of covid and could barely function the first 2 days. Not out of the woods, but definitely doing much better today. This is the first day I was able to eat anything - about 2 tablespoons oatmeal, and later in the day about 1/4 of a banana definitely an improvement!

Happen to be on here - wow @bgmathteach that sounds bad - please you take care of yourself too!
Thank you, the burn did not go through all the skin, I don't know the grades but it raised a good blister and never was an open wound. I did cover it well and use antibiotic ointment for two weeks. It's in a spot that did not interfere with playing, my right finger picking hand, except one night two days later I did feel a sore stiffness on the back of my hand, from inflammation in the palm I think. It's uncovered now and it has a thin leathery feel but it's skin.
I see this evening a second little one now wanting to sleep when the others are racing about, not a good sign. She moved out from under the plate a bit and pooped, I think I saw what she had pooped but didn't see it drop, and she stood there longer, so I checked for pasty bum, and her vent looks fine. She woke up quite a bit when I picked her up, but she wouldn't drink when I held her near the nipple waterer and put a drop from my finger on the side of her beak. She didn't like that. She went back under the plate when I set her down. Darn it!

 

[RoyalChick]

Oh and this is the mystery weed in the chicken yard that might be Savory.
And for tax another view of Piglet so you can all tell her if her butt is considered fluffy.

 

[Sally PB]

This is Sunny's fluffy butt. 5 minutes later, she cecal pooped on me.

 

[notabitail]

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This is Sunny's fluffy butt. 5 minutes later, she cecal pooped on me.

Aww. How cu-
*feels hot stuff on shoulder*
GET THAT STUFF OFF OF ME!

 

[Ponypoor]

@ChicoryBlue : I'm so sorry you lost her, but I agree with everyone that there wasn't anything you could do - other than keeping it safe, warm, fed, & comfortable as you did. How is your burn doing? I imagine a burn that bad will take a while to heal, but I'm hoping you've been able to keep the wound clean and prepped enough so that as the skin grows back, it isn't hurtful to play/tight on the hand.

@RebeccaBoyd : I can not imagine enduring the heartache you have this year. I don't know what to say - so many losses in so many different forms. I guess the only thing positive I can say is - at least you have Owly and Branche. It seems Owly is quite perceptive for such a young chick - but then, sometimes I think our pets know us better than our families (or at least read us better)

@knoturavggrl : It sounds like you have a great treatment option, I will be keeping you in my thoughts.


Sorry I've been mostly a 'fly-by' this week. Came down with nasty case of covid and could barely function the first 2 days. Not out of the woods, but definitely doing much better today. This is the first day I was able to eat anything - about 2 tablespoons oatmeal, and later in the day about 1/4 of a banana definitely an improvement!

O my gosh! I am so sorry to hear this, and I live in fear myself, of getting it again I was so ill.

I sure hope you get better soon.

Can’t wait to see how the Storm chicks are growing

 

[bgmathteach]

Oh and this is the mystery weed in the chicken yard that might be Savory.
And for tax another view of Piglet so you can all tell her if her butt is considered fluffy.

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Is that rosemary? The branch has a growth pattern like it - I would have to feel the texture of the leaves to be sure (and probably see the whole plant.) You said it smelled herby - do you have any rosemary in the house to compare it to? They are a fragile perennial here - you might be a touch warmer, zone. They will grow and do well in a normal winter, but one like last year would kill them - no ground cover, repeated freeze/thaw, and bitter cold with no snow. wise.

 

[Ponypoor]

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This is Sunny's fluffy butt. 5 minutes later, she cecal pooped on me.

Eww! Hahaha

That’s my big fear with my office chair

Not so easy to clean that sucker!

But it’s a lovely fluffy butt she has there

 

[notabitail]

Eww! Hahaha

That’s my big fear with my office chair

Not so easy to clean that sucker!

But it’s a lovely fluffy butt she has there

My chair has taken a pooping several time.

 

[RoyalChick]

Is that rosemary? The branch has a growth pattern like it - I would have to feel the texture of the leaves to be sure (and probably see the whole plant.) You said it smelled herby - do you have any rosemary in the house to compare it to? They are a fragile perennial here - you might be a touch warmer, zone. They will grow and do well in a normal winter, but one like last year would kill them - no ground cover, repeated freeze/thaw, and bitter cold with no snow. wise.

It looks and feels just like Rosemary that is bolting. But the shrub itself is less woody and definitely doesn’t smell like Rosemary.
I don’t usually cook with Savory so I am less familiar with its smell.
I know someone who is a Master Gardener - I will send her some pictures and see what she says.