Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

I think it is time I give an update on Bubba. It will also explain why I am not opposed to having a rooster in this group of chicks. It has been about 3 weeks ago now we had our vet out for a farm call for yearly vaccines for the horses. When he finished I brought him Bubba to get a look at his feet. He looked him over and then looked at me and said, "you are thinking tumors right?". Yes, yes I was because while it also looked like it could be bumblefoot I never found an open source for the infection. My boy has bumblefoot, he called it closed bumblefoot which is why I never found the point of origin and it was easy to misdiagnose. I asked him if he was his rooster what would he do and he was honest with me. He told me to watch him, as long as he is getting around ok, roosting no problems and breeding the hens leave him alone. He said it was so deep that he would have to be under anesthesia to remove and the openings so big that he would do more harm to him trying to cure it. So that is what I am doing, I am monitoring my boy daily. He can still get on and off the big roost no problem, he still breeds the hens and he is moving around ok and he is holding his weight. His feet look bad, and the minute they look worse or he shows signs they are bothering him I will make the call. My vet told me he could go a couple months more as he is or he could get worse in a few days. He did tell me if he were his he would not wait until winter. He thinks the cold and wet snow will be detrimental to his feet. I am hoping for a few more months with him. If there is a young roo in this group of chicks I would like it to learn a bit from both him and Branch if possible.

Oh no! Poor Bubba.
I know you will do the right thing by him.

 

[CCsGarden]

I've replied but it seems that I have lost you.

I'm back! sorry!


btw just saw this!

 

[rural mouse]

Mera finally came back to the coop. She's willing to run from me (up onto roosts), has no eggs to sit on (I took them) and is still buk-bukking. As long as she's mobile, she can buk-buk all day long.

 

[Ponypoor]

A night time visitor for Pony Sunday.
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Coyote

 

[RoyalChick]

Coyote

Nah. I think it is one of the many foxes.

 

[Ponypoor]

Ugh. Sylvie does not like the fan and has set up shouting so loud you could hear her in the next county.
It has made the others a bit uneasy.
I can’t tell what she has against it and am sitting here to see if she calms down.
It is a tiny fan on the lowest setting.
I have to go back indoors - the ‘feels like’ temperature is 97° and I am drenched.
At least the fan got her standing up so maybe it is doing its job.
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They get used to fans - I have box fans everywhere! In the hen house, in the Summer House, in each horse stall, and a huge high velocity fan I use in the alleyway - they were all standing in front of that fan this week, they have a hard time standing in front of that fan hahaha.

I also now have that evaporative cooler that I can also use as a fan.

Overall I feel it’s the noise the fans make. Once they get used to it they are fine.

 

[featherhead007]

 

[Ponypoor]

You were supposed to chew up the worms and then spit them into the baby bird’s beak. FYI

Or…..

Try moist cat food next time, that’s what they use at the rehab centres here for baby birds like robins etc.

 

[rural mouse]

I think it is time I give a update on Bubba. It will also explain why I am not opposed to having a rooster in this group of chicks. It has been about 3 weeks ago now we had our vet out for a farm call for yearly vaccines for the horses. When he finished I brought him Bubba to get a look at his feet. He looked him over and then looked at me and said, "you are thinking tumors right?". Yes, yes I was because while it also looked like it could be bumblefoot I never found a open source for the infection. My boy has bumblefoot, he called it closed bumblefoot which is why I never found the point of origin and it was easy to misdiagnose. I asked him if he was his rooster what would he do and he was honest with me. He told me to watch him, as long as he is getting around ok, roosting no problems and breeding the hens leave him alone. He said it was so deep that he would have to be under anesthesia to remove and the openings so big that he would do more harm to him trying to cure it. So that is what I am doing, I am monitoring my boy daily. He can still get on and off the big roost no problem, he still breeds the hens and he is moving around ok and he is holding his weight. His feet look bad, and the minute they look worse or he shows signs they are bothering him I will make the call. My vet told me he could go a couple months more as he is or he could get worse in a few days. He did tell me if he were his he would not wait until winter. He thinks the cold and wet snow will be detrimental to his feet. I am hoping for a few more months with him. If there is a young roo in this group of chicks I would like it to learn a bit from both him and Branch if possible.

Any chance of incubating a purebred son of his?

 

[Ponypoor]

Wonderful video.
When you cut to Mr. P, his stance and the way he walks.....where have I saw that before?

Oh wait, I know, I see it every time I look in the brooder.
Adele is a Mr. P chick, his exact copy.
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I will not speculate what that stance means, I love that little bobblehead.

I think that’s more a Polish stance than a Roo stance

But she sure is a very cute little munchkin