Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Run Hattie Run

Saturday evening I let the tribe out for some free range. Aurora led Sansa and Sydney over to the apple trees while Hattie, Lilly, and Phyllis stayed at the magnolia tree to eat some pasta.

Watch as Hattie and Lilly run across the "open" ground and Phyllis requires escort.

Is Phyllis a Silkie? My silkies are very cute a sweet but sometimes dumb as stumps.... I never trust them outside alone, and I regularly trim their head feathers so they can see, otherwise they run into things....

 

[Scrambles83]

The Many Combs and Wattles of Fluffy Butt Acres

We have a real assortment of shades right now.

Pink and Shriveled
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Pink but not Shriveled
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Pink at the head Red towards the tips
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Red
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I like this post, I was looking at their earlobes too. I’ve been intrigued by Belle’s. If I can get a pic I will and get people to weigh in.

 

[Scrambles83]

The diet I have been put on, in hospital, is for high blood pressure, and diabetes (they don’t know, so they don’t take chances)

I hope all turns out ok, Alex.

 

[Scrambles83]

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Well, these are my pretty Eggers, Willie and Tillie. They are opposites.
Willie, the gray one, is super sassy, slim, fast, and adventurous.
Tillie, the gold one, is very shy, a little chubby, not a good runner, and she likes to fly. They are best friends though. Alright! 4 more left.

So cute! I’m quite partial to EE’s these days thanks to Aurora’s beautiful face. Maybe down the track if I can source them here…

 

[goldenfingers]

I've made snow angels before, but snow chickens?

It was a pretty good hop.

 

[Ribh]

I've made snow angels before, but snow chickens?
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It was a pretty good hop.
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That's fantastic!

 

[Scrambles83]

That’s a thought. River is still not well and has her 6th weekly vet visit in a row this morning. She has been having an antibiotic injection for mycoplasma, which in turn gives her oral thrush. I have been syringing Nilstat mixed with water into her mouth to keep it at bay twice a day for the last six weeks. I have to wrap her in a towel because she fights it. I didn’t think about giving her a treat afterwards, but I don’t think she’d accept it after dark. The vet said 6-8 weeks for the injections and I’m going to ask if we can make today the last one as I reckon her throat is making her feel miserable, as well as the weekly trauma of the vet visit.

Poor River, you are doing a great job Lozzy

 

[featherhead007]

I've made snow angels before, but snow chickens?
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It was a pretty good hop.
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“And the silver medal for best downhill, goes to……”

 

[Scrambles83]

I don’t want to get my hopes up quite yet but there are some positive signs that Maggie may be turning the corner.
First off I caught her eating a little bit of commercial feed (starter/grower). Not a lot - just a few mouthfuls - but it is several weeks since she has eaten any commercial feed so even a little bit feels good.
Secondly on the morning coop cam video I saw her confidently jump up to the perch they like to use for preening parties. She made it in one jump and didn’t bother with the step in between that Diana used following her up. I don’t see any wobble! She hasn’t been above ground level for over a week.
Now set against that, her crop did not empty last night and I had to massage it to empty it this morning. We have found a way that works for both of us. She eats the coconut oil herself - she seems to think it is a treat. As long as I let her snack on coconut oil and some scratch and mealy worms between pummeling her she seems OK with the whole thing. It is throwing stuff down her throat she really doesn’t like.
Still, her crop not emptying is very worrying.
I am just hoping her general cussedness helps her pull through again.

Fantastic!!

 

[Scrambles83]

Just wanted to share something with my chook friends; yesterday I passed my Jishukan brown-belt grading! It was quite a tough slog, especially during Covid, but black-belt will be much tougher!

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Congrats!!!