Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[micstrachan]

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I think they missed me.
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Awww!!! Bob, they DEFINITELY missed you and you look adorably happy!

 

[micstrachan]

Naenae FBF using the automatic door in the big coopView attachment 2852534

Looking good, Naenae!

 

[micstrachan]

Welcome home!!
Could you look any prouder to have those two cuties on your arm?!?

And since they are candy corn birds...here's my awful joke....
They are total arm candy!

Haha! Good one!

 

[micstrachan]

Well, shoot. I hate posting this. Ruby was drained just last Saturday. She had a GREAT few days! But she is indeed swelling up again and tonight she is back on her shelf. I’m a bit heartbroken. I really, really don’t want to have her euthanized. However, her little body might not be giving us a choice. I have a very busy weekend and the avian vet is closed Monday, so it would be Tuesday at the earliest. Sorry to be such a downer after all these months of helping her along, but I’m so sad about this. I had hoped her little molt would turn off her hormones and buy us some more time.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Just a lot happening with me lately. I’m still around. I’m trying not to be too depressed about others misfortune but it’s hard for me.

 

[Scrambles83]

Well, shoot. I hate posting this. Ruby was drained just last Saturday. She had a GREAT few days! But she is indeed swelling up again and tonight she is back on her shelf. I’m a bit heartbroken. I really, really don’t want to have her euthanized. However, her little body might not be giving us a choice. I have a very busy weekend and the avian vet is closed Monday, so it would be Tuesday at the earliest. Sorry to be such a downer after all these months of helping her along, but I’m so sad about this. I had hoped her little molt would turn off her hormones and buy us some more time.

Sorry to hear, Michelle, she has put up a good fight for so long and you have helped her live that best chickeny life
She’s a good chook and you’re a good egg, what will be, will be
We are all here for you if that time comes.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I know it's fluffy butt friday, but I did a little photoshoot with the silkies. I finally figured out to keep them from running around like crazy and being fuzzy blobs when pictured. Place them in a tree! Poppy and Lil Bit thought I had lost my mind but Branch is a little ham. He posed for me and stayed in the tree until I removed him. They are 4 months old in 4 days and these 3 have me wrapped around their extra toes.
Branch
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Poppy
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Lil Bit
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Wonderful photos! I feel like I could reach out and touch the fuzz.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

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I think they missed me.
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I don't think they were the only ones to be missing somebody.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

So I have a job ahead of me.
I got to thinking about Belle going to sleep in the nest box last night.
This morning when I was cleaning out the poop I saw there was about 10 fluff feathers in there.
She is too young for a moult so I had an inkling about something else and I had a look through the shavings under the roosting area and sure enough found a few of these:
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I’ve never dealt with pests before but guessing it’s a mite?
So I pulled everything out and high pressure hosed it all. It’s now drying.
Also got some dust.
Having never done it, do I cover everything in the coop with it once dry? (Roof inside etc also?)Do I then put new bedding in and dust that too?
I haven’t checked the girls yet but was going to dust them too. Any tips or tricks for doing so?areas to get?
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Got this too, thought it might be easier to get it on the girls in the right spots
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Luckily I haven't had to dust my girls yet. Well caught Scrambles.

Using a squirty bottle to puff in the hard to get places is stroke of genius in my opinion!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Had this fella waiting for me when I closed to coop door.

Spoiler: ‘Straya

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Surprisingly Belle ate him, Snow is the resident spider eater, maybe Belle needs more protein.
I say this because over the last week or so I’ve been finding a few of these…
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Maybe she is having a weirdly early moult if I take into account the fluff feathers in the nest box. She’s about 11 months old. And it’s spring here so a little strange if so.
They always keep you guessing, I’ll just ride it out a bit longer and keep watching…she is my strange baby girl I guess so anything is possible.

That's an impressive specimen. I'm surprised she could gobble it down so fast!

Beautiful feather too.