Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

I will - but definitely not going into town today.

If you wait too long, the holiday will be over (no nuts for you!)

 

[featherhead007]

Jaffar has to be brought inside the house to eat, or he’ll tidbit all his food to his ladies. I brought him in, and as usual, he threw a tantrum and scratched his food bowl everywhere. Then he calmed down, and had his Awh ha moment realized that the food was his alone to eat.
He’s one crazy roo!

 

[RoyalChick]

I will - but definitely not going into town today.

Nothing to be sad about - I just prefer to stay home with my cats and chicken friends.

 

[Lexicon]

Monday Mugs! Our weather has turned and we had ice in the waterer for the first time this weekend.
Beatrice

Goneril above

Myrna below

Penny

Cesario

 

[featherhead007]

Monday Mugs! Our weather has turned and we had ice in the waterer for the first time this weekend.
Beatrice
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Goneril above

Myrna below

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Penny
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Cesario
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Goneril a speckled suspect?

 

[bgmathteach]

There’s a lot of flavor packed in those little nuts!

Yes. A lot packed into that one, too! Saucy little fellow, he is!

Tax:

My 'Black' Jersey Giant. He has white on his head and both epaulettes. He has finally filled out mostly (just over 1 year old now), he is super sweet. @ManueB Does 'Pied' mean 'has spots', or is it more general meaning 2 colors in how it is used (not the official definition, but cultural use is what I am asking about)

Oh, and Alex, you know we love your nuttiness/humor, right?!!!!!!!!!

 

[featherhead007]

No EE’s or Speckled Sussex can be found anywhere near me!

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes. A lot packed into that one, too! Saucy little fellow, he is!

Tax:

My 'Black' Jersey Giant. He has white on his head and both epaulettes. He has finally filled out mostly (just over 1 year old now), he is super sweet. @ManueB Does 'Pied' mean 'has spots', or is it more general meaning 2 colors in how it is used (not the official definition, but cultural use is what I am asking about)
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Oh, and Alex, you know we love your nuttiness/humor, right?!!!!!!!!!

He is a good looking fella!

 

[rural mouse]

No EE’s or Speckled Sussex can be found anywhere near me!

If you can come pick up, we can set eggs in the incubator. Can do EEs and SS mix.

 

[ManueB]

Honey has been laying soft shell eggs for a while. Almost every morning, we will find a soft shell in the coop, not in the nesting box. It's like she will poop out a soft shell egg every night. Back then, I wasn't quite sure it was hers.

8/29 Tuesday: her bottom was really dirty. I gave her a bath. Afterwards, she pooped out yolk, egg whites, and poop simultaneously. The soft shell must have been stuck inside.

8/31 Thursday: Has her started on Amox. 250mg, twice a day given she is 2kg.

9/1 Friday: She almost seems back to normal.

9/2 Saturday: She got worse but still scratched a bit from time to time.

9/3 Sunday: She went downhill fast. She was not moving at all.

9/4 Monday: Fed her Baytril around 6:30am. My small scale hasn't arrived yet but I realized that I have a 1/8 teaspoon. She needs about 1/16 teaspoon of 10% baytril powder daily, so I just divided the 1/8 teaspoon into half.

She also has nutridrench in her water now.

I have seen on the emergency forum that people were advised to replace Amox by Baytril in the middle of Amox. I hope this is OK.

I don't know if Honey is going to survive this.

Sending good thoughts and hope. You're doing all you can for her.

She is a beautiful girl - do you know how old she is?

Not exactly but supposing she laid at five months, she will soon be four. Not very old for a chicken, but old enough for a production hen that spent her first months in a battery.
She was attacked by a hawk at Christmas. It didn't look bad, but she lost sight in one eye and she never really recovered.

Blanche in her prime when she had broken under a fence to dig up the baby irises.

@ManueB Does 'Pied' mean 'has spots', or is it more general meaning 2 colors in how it is used (not the official definition, but cultural use is what I am asking about)

Oh la la...this is a complicated one. So, my guess is you may possibly be confusing "pied" with "pie" ? Pie is pinto for a horse and it's a term that is only used in the equestrian world ; pied means foot.
Pied beau doesn't really mean anything, it's a very lame pun my partner made : it can mean lame foot and beautiful foot, and as a chick he had striking huge feet with the middle finger yellow and the two others black.

Monday Mugs! Our weather has turned and we had ice in the waterer for the first time this weekend.
Beatrice
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Goneril above

Myrna below

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Penny
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Cesario
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Beautiful! You should share pics more often. How are things going with Cesario?
Ice ! How far North are you ? We have a late heat wave here and back in the 90s.