Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[drstratton]

If you build it, they will destroy it!

Pretty much...

 

[LozzyR]

I love me some Hattie, too. Lavendar Orpingtons have been on “my list” for some time. ❤

I’d like one too but aren’t Orpingtons broody?

 

[LozzyR]

I'm on it.
The problem atm is I'm giving her coccivex and Flubenvet. I have to wait for the course to finish before I pour anything else down her.
I've got ducolax stool softner on it's way. and I have another anti fungal treatment coming.
I may try the cayenne pepper, ginger powder cinnamon and lemon juice, or even a day or two on garlic water. But, not until the current meds are finished.
The main thing now is to have her eating. Today was much better. Two days of live yogurt at 10cl dose have helped.
This was a poop sample from this morning. Compared to what she has been pooping this is almost normal.
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This morning when I did her crop check her crop was almost empty; just this one squidgy ball about half the size it was still there but moving so not obstructing the crop drain all the time.
However, underlying the crop problem is bound to be another problem. The favorite is egg yolk peritonitis. If this is the case, then she is goinng to die, probably by my hand when the time comes.
Meanwhile I will go through one treatment after another in the hope that it is a less serious problem.
She looked and acted more like herself today and doesn't seem to be in pain. Her demeanor is no worse than it was when she was moulting.
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She ate well this evening and has gone to roost with her tribe with a full crop.
Four more days to go and then, if her crop is still not draining I'll move on to the anti yeast/ anti fungal and maybe a molasses treatment.
I can't feel anything abnormal in her lower abdomen but I have no way of knowing if she can lay eggs because hse, like the others, has stopped for their winter break.

Fingers crossed you can fix the issue.

 

[drstratton]

I’d like one too but aren’t Orpingtons broody?

I have 3 and only one acted like she was going broody! They are young though, so I'm expecting a different story next year!

 

[LozzyR]

It's debilitating for me to lose Canna, I usually never miss church,but today I just didn't care to leave my other birds alone

Pretty sure God will understand.

 

[LozzyR]

I have 3 and only one acted like she was going broody! They are young though, so I'm expecting a different story next year!

I have an Australorp that goes broody, but Ribh’s don’t.

 

[Ribh]

I have an Australorp that goes broody, but Ribh’s don’t.

It really is an individual thing. I've had several supposedly broody breeds: BRs, Aracauna's & Wyandottes. 1 out of 3 BRs is chronic all summer; 1 out of 2 Aracaunas went broody as soon as she started laying. The other has no inclinations that way; 2 out of 3 Wyandottes are constantly broody. The other one never was. On the other hand Campines are supposedly non~ broody & I've had 1 try twice & another once. My Australorps never went broody @ all.

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

I love me some Hattie, too. Lavendar Orpingtons have been on “my list” for some time. ❤

I have a trio, 1 boy 2 girls, and they have matured VERY slowly. The girls will not be laying before Spring. I'm ok with that because it gives me extra time to build their coop and run. Right now they are in with Stanley and my layer flock.

The 2 girls, Lily and Rose, are in the front. Oakley, the boy, is on the far right.

 

[BY Bob]

The Trap is Set

Thanks to @ChicoryBlue I have deployed the Have-A-Heart trap with a snap rat trap inside. Here is the setup.

I went to TSC and purchased a "short snap" trap so the arm would not have far to travel = less chance of getting caught up inside the trap.

I placed the trap in the run.

And Hattie had to check out what I was doing.

Now I can leave them out in the run with the trap. Here's hoping I start to get some results.

 

[micstrachan]

I’d like one too but aren’t Orpingtons broody?

My one Orpington, Cashew, was indeed broody a year and a half ago and did an excellent job raising Dorothy, Ester and Minnie. She went broody the next year, too, but poor thing... I tried hard to break the spell and it worked.