Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Ummm… good morning?

That is a pretty good crow for a hen! Good on ya Cashew.

 

[bgmathteach]

Mysterious Chicken Affliction
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This morning when I let my chickens out, I noticed this affliction that nearly a third of my birds had. It was a sudden onset, as they were ALL fine when I put them to be last night! Can anyone help with diagnosis and/or treatment? With such quick and rampant onset, I am very concerned. I'm posting pictures below to assist with any diagnosis/treatment.

There was no obvious carnage, no remains of the missing feet/legs left laying around...whatever caused it must have a real chicken foot fetish!

Temp this morning was about -3F (-20C), and the girls were not happy. Despite some bedding in the run, many of them had a foot tucked up in their feathers!

 

[RoyalChick]

Mysterious Chicken Affliction
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This morning when I let my chickens out, I noticed this affliction that nearly a third of my birds had. It was a sudden onset, as they were ALL fine when I put them to be last night! Can anyone help with diagnosis and/or treatment? With such quick and rampant onset, I am very concerned. I'm posting pictures below to assist with any diagnosis/treatment.
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There was no obvious carnage, no remains of the missing feet/legs left laying around...whatever caused it must have a real chicken foot fetish!

Temp this morning was about -3F (-20C), and the girls were not happy. Despite some bedding in the run, many of them had a foot tucked up in their feathers!

Diana had a bad attack of that yesterday when she went outside. I believe it is self-healing when spring comes our way. But down booties would probably help too.

 

[micstrachan]

Another bitterly cold night last night. Down to 5F (-15C).
I was really worried about Dotty who is molting badly. Feathers everywhere and she looks half her normal size. They still don’t snuggle up at night so no warmth there.
I considered bringing her indoors but I knew it would stress her out.
Well she survived, and doesn’t seem to be any worse for wear. The next single digit night is next week and I worry she will be even more naked by then.
Poor Dotty. Why couldn’t she molt in the Fall?!

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Poor baby. Do you know what night time temps are inside the coop? At least in the spots where she roosts?

 

[micstrachan]

I dearly miss my little companions.

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Did I give you hugs for this yet?

 

[The-White-Elephant]

You have one quite interesting, all black, cochin! I've never seen a chicken with such large ears.




They are all quite lovely. I'm afraid to have cochins - must be very hard certain times of the year (spring jumps to mind) to keep their fluffy feet feathers clean.

Actually, I don’t do anything to clean their feet feathers, they clean themselves!

 

[RoyalChick]

Poor baby. Do you know what night tine temps are inside the coop? At least in the spots where she roosts?

A little bit warmer - looks like it didn't go below 9 degrees inside (which I find amazing actually!).

 

[bgmathteach]

Dolly passed away in my arms tonight,

Is everyone else okay? If I recall, you mentioned she has some symptoms that might have resembled that of Marek's?

 

[Chicken poppy]

Is everyone else okay? If I recall, you mentioned she has some symptoms that might have resembled that of Marek's?

We had thought, but everything didnt quite match up to that

 

[BY Bob]

How did she get there!

Phyllis is very diffferent physically from all of my other hens. Her wing to body ratio is much higher. Phyllis can hover like a helicopter. I have even seen her gain altitude while hovering. Such an event occurred yesterday with interesting results.

She was jumping down off her porch and she stumbled. Her immediate response was to start flying so she didn't land awkwardly. Well she gained altitude until she ran into the drop door and wound up standing on the backside of the door. She walked her way to the top of the door and there she was stuck.

From this point the video below covers how she worked her way out of this predicament. Did BY Bob save her? Did Aurora yell at her until she got down? Did she land on Hattie? You'll have to watch to find out!