Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

Pretty good today

Fab. I've just left you a message, I got worried for you

 

[RoyalChick]

Another 2fer before the end of Tuesday.
The odd couple eating as if there may never be any food ever again. I had to double check that the feeders weren’t empty!

 

[Lilion]

Thank you everyone so much!!!

I took Tylenol as soon as I got home. I do feel a little icky but hopefully like last time it will be short lived. Most importantly I found out today that the treatment is working. Diameter is still the same but its not raised anymore flat like a scab instead.

Mind is blown that the flu vaccine is beating back Melanoma! I will take a couple of sick days for that for sure

What wonderful news. I'd never heard of such a thing. I'm so very happy for you.

 

[Ponypoor]

What a day, I spent the morning doing my job hunt - not sure who thinks there is a shortage of workers…. I don’t see it at all.

Anywhoo then I noted one of my nieces hens had a poppy butt so I went and started washing it, and that’s when all sh1t hit the fan.

Upon removing poops I turned her over and she was crawling maggots. Lots of swearing and running around gathering supplies to deal with that. Tripping over stupid roosters (yep they are all going except Mr P of course), trying to remove maggots, I cut off all her feathers as close to the skin as I could, then I washed her again in a bath of disinfectant soap, trying to scrub the maggots off her skin, and once I got the ones off I could I flipped her over again and inspected her.

It looked like a pocket where more maggots were residing so I flushed that with peroxide and them rinsed her off in another bath.

Then I hauled out the tweezers and started picking off maggots. Then I got out the blow dryer and dried her off. Once she was dry I could see the full extent of her wounds, her belly seems to have necrotic tissue and I could still see maggots lurking in part of the wound.

I had to wait while they came out into the air, so I dosed her with Ivermectin to kill the little flickers, I also hat her a mega dose of antibiotics (500mg of Amoxicillin), 1/2 a low dose aspirin and Tylenol. If they doesn’t kill her and she survives the maggots and her skin heals she might be ok.

Then it was back to plucking maggots, I grabbed a few more and couldn’t see any more so I gave her some mash, and put her in the large crate away from anyone who wanted to peck her.

I cannot tell you all how guilty I feel for not nipping this in the bud sooner. Totally my fault for not keeping on top of poopy butts. Poor Red

Tomorrow anyone with a remotely poopy butt is getting a Brazilian done.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Well it is a good thing Owly likes to snuggle. Branch is currently a look but do not touch boy and will be for the time being. I noticed he did not want me to pick him up earlier and evaded me. I finally snatched him up and now I know why. The poor boy is molting. Underneath all that fuzz of his he feels like a porcupine with all the pin feathers. I sat him down on the steps with me and he was happy to sit beside me for a bit. He also attempted to burst my ear drums by crowing in my ear a few times. Once he was convinced I had lost all hearing in my left side he sauntered on down the steps to continue his rooster duties. The brat, I think he did that in retaliation for picking him up.

 

[Ponypoor]

Still thinking of you and a little worried my friend

All is good here smoke wise, it’s the mosquitoes that are the problem!

 

[Ponypoor]

How about turkeys for TuesdayView attachment 3616688

Turkey Tuesday hahahaha

They can fly well I see!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

2 for Tuesday.

 

[Ponypoor]

What wonderful news. I'd never heard of such a thing. I'm so very happy for you.

Hey Lilion, how are things? I was wondering were you got to

 

[Ponypoor]

Well it is a good thing Owly likes to snuggle. Branch is currently a look but do not touch boy and will be for the time being. I noticed he did not want me to pick him up earlier and evaded me. I finally snatched him up and now I know why. The poor boy is molting. Underneath all that fuzz of his he feels like a porcupine with all the pin feathers. I sat him down on the steps with me and he was happy to sit beside me for a bit. He also attempted to burst my ear drums by crowing in my ear a few times. Once he was convinced I had lost all hearing in my left side he sauntered on down the steps to continue his rooster duties. The brat, I think he did that in retaliation for picking him up.

Hahaha Rico did that on the weekend - he hopped up on the stall door and proceeded to crow in my ear as I walked by, scared the living daylights out of me! And likely burst an eardrum