Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

So I took my sleep deprived grouchy self outside to get a mugshot and noticed that one of momma hen's 10 chicks has a possible eye injury. I tried to catch it and got thoroughly beaten by momma hen for my efforts. I will have to wait until she takes them to bed tonight to get it and look it over.
Here is what I managed to get for mugshots.
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They are definitely great mug shots. As per you lack of sleep, could I endorse a nap. I have had a couple lately and they are heavenly.

 

[MaryJanet]

Well I am a bit of an obsessive researcher. It is all about calcium, phosphorus & Vitamin D. Milk is a good source of Calcium and Phosphorus, I am supplementing calcium and Vitamin D and giving them a fair amount of sunshine each day so they can make their own Vitamin D. Organ meats have phosphorus so I got some beef liver and fatty fish or cod liver oil has Vitamin D and I have that too.
I suspect though that the real problem is not their diet but that these production hens get malfunctions in their reproductive system - I suspect they just have a malfunctioning shell gland and none of this will help.
I will ask the vet about the implant, but it is off-label and I suspect I won't get the vet to agree to that.
I think I need to prepare myself and just be a bit fatalistic about the whole thing. Meanwhile, they are both very happy and enjoying their chicken life (including all the food supplements).

I share your suspicions and hope they get through henopause without too much trouble.

 

[Lilly10310]

5,100 pages!!??!!??

 

[LozzyR]

Rat

I was close, I thought ‘really ’

 

[MaryJanet]

5,100 pages!!??!!??

And some folks have read every single page (I'm not one of them!)

 

[LozzyR]

And some folks have read every single page (I'm not one of them!)

I’ve got about 200 pages to catch up in the middle, I jumped ahead so I could keep up but I bookmark the earlier pages.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

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She's lovely. Black chickens are taking over my flock, now over 2/3 are black, and I am not complaining.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

They are definitely great mug shots. As per you lack of sleep, could I endorse a nap. I have had a couple lately and they are heavenly.

I've had a couple catnaps today in between dishes, laundry and chicken chores. Every time I've stretched out to watch tv I've woken up when the show is over. Thankfully it's on the Roku channel and can re watch what I've missed. In about 20 minutes going out to put everyone up tonight and check on that chicks eye. I also have to candle Henrietta's eggs this evening and if any are viable remove the egg turner.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Now that a name has finally been decided and I'm 100% positive she is a girl, it is time to do another formal introduction. Meet Blueberry, the keeper from the chicks that Clover hatched out on Mother's Day. Dad picked this girl out as his chicken and it took him almost 2 weeks to finally come up with a name. The pictures are a little blurry, the camera was in my room with the a/c on so it was fogging up the moment I took it outside.

 

[MaryJanet]

Now that a name has finally been decided and I'm 100% positive she is a girl, it is time to do another formal introduction. Meet Blueberry, the keeper from the chicks that Clover hatched out on Mother's Day. Dad picked this girl out as his chicken and it took him almost 2 weeks to finally come up with a name. The pictures are a little blurry, the camera was in my room with the a/c on so it was fogging up the moment I took it outside.
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Your Dad spent that time well, it's the perfect name for her.