Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Thirsty Thursday

The queen refreshes herself.
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Does she have a sore bum?

 

[lightm]

Thirsty Thursday

The queen refreshes herself.
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Is the queen molting?

 

[rural mouse]

Friday fluff

Rose

Blanche and Cheetah (his tail is soooo tatty, he needs to moult)

Lark and Violet

 

[RoyalChick]

Friday fluff

View attachment 3937441Rose

View attachment 3937442Blanche and Cheetah (his tail is soooo tatty, he needs to moult)

View attachment 3937443Lark and Violet

You should submit that picture of Rose to POW - it is lovely.

 

[rural mouse]

You should submit that picture of Rose to POW - it is lovely.

Done

 

[Ponypoor]

Does she have a sore bum?

Looks maybe moulting (not mounting…)

 

[Ponypoor]

Friday fluff

View attachment 3937441Rose

View attachment 3937442Blanche and Cheetah (his tail is soooo tatty, he needs to moult)

View attachment 3937443Lark and Violet

Ooo-la-la! Look at those fluffy pantaloons on Rose - gorgeous

 

[ManueB]

This is a sure reason not to use this drug. What a tragedy! We need to support bees however we can.

The amount used on thousands of sheep's would not be comparable to what a backyard chicken keeper uses for a dozen chicken, of course. But Ivermectin stays for a very long time in the environment so when something else is available to do the same thing it might be a better choice.
Bees are encountering so many human products dangerous for them, that I do try to take it into account.

The chickens' run is covered, and I have never seen a honey bee in there. Wasps, yes. Also, the bees are busy working the goldenrod, and there is none by the coop/run.

They should be safe as long as you don't take the chicken's poop out in a place they can easily access. Bees love manure .
I've been careless letting invasive common ragweed that they love (although it's not very good for them...) grow all around my coop... and our bee stuff storage is right next to the coop, so the bees are very present in our chicken yard.

Flubendazole is available in the US. It is my "go to" for worming. I get it through a source that supplies medicine to people who keep pigeons.

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I didn't know Flubendazole was available in the US. I always thought it very strange that it's one of the only dewormer with an authorisation for layers here and with no egg withdrawal, and that it is not more used in america.
And I've also bought from sites selling stuff for pigeons products that are not authorised for poultry. That's how I got the praziquantel dewormer for tapeworms. But I don't do that regularly, I would usually ask the vet.

If I have to use a very small quantity of a liquid product, one that I can't measure or weigh, I dilute it with water and emulsify with a mini egg beater, then do a ratio.
I crush pills with a mortar to give them in soft cheese.
And my vet is very compliant about giving medications mixed in food, so I don't have qualms about it anymore. The amount of food just needs to be small enough to make sure the chicken doesn't leave any out because then there is no way to know how much medication was ingested.

I also bought a digital scale of the type you have. I find that it is it's slickness that makes chickens unwilling to stay on it so I usually put a wood plank on it. It works with most of my chickens.

Lots of bums for all the boring talk. I'm beginning to see signs of molting so the butts will soon loose all their fluff..and dignity...

Piou-piou

Théo

Gaston

Annette

Nieva and Annette

 

[Logar]

I only have old pictures currently but will get some new ones today

 

[fuentemoon]

Rosie always has such a clean fluffy butt.

A family of fluff

Some of the rocks I collected last week at the beach