Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Pastel the Rooster]

Im so sorry for you ,Pastel. While it doesn't make the loss any easier, i was nice you got to hold Frost so she wasn't alone in her last few moments.

Unfortunately, our birds are both hearty and frail at the same time - and it is a huge learning curve sometimes to figure out what they need - and even after years of keeping them, they will still occasionally through you a curve ball.

I know it is really hard to think this way, especially with the loss so close. but try to learn from it. Do you keep a journal? If so, maybe write down the symptoms and make note of if the Corrid has an impact. SO: watery poops? bloody poops? lethargic? Make note of the treatment start date and how quickly you see improvements.

This will help you in the future - especially if you don't have coccidosis for a long time, and it will also serve as a reference for how quick you should see improvements - so if, in the future it is maybe something else, you will be aware if Corid isn't helping in a timely enough fashion to consider something else that might be going on.

I kinda have a journal. Its more of a planner. I just got it and so I've not written anything in it. It's for poultry use only. (Maybe horse shows when I start riding!)

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

I was off line for a few days from Friday to Sunday

Oh, how come?

 

[notabitail]

Oh, how come?

His DSL went down.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Our dryer is probably 35-40 years old. There is no spot for liquid softener. Is there another way to do this?

The spot for it would be in your washer. If you don’t see a spot for it there, I would add it into the wash directly I do not put anything into the dryer but for the clothes. I will probably owe SHARA tax but risking it anyway

 

[bgmathteach]

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, as I know nothing about chicken genders, but does (Sylvie?) Look like a cockerel?

No, she doesn't have the flag tail feathers nor drapey/pointy saddle feathers. She is getting close to lay, though, as her comb is reddening up. So, maybe 2-3 weeks and she will start checking out nest boxes.

 

[RoyalChick]

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, as I know nothing about chicken genders, but does (Sylvie?) Look like a cockerel?

Lordy I have no idea.
I suspect if she were a boy she would be crowing by now.
Someone is crowing, but I don’t think it is her.
Oh boy!

 

[RoyalChick]

No, she doesn't have the flag tail feathers nor drapey/pointy saddle feathers. She is getting close to lay, though, as her comb is reddening up. So, maybe 2-3 weeks and she will start checking out nest boxes.

I am sooooo not ready for that. She is still a little baby to me!

 

[notabitail]

I am sooooo not ready for that. She is still a little baby to me!
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Pick her up and cuddle her.

 

[Ponypoor]

I want this one. View attachment 3603385

If you ever go to New York go to the Arts Museum and wear that shirt and ponder Van Gogh’s painting starry night

 

[Ponypoor]

I remember checking every few minutes for an egg when mine were about to lay their first egg . I miss my girls

My pullets squawk up a storm prior to laying an egg