Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Scrambles83]

Hi everyone. Ester isn’t feeling well. She’s standing around, has a poopy back end, does not seem to be eating much, and I think she is swollen. Not a good combination. Her posture is good while she is standing, but she is pretty inactive and (barely) scratches heartlessly.

It’s too cold to wash her bum, so I trimmed some feathers, gloved up, and pulled poop off. I also generously dusted her back end with cornstarch in hopes it would help me crumble the poop off (I think it helped).

I checked her crop when she went to roost and it was not empty. I hope that means she’s been eating when I’m not looking and not that it’s slow. I’ll check in the morning.

Her vent was VERY messy and tiny. I may bring her in for a couple hours tomorrow morning so I can properly wash her vent and surrounding area. A few months back she was messy in the back and seemed not to feel well, but was much better after I washed her off. I hope that’s what happened here… messy butt feathers backed her up, but I fear she has a reproductive problem. She never really came back into lay after her ordeal last winter at this exact same time.

I hope to read on and all is well

 

[Marie2020]

i dont think ill be here for a while. I apologize. Im feeling absolutely disgusted with myself, a chick i own (and probably all my others) im confident has coccidiosis, and i waited to long, thinking it was some other issue. I apologize again. i was very ignorant to think she was alright. Sorry to bring it into a gloomy setting.

We are here when you come back

These things happen, even qualified vet's get it wrong. We can only do our best and learn as we go along

 

[Marie2020]

Thanks, Ribh. Yeah, not my best year for chickens. I find it odd that all three chickens raised by Cashew have had health issues, more so than those raised by me. After Bob’s experience with his mail order chicks, I wonder if something happened when they were mailed to the feed store where I picked them up.

My heart goes out to you Michelle, I honestly know how you feel.

You're such a caring person, she was so lucky to have you

 

[Marie2020]

Again, the love is for you.

Let's think of Ester.

She had so many hours of following her chickeny dreams, free ranging with her friends! Great food, and no hunger. A vet when she needed medical support. She was almost always safe from predators.

And on top of all that wonderful living, she came third in the hard moult contest!!

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Much loved.

Sadly missed.

 

[Marie2020]

Even the healthy ones have short lives. We have to adjust our expectations.

You are so right

 

[featherhead007]

My one horse thinks she is an Arabian Princess, and she might chip a good if we went riding.

I remind her who feeds her and problem solved

I keep telling my Rooster-Brat Pangoo that if he doesn't stop attacking my mum's winter boots I will throw a saddle on him and 50 miles of riding.... (Safe bet I wouldn't last 2 miles hahaha with my knees!)

So in other words Chaco is a lawn ornament like my four....

Chaco deposits “lawn ornaments” just saying.

 

[featherhead007]

I had a bad dream last night. I dreamed that I was supposed to go with some family members to Denmark. (Fly there) from New York, but was tricked into an oceanic cruise ship, with the most obnoxious auntie I ever had. And the ship, was a rusty bucket of a boat. (Talk about a nightmare) No more late night ham sandwiches for me!

 

[Marie2020]

 

[Marie2020]

I had a bad dream last night. I dreamed that I was supposed to go with some family members to Denmark. (Fly there) from New York, but was tricked into an oceanic cruise ship, with the most obnoxious auntie I ever had. And the ship, was a rusty bucket of a boat. (Talk about a nightmare) No more late night ham sandwiches for me!

 

[featherhead007]

Come on, it was scary. Wouldn’t let me off the ship, and no cellular phone service either! (Nightmare)