Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Are Black Vultures carrion or fresh prey eaters? Are they a worry for chicken owners?

Here is an article I just read from this area.

https://www.collingwoodtoday.ca/loc...ing-but-turkey-vultures-have-key-role-3661913

Seems black vultures are not common.

 

[Ponypoor]

Hi everyone,

I feel like I am dying and have since Friday evening. The tooth that I chipped a few months ago and was told to go to Lexington over to get a root canal for? Well, Lexington was simply not a option and I finally found a dentist who attempted to fix it by filling it. First bite of a cheeseburger Friday night and 2/3rds of it broke off below the gum. It has got to go and first thing tomorrow I am calling Aspen Dental. They do not accept my insurance but will take payment plans according to their website. I do not care if it cost me a arm and a leg it has got to go.

Oh no! Can’t you send the insurance a letter from the dentist to cover this emergency? Seems they were negligent in having you go to the one dentist to begin with

I am sending hugs your way.

 

[Ponypoor]

She is certainly not stressed by jail. It is twice the size of her nest box and she simply settles in to try and hatch a little lump of 2x4.
She also seemed to think she could hatch out little ice cubes from the block of ice I put under her.
But I think maybe I am making progress. I heard her talking in her normal voice a few minutes ago.

Might want to go with a snow/ice theme for any chicks you give her

 

[featherhead007]

As far as I know all vultures are scavenger carrion feeders.

I never check my baggage at the airport. I’m always just using carrion luggage when I travel by commercial flights. It’s so much easier.

 

[Sylvester017]

She is certainly not stressed by jail. It is twice the size of her nest box and she simply settles in to try and hatch a little lump of 2x4.
She also seemed to think she could hatch out little ice cubes from the block of ice I put under her.
But I think maybe I am making progress. I heard her talking in her normal voice a few minutes ago.

Yeah, broodies sit on anything...Violet tried to hatch a cucumber slice...

I feel sorry for any hen that lays too many eggs or that goes hard broody, poor things

 

[Sylvester017]

Here is an article I just read from this area.

https://www.collingwoodtoday.ca/loc...ing-but-turkey-vultures-have-key-role-3661913

Seems black vultures are not common.

Good article...interesting author skill too
Our Cooper's hawk juveniles are chased off by the Crows...bless those Crows!

 

[RoyalChick]

Yeah, broodies sit on anything...Violet tried to hatch a cucumber slice...
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I feel sorry for any hen that lays too many eggs or that goes hard broody, poor things

Little gherkins - that would be useful!

 

[bgmathteach]

Those of you who stock up on eggshells for your hens... How/where do you keep them? Do you rince them and keep them in the fridge? Or just a cool, dry place? I'm going to ask my grandma to start keeping the shells when she uses eggs, just as an extra sort of supplement/treat. My girls like the OS so I don't need to supplement with egg shells but they like to eat them so I want to

I put them in a clean plastic container (open top) on my counter - then I 'bake them' once a week in the oven to make sure there are no bacteria, then, when cooled, I crush them and give them to the chooks in a hanging small dish.

 

[bgmathteach]

I never check my baggage at the airport. I’m always just using carrion luggage when I travel by commercial flights. It’s so much easier.

Ummmm...since you are the pilot and do all your luggage/cargo loading - why not a checked bag or two - I would imagine you wouldn't lose your own luggage?

 

[featherhead007]

Yeah, broodies sit on anything...Violet tried to hatch a cucumber slice...
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I feel sorry for any hen that lays too many eggs or that goes hard broody, poor things

Pancake!