Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Grandma update.

She is still very weak. If she needs to be moved from the bed to a wheelchair or recliner or potty chair it takes 3 people. 2 to lift and hold her in place while the other one moves it to her so she can sit down. Shuffling her feet to try to help is out of the question as she cannot do it and she and the 2 people trying to hold her up about go down. Her apatite is gone, it is a struggle to get her to eat anything. There is one huge change in her, her attitude. Since she has been home she has not complained or said one ill word to anyone. When she does eat we are following the very strict no salt diet the hospital put her on. She has not once asked for salt or a regular drink. If anything she says things are too salty and sweet when nothing has been added. She does ask every night to hold her chicks before they go to bed. Her chicks have finally began roosting in the coop on their own. Now instead of packing each one from the porch I find myself packing them one by one inside each night so she can hold it for a minute. Grandma thinks they are still trying to roost on the porch and she is getting to hold them before they go to bed. I am not telling her any different. If she wanted to hold every chicken on the place right now I would get everyone of them off the roost at night and bring in to her.

You are a good granddaughter

So sorry to hear your gran has deteriorated to this state. It’s a side effect from being in the hospital and not getting up and about. For every day of being in bed, it takes 3 days of getting up and recuperating to get to the level one was before hand.

 

[bgmathteach]

@Grandma The Chicken Did you vote for this thread for favorite thread yet?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/🔥week-1-favorite-thread-poll-vote-now.1598750/

Top of the page, vote for Fluffy Butt Acres as your favorite thread! (We are in first place, but we don't want another thread to enact a counter-offensive and win sprinting to the finish line!)

You haven't been on much lately - hope all is well, and that is it just that you are spending time doing home work and studying! (ah hem, @Pastel The Rooster )

Voting/Poll Tax (sorry, Margaret Thatcher!)

 

[RoyalChick]

Caught up again, at least for today.
Those of you that use shavings in your coop, do you use the small or large flake? Thinking about trying shavings for the winter instead of chopped straw.
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I forgot to add that I sometimes use those pine pellets (very low cost at TSC). I always have them because I use them for cat litter and I put a heap right under the roost with the highest poop load at night. They absorb moisture exceptionally well I find.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Smashed that punkin so they could reach the innards, the shell was so tough!

They sure are enjoying it though!

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

@Grandma The Chicken Did you vote for this thread for favorite thread yet?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/week-1-favorite-thread-poll-vote-now.1598750/

Top of the page, vote for Fluffy Butt Acres as your favorite thread! (We are in first place, but we don't want another thread to enact a counter-offensive and win sprinting to the finish line!)

You haven't been on much lately - hope all is well, and that is it just that you are spending time doing home work and studying! (ah hem, @Pastel The Rooster )

Voting/Poll Tax (sorry, Margaret Thatcher!)
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Yes, I am quite busy with work and there have been some stuff going on around the house so I couldn't go outside and get chicken photos, but when I get home, I will show you my photos. I am really trying to post more here but I haven't gotten a lot of new chicken photos lately so since I took photos of my chickens yesterday, I'll definitely show you all here. You best believe I voted for this thread. I honestly think this thread is more exciting than the others (no hate). Something funny is awaiting all of you.

 

[CCsGarden]

Happy Fluffy Butt Friday!

 

[CCsGarden]

 

[RoyalChick]

It is Friday. Hard to get a fluffy butt shot here because they won’t turn their back on me in case they miss a blueberry!
But I managed to get some Pentagonist fluff (mainly Tassels) and some Odd Couple fluff (mainly Babs).

 

[RoyalChick]

I know I should save this for Monday but she is so pretty I had to share.
My lovely Babs.

 

[Ponypoor]

It's been raining all week here! But I finally got those diamond dove eggs to hatch! I also caught the snake that was trying to eat some my birds!
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Two perfect little fiff nugget
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Congratulations on the hatchlings and for getting the snake.