Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

Xzit: keeps her eyes closed for long periods of time. yawning more than usual. Poops are not normal. (Too wet) moves her neck frantically at times (found nothing in her beak) and she scratches at her ears, but there’s no reason for it (no bugs I can see)

What is Xzit's age? Don't wait long to find the issue as hens hide illness a while before we see their odd behavior/symptoms. Do you have a livestock or poultry vet nearby?

 

[Sylvester017]

What about lentils and rice?

Should be ok if cooked thoroughly thru.

 

[lightm]

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Those are most of my plants and flowers.
I'm growing 2 greenhouses, 4 gardens, and one flower bed this year. Obviously I don't eat that much, I'm selling it through a local farmer's store. See which flowers you can identify!
The harvest season is very busy for me. I'm already starting - in the first picture you can see my zucchini is exploding (back of the garden) and I'm dehydrating it. I also went berry picking a few weeks back and churned out strawberry, blueberry, and strawberry-rhubarb jam(and canned it). Then I froze some saskatoon and honey berries. I pickled some beets too, it's a good year for them here except for some are bolting because of the heat wave and they become rabbit food.
I may be going offline soon because I have a whole lot of preserving coming along. And my turnips are bigger than my fist.
My computer got fixed. I was puzzled when my computer kept restarting itself in the middle of OS installation, and then I realized... It's out of power! So I plugged it in, and lo and behold I had two operating systems on my computer!
Tax:
Primula Prefers Pinkies (or Cameras)
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Impressive!

 

[Lilion]

Happy Pony Sunday! Boy it's hot out here. Working on the coop today, but it's slow going. Still, I do hope we can get them in, in the next week. Maybe Labor Day. We got the run frame put together...a totally NON-predator proof tubular metal frame thing from Amazon. But soooo much faster and cheaper than building one from scratch. Taking a break now.

Unfortunately, we have an egg eater. Every few days I find one on the floor or in the run. They had all been Sheba's. She tends to drop them where the mood takes her. But last night I found egg...no she'll at all, just egg...in the nest box. I'm not at all happy and don't know who's to blame or what to do.

Here's a picture. Not a pony... but a real cutie, huh?

 

[Lilion]

And here's our work for today. Flooring where there was no flooring. A door that is hinged and in place. A frame over which the wire for the run needs to go.

It's 98° and the humidity makes the heat index 109. I'm done.

 

[RoyalChick]

And here's our work for today. Flooring where there was no flooring. A door that is hinged and in place. A frame over which the wire for the run needs to go.

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Progress!

 

[featherhead007]

What is Xzit's age? Don't wait long to find the issue as hens hide illness a while before we see their odd behavior/symptoms. Do you have a livestock or poultry vet nearby?

Your questions are reasonable:
- Xzit is three years old
-very good health until recently
-she drops in and out of her broody attitude.
- There are no poultry veterinary experts anywhere near me, but my vet who has treated my horse has also been very helpful with my chooks. (2 hours away)

 

[featherhead007]

Off topic but I need to share.
I gave a speech at my church today. It was professionally recorded and documented.
The pastor of my church is sending a message to the mayor of our town with compliments on my speech. The subject matter consisted of the homeless issues, the food and clothing bank I am setting up, and the neighborhood watch program that I will be leading. They know me as “The church deacon, chicken man and air wildfire spotting guy”
Anyway, this small town has grabbed me by the heart and didn’t let go!

 

[RoyalChick]

Off topic but I need to share.
I gave a speech at my church today. It was professionally recorded and documented.
The pastor of my church is sending a message to the mayor of our town with compliments on my speech. The subject matter consisted of the homeless issues, the food and clothing bank I am setting up, and the neighborhood watch program that I will be leading. They know me as “The church deacon, chicken man and air wildfire spotting guy”
Anyway, this small town has grabbed me by the heart and didn’t let go!

So glad. That sounds great.

Alex civic contribution tax: Pooh showing Sylvie that she knows she is below her in the hierarchy.

 

[SimpleJenn]

It is done

Working on a little egg collecting basket for @Sylvester017 now.
Here's Cocoa, the chick my kiddo named. Verrrry cuddly and seeks me out to ask for them.