Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

They all looks like carbon copies of each other! How do you tell them apart?

I’m a true Chickeneer . Nuff said!

 

[featherhead007]

I have often pondered the deeper meanings wrt to this! Especially as social media and gaming are deliberately designed to addict (verb) users. Eyes on screens, Users, eyes on screens, dopamine, eyes on screens Users!

 

[BY Bob]

I remember reading that, too, Bob, and I’m curious. Margo was my first alpha.View attachment 2591297

And yet @Aussie-Chookmum Tsuki was not an Alpha.......

 

[BY Bob]

Anecdotally, my alpha Margo was my lightest hen and had the biggest comb. However, Bridge is quite sturdy and is my current alpha. However, she’s also the most senior.

And her comb is not large.

 

[BY Bob]

From the hens at my house its nonsense because they don't even have a ranking.

Janet pecks Peggy
Peggy pecks Mary and Ivy
Mary pecks no one but is the boss of Janet
Ivy pecks no one

Yours have adopted a much more egalitarian society. For everyone but Ivy that is.

 

[BY Bob]

Wow Bob, you’re getting in early for Christmas this year!

Thank you so much! I’m afraid I’ve been really slack with cards over the last decade. Yours are really special though!

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I was starting to wonder. Gosh the post is slow these days! I'm so glad it made it to you finally. I so wanted it to be a surprise and did not want to ask if you had received it. It was driving me crazy waiting to hear.

 

[featherhead007]

I will have a talk with her today.

Still waiting...

 

[BY Bob]

Found an amprolium powder I can get from petstock tomorrow. She ate and drank and went to roost on her own, tail up all afternoon.
I rang the vet and it’s a bit pricier than yours @MaryJanet just for a consultation.
I’ll see how she is in the morning, make her some oatmeal and honey.
It can’t hurt to have the Cocciprol on hand regardless to go with the electrolyte and the vitamin solutions for the future.
Thank you all for helping me thus far

I have to say, great job team in helping while I was sleeping. That was some great teamwork. Please keep us posted Scrambles.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Thanks Lozzy, I’m fearing the same thing. She just ate the egg with gusto.
None of the pet places here have amprolium either, not a good place to live with chickens it seems.
I wormed them not long ago, can give that a go I guess.
@Shadrach will admonish me for not having these things on hand I know...

I keep amprolium on hand and even though I have never had to use it, I like having it readily available if I ever do.
I actually made a first aid for pets kit in a plastic bin and every now and then it comes in handy.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

She? Ah come on, he’s a rooster. A real manly man!

Oops. Sorry.