Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Nope, Escort call.

Improperly called the egg song, as I pointed out in my article.

Even if it is inaccurate, "egg song" sounds so poetic.

 

[BY Bob]

Who’s the bubby chickie?? Or is that an old photo?

That it's a photo of Aurora the day she arrived here. It is inaccurately attached here for some reason.

 

[BY Bob]

That is the CUTEST thing I ever saw!

He wouldn't even play with it. The mouse stood up and they smelled each other nearly touching noses. The mouse was not afraid of Davis at all.

Pathetic.

 

[LozzyR]

Here’s a frightening perspective. This is a professional crew, not volunteers. This is south of Nowra, which is an hour south of us.

 

[Ribh]

Yeah, amazing footage. Their truck failed just after this was shot. They were lucky to get out.

 

[LozzyR]

Yeah, amazing footage. Their truck failed just after this was shot. They were lucky to get out.

So scary

 

[Ribh]

Are you on alert @LozzyR ?

 

[BY Bob]

In Memory of Those Lost in 2019

Please let's all have a joyful, blessed 2020!

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!

 

[Kris5902]

Happy New Year Bob!!! All the Best for 2020 for you, your family, and your flock

 

[Kris5902]

Soap Box Warning

I posted a pretty lengthy explanation on @MaryJanet thread about antibiotics, how long they remain in eggs, and the risk to humans. I can post again here if you all would like.

As a microbiologist, the misuse of antibiotics is an issue near and dear to my heart.

The use of antibiotics in livestock prophylactically has enabled meat and egg producers to keep the animals in poor conditions without them getting sick leading to lower costs per pound of produced meat. The side effect (aside from the deplorable conditions the animals need to exist within) is emerging resistance in the microbes that we already knew about. But perhaps even more frightening, this is likely responsible for newly discovered organisms which were never know to cause disease in humans before, such as C.arueus. For some of these organisms we have no known treatment.

So of course we need to limit the usage of antibiotics in the meat and egg industries. They need to keep their livestock healthy by providing healthier living conditions and (in my opinion) we should all be willing to pay a little more for our food.

Unfortunately we now are swinging the pendulum too far in the other direction and animals that get ill are simply killed when a dose of antibiotics might have saved them from a minor infection. Blanket rules are dangerous and some being always pays the price.

It may now be du rigor that if you give an chicken a dose of antibiotics you may never again eat their eggs or meat. To me that would be wasteful, not backed by any science, and frankly an overreaction.

THANK YOU!
A most excellent soapbox and I agree 100%! Also...

Ok, please bear with me everyone, as I’m catching up again, while waiting for some paint and plaster to dry (literally!) so some of my comments may be a little stale... but on this one I couldn’t resist.