Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

They are so pretty!

I agree. Beautiful birds.

 

[lightm]

No, she is not able to eat at all on her own. She can drink, but not eat..and she can only drink if it is deep enough (I have a rubber 1 gal. dish in her coop/run complex so she can).

You are such a good person taking care of her! It takes lots of love and patience.

 

[featherhead007]

But then I am home for a week and can relax and play with the horses and chooks

Ifthereareanychooksleft!
(One word, seven syllables)

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

A Bit of a Scare

We have a had a scare with Hattie but the outcome is not real bad. Last Wednesday I noticed her limping. I decided to give it a day and see if she recovered. When she was still limping on Thursday, I decided to bring her in that night and check her out.

So I picked her off the roost Thursdsy night. Her weight was on target, 6.5 lbs, 2.95 kg. There was no bumblefoot and her legs seemed uninjured. Everything moved as they should. A puzzle then.

Her bum was full of poo so we decided to bathe her. Here she is having a good soak.

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Once we got her cleaned up, a quick towel dry and some TV, then it was time for her blow dry. While blow drying her we saw this for the first time.

Spoiler: Something Unnerving

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This was located just below her chest. Immediately I am thinking cancer. She been laying around a lot. Now she is limping. I'm thinking that she has a progressive cancer.

Of course the vet is closed, Fri, Sat, and Sun. I can't even try to get an apt until Monday morning. So I emailed a photo of the wound to the vet Sunday night and called first thing this morning. We got an apt for late this afternoon.

Off to the vet her and I went. She was 0.1 kg lighter than Thursday night. I think I can blame that on a full craw Thursday night. Here she is in the vet's arms for her exam. Right after this photo Hattie popped on the vet. A nice wet runny one.
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After a full workup the diagnosis is arthritis of all things. The scabs on her belly are from her laying around so much. We need to get her up and moving again. So she is on CBD oil for 2 weeks. If she does not improve then on to metacam she goes.

So much better than I expected. In fact I did not even bring another chicken along because I was worried about that hen having to come home alone.

Interesting Note
Because of bird flu, birds are no longer allowed in the clinic. The vet saw Hattie in the back of my car. I get the need to be safe but the odds of a bird getting loose are pretty high. Aurora would have very tough to keep under control in a situation like that.

Not a horrible prognosis, could have been so worse. The CBD oil...... was that recommended by the vet? Also, can you notice mobility improvement with the CBD? How old
Is Hattie? I have been curious about about CBD & chickens. I hope your Hattie girl lives as comfortably as possible. Love you Hattie! Good luck buddy

 

[BY Bob]

Not a horrible prognosis, could have been so worse. The CBD oil...... was that recommended by the vet? Also, can you notice mobility improvement with the CBD? How old
Is Hattie? I have been curious about about CBD & chickens. I hope your Hattie girl lives as comfortably as possible. Love you Hattie! Good luck buddy

Hattie just turned 5 years old. I used CBD with Lilly and it seemed to help her. Hopefully it will also help Hattie. Hattie is suffering far more than Lilly was so I have some doubts but it's worth trying.

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Hattie just turned 5 years old. I used CBD with Lilly and it seemed to help her. Hopefully it will also help Hattie. Hattie is suffering far more than Lilly was so I have some doubts but it's worth trying.

How was her mobility after that nice bubble bath??

 

[featherhead007]

Hopes for Hattie to get better

 

[Ponypoor]

Ifthereareanychooksleft!
(One word, seven syllables)

You should have heard my mum putting the chooks to bed tonight, it was hilarious! I was busy doing online safety training so I didn’t help at all, but it sure was hard not to help!

There was a lot of f bombs and ‘no no no no no, stop, go in there, not you, you, stop it….’ Hahaha. Poor mum
Then she started counting them more swearing…

Took her 20 min to get them to bed!

 

[Ponypoor]

Sebright gals and Sebright/Game crossed bantam roosView attachment 3621595

Such beauties- love their colouring very exotic!

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

You should have heard my mum putting the chooks to bed tonight, it was hilarious! I was busy doing online safety training so I didn’t help at all, but it sure was hard not to help!

There was a lot of f bombs and ‘no no no no no, stop, go in there, not you, you, stop it….’ Hahaha. Poor mum
Then she started counting them more swearing…

Took her 20 min to get them to bed!

Bless her for helping! That is very funny.