Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Hen-Rietta is so sad losing her sister. She’s wandering the yard looking for Beetov-Hen I cannot afford (emotionally) to dwell on this too long.

That is heartbreaking to see.

 

[BY Bob]

This looks like individual feathers.

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Yup. Turkey vulture

 

[featherhead007]

I’m hanging in there. I apologize if I made anyone sad today. I do thank everyone here for being so supportive. FBF pic:
In honor of my dear friend and beloved pet.

 

[Ponypoor]

Yup. Turkey vulture

I dont know, I have turkey vultures nesting next door and the wing pattern/shape isn't the same. I spent a lot of time watching them flying! Amazing birds.... Can't flap worth crap, but they sure can soar!!!!

But you would be lucky if it were turkey vultures as they do not hunt, their talons are too weak to grasp and kill like a hawk.

 

[Ponypoor]

Not sure if anyone has experience with hatching issues, there is a thread I am following, and the chick seems to have hatched with anomalies. The owner thinks innards exposed... Anyone with any advise....

The thread is: https://www.backyardchickens.com/posts/25299680/

(Hope I just posted that correctly!! You all know how useless I am with my cell phone ha!)

 

[RoyalChick]

I dont know, I have turkey vultures nesting next door and the wing pattern/shape isn't the same. I spent a lot of time watching them flying! Amazing birds.... Can't flap worth crap, but they sure can soar!!!!

But you would be lucky if it were turkey vultures as they do not hunt, their talons are too weak to grasp and kill like a hawk.

I keep looking at pictures on line to help identify different raptors but they all start to look the same to me!

 

[Ponypoor]

OK lets see if I posted this to YouTube correctly:

Fluffy vs Snake

 

[RoyalChick]

I guess I am expected to stand.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

OK lets see if I posted this to YouTube correctly:

Fluffy vs Snake

Fluffy is a very useful chicken to have around. Daisy is my resident snake eater. I really do not want to know how many she has eaten, 5 that I know of. It has to be more because she has her technique for killing them down pat. She grabs them behind the head and gives a quick shake to pop off their heads. She eats the body and leaves the heads.

 

[RoyalChick]

Fluffy is a very useful chicken to have around. Daisy is my resident snake eater. I really do not want to know how many she has eaten, 5 that I know of. It has to be more because she has her technique for killing them down pat. She grabs them behind the head and gives a quick shake to pop off their heads. She eats the body and leaves the heads.

What’s wrong with the head?