Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[MaryJanet]

What COVID is demonstrating is the real danger the internet poses. Anyone can pose as an expert on the internet. Any rumor false or true can be spread in a second.

You marry this kind of accessibility to information with the desperation brought on by fear and exacerbated by distrust of the government and scientists associated with the government, you wind up with people drinking bleach and taking goat dewormer.

Then add in a lack of basic knowledge of biology as it is not well taught in schools. A dewormer effects multi-cellular organisms. A virus is smaller than a cell. The dewormer works in the intestinal tract. The virus infects the respiratory system and the blood. There is no mechanism for one to even reach the other let alone effect it. This is not high level science yet it is escaping people.

Conspiracy theories are one thing but science is science. This magnificent world wide web can be used for so much good, bringing chicken lovers together for an example, but it also allows nonsense to persist and spread as if it is real science. Just sad. Education is the key to ending things like this but we no longer train people how to think critically and examine facts for themselves, if we ever did.

Chicken tax
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Here here.

I also think we need to find ways to tell people they're misinformed. If you want that message to get through, you must speak it with kindness and perhaps even flattery so the person who's learned something incorrect can open their mind to the possibility of someone on the web having duped them.

 

[featherhead007]

Alex, are you okay with cockerels? Because those are very large white spots on their heads. I could be wrong. I've never actually done chicks but BRs are a sexed breed & the large white spot is supposed to indicate a male.

I know. I’m hoping for at least 2 hens

 

[Ribh]

I know. I’m hoping for at least 2 hens

So long as you're okay with that. I thought you probably would be. I know you love your boys.

 

[featherhead007]

So long as you're okay with that. I thought you probably would be. I know you love your boys.

If I must remove some roosters, I’m ready for that too

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Out of curiosity, what’s the active ingredients? I’ve had excellent success with pour on ivomec. (Remember I take in some really gnarly rescues, and I also only treat when needed) For instance, Roostie actually has a few lice. When I’m handling him to change his bandages I notice them, normally they preen out most lice, but he’s been under the weather and not taking as good care of himself as usual. If it gets out of hand I’ll treat him, either with the ivomec or the powder, but only if it starts to get bad.

The nice thing about the Carbaryl powder is it knocks the lice out dead, instantly. When I first rescued Puffy she was absolutely crawling with them; I washed her up, blew her dry, and powdered her liberally, then continued to blow dry (hopefully the carcinogenic factor is being vastly overstated...), she was on a whitish towel and within mere minutes the little red nasties were literally falling off her dead, and as a bonus, had stopped running up my arms (shudder).

For Severe scaly Leg mites, the ivomec pour on is my weapon of choice. In addition to the external treatment, soaking, debriding necrotic tissues and scaled on mite debris etc. It’s systemic, and gets the buggers you can’t physically reach under the scales when they feed. The soaking and gentle cleaning is still needed to remove the mite poop and dead mites, but if the legs are totally out of control the chemical treatment really gets you a jump start on winning the parasite battle, and takes out the lice and any other mites too.

Shameless chance to re-share two of my favorite rescue girl videos... it was a tough call between Croppy chasing grass hoppers and Tippie, but Croppy is in the video with Sammy and I can’t believe it’s been so long since I took in Tippie

So nice to see these! Thank you. Great watching Sammy make sure everyone sees where the food is!

 

[MaryJanet]

Here here.

I also think we need to find ways to tell people they're misinformed. If you want that message to get through, you must speak it with kindness and perhaps even flattery so the person who's learned something incorrect can open their mind to the possibility of someone on the web having duped them.

Tax

 

[featherhead007]

More taxes. (I thought it was funny)

 

[BY Bob]

Just look at this bigger face:
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She is beautiful! someday the littles will look like that.

 

[BY Bob]

Seems, my new quick growth serum works.

however, I would never give up the chick and pullet stage.

 

[BY Bob]

Now she's not experiencing permanent tummy ache, she's a sweetheart.

That is wonderful to hear. You are so good at picking up the changes in their personalities. Such a good chickeneer.