Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[LozzyR]

For MJ

Little sweetie.

 

[MaryJanet]

Lilly never stops surprising me. I just hope that one of them will start to hang with her soon so she is not alone too long. I need her to want to live.

I think she already does feel that way Bob

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I think chatty will return. Maybe she needs you to talk to her for a bit.

Yes, I think RC is right, she will talk with you if you encourage it. If you can, spend extra time with her and talk all the while. It will be a comfort to her (and you!)

 

[micstrachan]

Thank you Bob. It gives me a lot of joy to see your videos!

You know what? I think she's already doing her best to adjust and with a few more days, she'll be just fine.

I agree.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Some Good News

It appears that Sylvie is through the shock phase. I am outside with her and she is enjoying herself out in the yard.

First impression, she's taking care of herself, good. I am less sure about enjoyment, the sounds - that screechy sound, is a needing-wanting-looking type sound, not a happy content sound, is it? But she's coming along!

 

[MaryJanet]

I think chatty will return. Maybe she needs you to talk to her for a bit.

I agree. She'll be chatty again soon

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Not a Hawk

I think it is very likely that it was something other than a hawk that killed Legertha. I will be taking her for a necropsy. There are absolutely no signs of trauma that I can find. Not a feather seems out of place. I can find no wounds. Whatever happened, I think the red tails are off the hook.

Check out her wing in this photo. Everything is where it should be.

Spoiler: Legertha's Wing

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She weighed 1.83 lbs. Still so young.

Can the shock of a near-miss kill them? The physical functions stop working well, need for warmth and water increased. She may have been a long time without either. Heart attack?

Another thought is blunt trauma, hit from a hawk without talons reaching their mark, and she was able to scramble into the brush, but was internally injured.

 

[MaryJanet]

Not a Hawk

I think it is very likely that it was something other than a hawk that killed Legertha. I will be taking her for a necropsy. There are absolutely no signs of trauma that I can find. Not a feather seems out of place. I can find no wounds. Whatever happened, I think the red tails are off the hook.

Check out her wing in this photo. Everything is where it should be.

Spoiler: Legertha's Wing

View attachment 2904377

She weighed 1.83 lbs. Still so young.

I look forward to learning the results of her necropsy. It'll be good to pin her death on something specific.

 

[LozzyR]

I fear that she will never be my chatty little girl again. She is having to grow up very suddenly.

Does she still want daddy cuddles?

 

[MaryJanet]

Some Good News

It appears that Sylvie is through the shock phase. I am outside with her and she is enjoying herself out in the yard.

Ok, this is really good!!