Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[MaryJanet]

I found out this evening that Volt and Amp are at least five years old, posibly six. That's better than I thought given they are rescues. With better care I think those six years might have been increased to seven or eight.
I really cannot begin to describe what a huge difference a few hours a day out of the run and better nutrition has made to all of them.
This is Lima again. The difference in her is astounding. She runs around like a pullet now. She still comes and does a few minutes on my lap most days but while she may not look that much better, her attitude has had a radical shift for the better.
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That's wonderful Shad! On both counts.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

The very rarely observed Hamster Chicken. You're lucky to have such a rare breed of chicken and in such magnificent colouration too! I'm quite jelly.



(Don't mind me, sometimes I like to make a little joke)

Ah, yes. This one is actually of the Guinea Pig Chicken variety. She’s quite the specimen!

 

[RoyalChick]

The very rarely observed Hamster Chicken. You're lucky to have such a rare breed of chicken and in such magnificent colouration too! I'm quite jelly.



(Don't mind me, sometimes I like to make a little joke)

Isn't it Cocoa Puff a guinea-pig-chicken?

 

[RoyalChick]

Isn't it Cocoa Puff a guinea-pig-chicken?

SHRA.
Tax

 

[MaryJanet]

No, not like that. She had aggressive peck marks that were on the thick part of her comb, and there was blood oozing off of them. I put a little antibiotic ointment on it and left her be. She’s been sleeping in the box for 2 weeks now. I’m hoping she’ll resume her status on the roost soon, since her feathers are almost back in.

I wouldn't worry about her choosing the box. Sydney likes to sleep in the box too sometimes, right @BY Bob ?

 

[MaryJanet]

Ah, yes. This one is actually of the Guinea Pig Chicken variety. She’s quite the specimen!

Isn't it Cocoa Puff a guinea-pig-chicken?

My mistake. I'm not very good at recognising the extremely rare breeds.

 

[Marie2020]

I was confused what that was all about.

Just Sharach and Bob being Shadrach and Bob

 

[Marie2020]

Where did the blood come from?

I thought she'd been pecked

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I thought she'd been pecked

Yup.
We have a mean Orp and a grumpy Dominique who enjoy bullying this particular girl.

 

[Marie2020]

She had two peck-punctures close the the base of her comb, which were bleeding.
I’ve also noticed that she forages separate from the rest of the flock.
She was the very first to molt. I believe they may have cast her out for that reason, even though they’re all molting now.
I believe the lead hen is just being a butthole to her.

Segregation was what I did too stop the bullying, in the same coop but a nest box with a drop down door at night. Then again for a couple of hours in the day so the bully wasn't copied anymore.