Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[SimpleJenn]

Mud, Cocoa, and Nyx. We each named one. Mud is absolutely a boy, Cocoa is suspicious, and Nyx seems pullet.

They get little thumps here and there from the bigs, but aren't chased as much as the other chicks.

Wild girl. She is so gorgeous and has tiny little cheeky poofs.

Hello ladies, have some squash.

The momma hens are keeping their distance today, they do not approve of new birds but they're being respectful of space at least. The chicks seem to have popped amazing colors the past few days.

 

[bgmathteach]

Hubby thinks if we sleep on it we'll have a good name for her. She was very good and put herself to bed, but I had to wrangle all the midsize chicks into the coop! Hubby had to help!

Kasumi is in the broody coop to sleep in isolation. Tomorrow...well it'll be tomorrow.

Here are pics of the other three to cheer things up
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Nyx
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Possibly Cocoa
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Mud
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Are Mud & Coco boys? Suspicious amount of red in the comb/wattle area.

 

[Ponypoor]

Helpers for the day

200 more bales put up today. 300 total.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Are Mud & Coco boys? Suspicious amount of red in the comb/wattle area.

Yep. One is going to my cousin to help her silkie rooster with his hens. They are 3 months old.

 

[Ponypoor]

Thank you

Yep, I thought calcium might be the problem but Dr said no, there's a sticky substance thats meant to connect the break which is a biological issue. I'm being sent to another Dr for a stimulator treatment or whatever its called ?

The break is upper part of humerus. Being one-armed sucks but we're thanking God's blessings its better than a hip or leg break!

I shudder whenever I read one of you BYCer's have taken a tumble cuz its so easy to be preoccupied or in a hurry to have an accident. Our animals need us so y'all be vigilant

I am sorry that your arm is just not cooperating. Healing is a complicated thing unfortunately, one we all take for granted.

And you are very correct, just one misstep and down you go! Been there many times myself. The older we get the more worrisome a fall is.

Everyday I worry about what would happen if I had an injury, who who care for the horses and chooks. Mostly the horses, they are the most dangerous to deal with.

Though, after slipping in that chicken poop earlier today I wonder at times

Misty

 

[Ponypoor]

How did you get them to eat pumpkin?

I've seen pictures of chickens eating a whole pumpkin starting w/a hole & they curiously peck at it to get to the flesh & seeds inside. We tried that & our hens ignored the whole pumpkin just strolling past it. Not the least bit interested.

Then we cut a bigger hole ~ nothing.

We cut it up into smaller chunks ~ not a peck!

We put pulled-out seeds for them ~ ignored.

Last chance ~ some pieces were cooked and mashed up & finally thrown away when it was bypassed.

Yet they love other tubular squash ~ baked white sweet potato being a real delicacy!

The first one I did peck some areas where eyes and mouth should be. Henny Penny started the process and once the seeds where reached that was it! Everyone went mad pecking away to get to the seeds.

Now they don’t even need me to peck out areas to start, they know to do it themselves.

 

[Ponypoor]

She'll eat porridge dry or wet, vegetables softened even fruit but her is still water and she will not touch layers in any way at all
She's picking off the floor and enjoying scratching around but not eating anything substantial
It's a real battle.

Yesterday and last night we had a very loud festival coming from the house behind, they were booming out drum and base it almost sent everyone crazy. Princess was seriously disturbed, these selfish people didn't even care about their own small children let alone any animals they disturbed.

In the past I added charcoal too chickens feed and for my other animals and it helped. It got my dog together on countless situations plus an elderly dog that ate something really bad and nothing worked to pull him through, thank goodness the charcoal stopped him be ill and he's still with us.
As for myself it saved me from salmonella, and other upsets. This is why I tried it again.

Right now princess is scraping around after some mixed corn, which even that she had no interest in.

I'm honestly doing my utmost.

Thanks Kelly

Have you tried scrambled egg? Or even a raw egg. Try that.

 

[Ponypoor]

I can only order on my phone
I've currently got mash which she is refusing and or course this layers

Is growers different, I'll look this up.

Use up what you have first then you can look at something that doesn’t have so much calcium.

 

[Ponypoor]

I've tried too add her droppings pictures but good old byc failed so trying again

Failed from past link. Wake up BYC this us important

Looks like moult time poops.

Try eggs scrambled boiled raw.

Also can soak bread in egg and fry it up (French toast style).

 

[Ponypoor]

What about lentils and rice?

Mine looove cooked rice.