Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

According to medical articles it is chronic w/no cure . So heartbreaking.

Yes usually caused by internal egg laying.

But it can also be caused from liver and kidney damage. So either way it’s likely a chronic issue for her. She is over 5, and that’s usually when these layers start to act up.

I will keep her on aspirin like I do with Red Hen. It has been shown to help reduce inflammation so hopefully it can help her. Also help with any pain management.

Whether it’s horses, chickens or people, getting old sucks!

 

[featherhead007]

Xzit update: she went back to her nest of dirt and twigs (no eggs)
She dug through the twigs, down to the dirt and sat there.
I have enough birds already, or I’d go buy a few chicks for her. She seems very determined!

 

[Ponypoor]

Xzit update: she went back to her nest of dirt and twigs (no eggs)
She dug through the twigs, down to the dirt and sat there.
I have enough birds already, or I’d go buy a few chicks for her. She seems very determined!

Oh those broodies!

You have now joined the club of non stop broodies. A bunch of very determined ladies!

 

[RoyalChick]

Oh those broodies!

You have now joined the club of non stop broodies. A bunch of very determined ladies!

Alex needs a broody jail.

 

[Sylvester017]

Yes usually caused by internal egg laying.

But it can also be caused from liver and kidney damage. So either way it’s likely a chronic issue for her. She is over 5, and that’s usually when these layers start to act up.

I will keep her on aspirin like I do with Red Hen. It has been shown to help reduce inflammation so hopefully it can help her. Also help with any pain management.

Whether it’s horses, chickens or people, getting old sucks!

Just listened to a Chuck Swindoll sermon about the progression of aging & how short life is.

Even shorter for our birds/pets!

Eternity ~ too long to get it wrong in THIS life.

 

[featherhead007]

Alex needs a broody jail.

My broody jail is in the chickens room in the house. But I can’t leave them alone for days.

 

[Sylvester017]

Xzit update: she went back to her nest of dirt and twigs (no eggs)
She dug through the twigs, down to the dirt and sat there.
I have enough birds already, or I’d go buy a few chicks for her. She seems very determined!

This too shall pass! Believe me we've had our share of determined Silkie broodies ~ we lock the coop up from the hens who want to be broody while allowing a laying hen to stay in a nest. It's been easy to spot a hen that's anxious to lay an egg so DH allows her coop access then locks the run from broody hens

Once the laying hen deposits her egg she usually scrams from the nestbox & runs down the ramp into the run at which time DH lets her out & relocks the run to keep out the broodies. It's been working well for us over 13 yrs. The broodies get less & less broody each day they are locked out & by 2-5 days go back to normal being around the non-broody girls in the yard. The non-broody girls peck at a broody to snap her out of it.

We have a small yard & no place for a broody to hide a nest plus DH searches the yard for stray eggs to discourage nest building outside the coop. Easy for us w/only 5 laying Silkies & one old non-laying Dominique.

 

[Sylvester017]

My broody jail is in the chickens room in the house. But I can’t leave them alone for days.

No domestic animal can be left for days. They're like unsupervised kids!

 

[featherhead007]

No domestic animal can be left for days. They're like unsupervised kids!

Mine would surely throw a party in my absence!

 

[featherhead007]

Mine would surely throw a party in my absence!

I’d have all the neighborhood chooks and ducks over. The sheep down the street is possible, but the cows couldn’t fit in the door.