Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ikslo]

Poor pups. Restaurant leftovers. She never stood a chance! (We did step in and take the leftovers back and bring them inside for her to eat. Sal’s is her favorite!)

 

[BY Bob]

Very Late Caturday Indeed...
Here's a throwback.
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It's never too late for Caturday.

 

[Sylvester017]

Poor Mini! How tragic. You can’t easily know what’s going on.
Wouldn’t a major operation like a hysterectomy be a really big deal, maybe not even survivable? Do people do them on birds these days?

I did some cursory digging/research ~ There are surgeries but very risky w/ a lot of complications associated w/ surgery on a small bird cuz there is the risk w/anesthesia also & can you imagine the vet expense?! There are implants but FDA in the USA has not approved it for egg halting. A last option is hormone injections to halt egg production but who knows how that messes up a hen's health? But right now hormone injection therapy sounds like the only USA option but there are health risks in long-term use; however it cannot be given to a hen w/ reproductive cancer like what my Mini had. I don't know that any option could've helped our Mini who managed to live to almost 7 yrs in spite of her health issues thx to a wonderful vet who saved her life more than once

https://birdvetmelbourne.com/how-to-stop-my-chicken-laying-eggs/

https://opensanctuary.org/suprelorin-implants-a-critical-tool-in-chicken-health/

https://poultrydvm.com/drugs/medroxyprogesterone-acetate

 

[Sylvester017]

Just read this article, found it interesting:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/13-spooky-chicken-behaviors-that-would-scare-you-if-you-didn’t-know-better.80276/

Perfect fun reading for Halloween month!

 

[featherhead007]

Caption contest material!

Caturday

Wild water

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I would submit this picture.

 

[Sylvester017]

I took over someone else's abandoned setup and I've been busy/lazy about doing all the work I have planned, so at the moment my chickens have a choice of the least knackered wooden coop that was already here, a plastic Nestera coop, and a few other spaces. I think small coops that only have enough space for nest boxes and a roost are more common in the UK in general, partly because of the climate but it might also be a cultural thing (smaller country; smaller properties). Sometimes they choose to roost outside when the weather's good and I don't try to stop them.

A Nestera Coop? Is it still in decent condition? What size/model is it? Worth saving? & I agree that UK chickeneering is different from other parts of the globe

 

[featherhead007]

Has Nacho resolved her issue at losing her chick & back to normal yet? You may need to do more nest searches on your property before you get overrun w/ any more surprise hatchesunless you actually want more birds...?

This is difficult. My property is huge, where the chooks free range

 

[featherhead007]

Nerves? what nerves? after over 40 years having horses I have no more nerves!

You have a lot of nerve saying that!!

 

[Sylvester017]

Nerves? what nerves? after over 40 years having horses I have no more nerves!

So that "last nerve" was gone long ago?

 

[featherhead007]

Another great church friend score today. My buddy from church brought me a ten pound box of dried, black soldier fly larvae, for the chickens! I still had over a pound left of the previous box, but now I don’t have to ration so much. And during mounting season, BSFL is perfect for the vitamin supplementation needed.