Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

She certainly gave us all a turn!

Our animals are so good at making us feel guilty
.... but this time it turned out alright thank goodness

Thank goodness.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Thanks Bob. She’s such a sweet little chickadee, I couldn’t just ignore obvious signs she’s not ok and blindly hope she’d come good. (Nor could I take her to a wooded area and leave her for a predator! )

I hope the vet can sort her out. It's good that she is still eating at least.

 

[LozzyR]

Just the thought of that raises my hackles. If I ever heard of someone I knew doing that.........

It’s changed how I feel about this person, I’ve had to distance myself from her as much as I can in a work environment. She’d think I was nuts spending hundreds of dollars in vet’s bills on chickens. There’s at least two other women I can talk to about owning chooks, but not her.

 

[LozzyR]

I hope the vet can sort her out. It's good that she is still eating at least.

My friend suggested diluted Berocca and baby chick feed to get some vitamins and nutrients into her.

 

[micstrachan]

I'd be very interested in seeing that X-ray if you are willing to share Lozzy.
Ask your vet if she will e-mail it to you.

Same here. Let’s see it, please.

 

[micstrachan]

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So Chickie went back to see Dr Nikki today. She’s still not right and I didn’t want to spend over $300.00 on a hormone implant just to have her die a couple of months later. She seems happy in herself but she’s very light and her poos are all watery. She had a great morning today, dug a big hole for a dirt bath, having a good scratch in the garden, getting excited over food, I’m starting to feel like I’ve got Munchausens by Proxy! Then she does this splatty poo just before we leave, so I took a photo. Dr Nikki said “Ugh, that doesn’t look right!”, and takes an x-ray. She said it looked clear and gave her a little enema but didn’t see any egg products. She’s sending the x-rays off to the avian specialists in case they have any more suggestions. She weighed her and she’s 1.5kg when she should be at least 2kg. She said she’s not sure why she has diarrhoea (I agree @Shadrach , I also like my vet to be honest!) but has prescribed some anti-microbials for it, which I will pick up tomorrow. If we can knock the diarrhoea on it’s head, hopefully she will be ok. She thinks she’s been snoozing a lot because she’s feeling weak. Cross fingers we can fix this!

“Get $5 chooks” my mother-in-law said! “They’ll live for years and give you lots of eggs” she said! Pretty sure my $5 chicken has cost over $500, not game to add it all up...

I’m so sorry.. It hurts when they are unwell.

 

[micstrachan]

At least she's eating well. She may be crook but if she were in pain, I think her eating would decline.

Sorry if I missed it... has she had a fecal float?

 

[BY Bob]

We have our first Floater

Aurora caught her by the pool and she panicked and went straight up. Poor thing. Aurora has been harassing them all morning. Only 1 peck has connected though.

 

[RoyalChick]

We have our first Floater

Aurora caught her by the pool and she panicked and went straight up. Poor thing. Aurora has been harassing them all morning. Only 1 peck has connected though.
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OMG! Thank goodness it isn't too cold this morning. Did you fish her out with a net or jump right in after her?!

 

[BY Bob]

OMG! Thank goodness it isn't too cold this morning. Did you fish her out with a net or jump right in after her?!

She was close enough I could scoop her out with my hand. She is very good at being held and did not fuss at all as I dried her off. Thankfully that light layer of ice is melted off or that would have complicated things mightily.