Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

My rooster has an attitude tonight. Biting and cussing at me. I found him up on the top of the stairs at the front door. (He never goes up those stairs. I brought him inside to feed him. I checked him out thoroughly and no bugs on him.

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Such beauties- love their colouring very exotic!

Wow, such sharp looking beauties.

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

My rooster has an attitude tonight. Biting and cussing at me. I found him up on the top of the stairs at the front door. (He never goes up those stairs. I brought him inside to feed him. I checked him out thoroughly and no bugs on him.

Something got his feathers all ruffled tonight!

 

[featherhead007]

Something got his feathers all ruffled tonight!

Something does!

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Something got his feathers all ruffled tonight!

Is he unwell or been unwell?

 

[featherhead007]

Is he unwell or been unwell?

Nothing that I have notice. He’s just grumpier than usual.

 

[Ponypoor]

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.

That’s a huge scare! And I am so glad it’s pressure sores, can you put a padded harness on her by any chance?

It’s interesting that they won’t see birds due to AI risk, as a vet clinic you would think they would be used to ensuring no contamination, I agree that is a risk.

Let me know how the CBD oil works I might put Truly on it.

 

[knoturavggrl]

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.

So glad that sweet girl is okay for her and for you and your wife, that must have been a scare.

 

[WhoDatChick]

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.

Cake started limping yesterday. I checked her over and didn’t see anything out of the ordinary I am going to wait a day or so or I may put her in a place of her own so she doesn’t have to move around as much. Hopefully it is just a sprain

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Nothing that I have notice. He’s just grumpier than usual.

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