Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Put that in the caption contest

Yes!!

 

[RoyalChick]

As promised I went out early and got pictures.

First off I am a idiot and apparently cannot count in the dark with a head lamp. Guess who greeted me at the back step? Yup, Barbosa. Little man spent the night outside of both coops. Thankfully neither he nor I paid for my stupid and careless mistake. I'm also thankful of his shoelace fetish. He has became very easy to scoop up if he is pecking at my shoes. I have learned carrying him inside the pen that I need to put a blocker by the door. I had a silkie stampede trying to escape. I will fix that first thing in the morning. It will be dark this evening when I get home to gather eggs so I should not have to worry about escapee's. I may try to put something in place tonight if I am not too tired. It is Tuesday, meatloaf Tuesday at the diner and by far our busiest day.

Goals for tomorrow. Block the door with something that I can step over. Start the process of taming the tiny terror Turkey. Turkey is a wild heathen who has had free reign and a terror of a momma so getting hands on has been a challenge. Confined I can now work with her one on one. I will win her over.

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Meatloaf and a silky stampede - what’s not to love about this post?!

 

[RoyalChick]

So... Guys... I have a question and I'm sorry it's kind of gross but I genuinely have no idea where else to ask

My dad and I both get major diarrhea after eating our chickens' eggs. I think I have an intolerance to eggs in the first place but my dad is fine after eating store bought, but he's on the toilet all night after having our eggs.

Has anyone else dealt with this?? We had scrambled eggs for dinner yesterday and both of us had stomach aches all night. Grandma was fine though.

We'll start washing the eggs just before we use them from now on just in case that's the reason but it shouldn't be if the eggs are cooked thoroughly, right?

I want to enjoy my eggs without paying for it later

Has it happened more than once? There is a lot of norovirus around which might give you those symptoms whether or not you ate eggs.

 

[RoyalChick]

We feed Kalmbach 20% flock maker. Treats like table scraps, veggies, fruits, oats, and dried bsfl only occasionally. The eggs we ate were all from the past 2 or 3 days so I doubt they were bad, but we'll start doing the float test before we use them.

I thought at first it was because of the milk grandma used in the scrambled eggs (I'm lactose intolerant and she never thinks to use my lactose free milk ), but dad pointed out that I also had the same reaction when we had plain fried eggs.

It's so weird! These eggs are so delicious but my stomach HATES them!

By the way, you will never accidentally eat a bad egg. The smell is very obvious the minute you crack it open.
No need for float test.

 

[RoyalChick]

Is there something in the feed ingredient list you're allergic to?

Did you start a new bag recently?

Did the ingredient listing change from earlier batches?

Did the ingredients get a change in growing/harvesting techniques?

Did they change the source of some of the ingredients?

If you've been fine with the eggs in the past, and now aren't, then something has changed. It's possible to develop allergies, but it's also possible something they're eating has changed and that's what you're having trouble with.

Good thinking.

 

[TOMTE]

Has it happened more than once? There is a lot of norovirus around which might give you those symptoms whether or not you ate eggs.

Yeah, it happens just about every time I eat eggs, unless theyre baked into something.

I can pretty confidently say it's not norovirus. I've had that a few times in my life and this isn't as severe. Uncomfortable, annoying, and a bit painful yes, but not as unbearable as norovirus. But since this is a daily thing for me (whether or not I eat eggs), it can be hard to pinpoint the cause.

 

[TOMTE]

By the way, you will never accidentally eat a bad egg. The smell is very obvious the minute you crack it open.
No need for float test.

My grandma's sense of smell is busted and she does most of the cooking so I wouldn't trust her to notice an off smell she doesn't even notice when the milk goes bad until it's majorly chunky

 

[Sally PB]

Picture submitted! Thanks for the recommendation, because I didn't even think of it!

 

[featherhead007]

Yeah, it happens just about every time I eat eggs, unless theyre baked into something.

I can pretty confidently say it's not norovirus. I've had that a few times in my life and this isn't as severe. Uncomfortable, annoying, and a bit painful yes, but not as unbearable as norovirus. But since this is a daily thing for me (whether or not I eat eggs), it can be hard to pinpoint the cause.

Ulcer possibly ? Some kind of family trait?

 

[featherhead007]

My grandma's sense of smell is busted and she does most of the cooking so I wouldn't trust her to notice an off smell she doesn't even notice when the milk goes bad until it's majorly chunky

Her sniffer is broken?