Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Check out the video She is shown there.

I saw. You are right about covering the wings. You need a different design.

 

[Ponypoor]

From @Pastel the Rooster :
Hi FBA! I hope everyone is doing well. I miss you guys a ton.

Chicken math has taken over my whole family and flock… As of right now, I have 24 chickens (I’m giving one away soon, as he bullies the girls.) I might be getting some D’uccle’s from a friend pretty soon. I bought eight more chickens, and they will be here around January 7th! Three Cream Legbars, three Black Copper Marans, and two Easter Eggers! I’m hoping for all pullets, but since two breeds aren’t autosex, I have a feeling I’m going to get a rooster or two.
Life here hasn’t been the greatest lately. It’s just been an awfully hard year, especially for Dad. He needed to retire because of his stroke, so money is going to be short now. His dad passed away just over a week ago. I don’t want to dwell on the sad things though.
My grades are great! The semester is ending on Friday, and I will get all new classes.
For my current classes, I have one 97, a 99, an 89 (which I’m hopefully getting up to a 90 on Monday), and a 90. I’m worried that next semester won’t be as great, since I have math, but I’m going to try very hard to get all A’s!

Since my grades have been pretty good this year, my parents have been a lot more lenient with me. And they have also gotten me a ton of stuff that they never would’ve gotten me. For example:
Yesterday (12/14) we went to a tack shop so that I could get a few things for Auggie. I went there looking for a new bit (because I have no connection with him using the one I had before) and a new girth strap because the other one didn’t fit.
I came out with a lot more than that.
I came out with a brand new western saddle ($250, it was on consignment but the old owner never used it), a new western bridle, and a western saddle pad. Not to mention the latigo and off latigo, western reins, a martingale, a new bit, and two cinches.
I paid $161 of the total cost, which wasn’t great, but it’s how much I had saved up. Apparently Mom and Dad went there knowing that they would get me a saddle if there was one under $300.
I am very happy and I’m super excited to learn a bit of western. I’ll take more pictures of it next time I go to the barn.
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Please pass on my message

Sorry to hear that your dad has had such trials. I am sure he is feeling down.

I am also very happy to hear about your marks, well done.

Also happy you had such a good haul with the tack shop.

Don’t forget to send photos of Auggie all tacked up with his new gear

 

[Ponypoor]

Nearly Lost Hattie Tonight

I think I was at risk of Hattie not surviving until morning tonight.

It started snowing and I was refreshing their water dishes. I noticed that Hattie was not hanging with everyone else in the run. I noticed her laying over by Hattie House in the leaves. She was talking to me when I called her name so I kept up what I was doing. When I was done I went and got my phone to take photos / video of her in the snow.

Here is the video I shot.

Look closely at that video and you will notice her eye is closed. At the time I did not notice.

I tossed some corn in front of her as a pre-bedtime snack and a few kernels struck her. She stood up startled and Lady Featherington ran over to eat the corn. Hattie did not start eating corn. That got me more interested.

I went over and realized that both her eyes were closed and she wasn't opening them. I scooped her up and into the house we went.

Once in the house I weighed her and called Mrs BY Bob over. Her weight was good and craw was full but she was not opening her eyes.

So while I held her Mrs BY Bob forced her right eye open and it stayed open. Once the eye was open, it stayed open and she started acting like she could see. Once she had one eye open it was impossible to get to the left eye to open it. She was not having it and Mrs BY Bob was not willing to fight with her.

We put a Moxifloxacin drop into the open eye and I kept her in the house until she started fighting with me. Then to the coop she went.

She is in the nest box and is moving, grooming, and seems to be ok otherwise. If the left eye is not open in the morning I will get it open and get a drop in it.

I believe that if I had not noticed she would have slept outside in the snow and ice tonight. Who knows if she could have survived that?

Good catch, very observant. Wonder what’s up with the eyes - last night I noted that Red had one of her eyes stuck shut, once I got it open it looked ok.

I know you would have noticed Hattie not inside, and on the cameras and gone to check on her

 

[Ponypoor]

A lovely lady on Facebook saw my post about missing my chickens and is offering me a gruesome twosome Sebright. She's even offering to hold them til Spring...but alas she is 3 hours away so no way will hubby agree haha.
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Off standard but what a cute pair of fellas!

Oh they are pure eye candy

 

[Ponypoor]

I saw. You are right about covering the wings. You need a different design.

Yes I need to get a covering for her, in the mean time I am glad she is at least partially covered.

 

[Ponypoor]

My wee little snuggle bugs

 

[Ponypoor]

Pony Sunday

That
Darn
Truly

I am going to smack her butt. She has broke loose and is into the hay I had in the wheelbarrow to feed

Oh she is in deep doodoo.

 

[featherhead007]

From @Pastel the Rooster :
Hi FBA! I hope everyone is doing well. I miss you guys a ton.

Chicken math has taken over my whole family and flock… As of right now, I have 24 chickens (I’m giving one away soon, as he bullies the girls.) I might be getting some D’uccle’s from a friend pretty soon. I bought eight more chickens, and they will be here around January 7th! Three Cream Legbars, three Black Copper Marans, and two Easter Eggers! I’m hoping for all pullets, but since two breeds aren’t autosex, I have a feeling I’m going to get a rooster or two.
Life here hasn’t been the greatest lately. It’s just been an awfully hard year, especially for Dad. He needed to retire because of his stroke, so money is going to be short now. His dad passed away just over a week ago. I don’t want to dwell on the sad things though.
My grades are great! The semester is ending on Friday, and I will get all new classes.
For my current classes, I have one 97, a 99, an 89 (which I’m hopefully getting up to a 90 on Monday), and a 90. I’m worried that next semester won’t be as great, since I have math, but I’m going to try very hard to get all A’s!

Since my grades have been pretty good this year, my parents have been a lot more lenient with me. And they have also gotten me a ton of stuff that they never would’ve gotten me. For example:
Yesterday (12/14) we went to a tack shop so that I could get a few things for Auggie. I went there looking for a new bit (because I have no connection with him using the one I had before) and a new girth strap because the other one didn’t fit.
I came out with a lot more than that.
I came out with a brand new western saddle ($250, it was on consignment but the old owner never used it), a new western bridle, and a western saddle pad. Not to mention the latigo and off latigo, western reins, a martingale, a new bit, and two cinches.
I paid $161 of the total cost, which wasn’t great, but it’s how much I had saved up. Apparently Mom and Dad went there knowing that they would get me a saddle if there was one under $300.
I am very happy and I’m super excited to learn a bit of western. I’ll take more pictures of it next time I go to the barn.
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Sweet!

 

[featherhead007]

My wee little snuggle bugs

Love your videos!

 

[featherhead007]

They are fun, you should have seen the horses watching me trying to put the all to bed tonight even the horses find them entertaining!

The horses find you entertaining.
I miss my horse Chaco. She was so sweet