Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[WhoDatChick]

Today's Observations

It rained off and on today but I was able to open the back door today. That drew Davis. He seemed to enjoy the show birds.
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@Shadrach will love this one. Hattie got tired of Aurora getting special treatment today.

So she came to see what it was all about.
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And then she decided to join in!
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I wonder who will be next!

Love the cat watching chicken tv .... and way to go at roosting

 

[LozzyR]

She climbs everything. It's funny to watch.

Lucy’s like that.

 

[LozzyR]

Tonight's Roosting

I was stuck at my desk today and did not get to go out before they started roosting. By the time I got out there, Lilly, Sydney, Sansa, and Phyllis were all roosted already. Phyllis was on the main roost, the other 2 on the High Roost. Lilly in her usual spot.

So I stayed out of it.

Hattie came in and pecked Phyllis butt a few times and then wandered around confused because she still can't find her step since I moved it. Finally she found it and hopped up on the roost.

Last the little T Rex came in. She pecked Phyllis in the butt a few times and then roosted. She kept trying to reach Sansa and Sydney but couldn't. And Hattie stood up ro reach Aurora but could not. So everyone settled in.

Much calmer than previous. We are getting there. Closer every day.
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Poor Phyllis’ butt! I guess that’s all they could reach? How is she going in the flock, given concerns about her being a Polish?

 

[BY Bob]

Poor Phyllis’ butt! I guess that’s all they could reach? How is she going in the flock, given concerns about her being a Polish?

Phyllis is doing pretty well. Being number 6 out of 6 is hard. Lucky for her only Lilly and Aurora have an in for her. (They have an in for all 3 new ones) The subflock of her, Sansa, and Sydney are very kind to each other.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that she is not getting unduly picked on. She is eating plenty, has friends, and is having a chicken life.

I'm hoping that all the pecks will start to settle the more they are together. That's how it usually works. Phyllis does not actually get hit very often. She is too quick.

 

[Shadrach]

Tightrope Walking

Sansa sure loves to get up on the patio furniture.

That Sansa is a lovely looking hen. I hadn't fully appreciated this until I watched the video.

 

[Ribh]

That Sansa is a lovely looking hen. I hadn't fully appreciated this until I watched the video.

It's Wyandottes. They are just the lovliest shape. The lacing helps too. they're one of my favourites just for their looks.

 

[LozzyR]

Dear chicken friends

Even though we haven’t met in real life, I wanted to share something with you. I wanted to post something last night but I was just too sad.

I honestly don’t know how much longer Chickie is going to be with us. She had a check-up yesterday as she had finished her antibiotics. Dr Nikki has been away all week so we saw Dr Kevin. He didn’t want to prescribe more antibiotics, saying it would probably cause her harm. He did prescribe Meloxicam, which is a liquid anti-inflammatory. She is seriously under-weight and he thought she was quite unwell, saying she wasn’t as wary of him as she should be. He said to give her half a millilitre each night and call back next week to report how she is.

He said the next suggestion is an ultrasound. This would mean a trip to Sydney (a four-hour round trip) and around $500.The avian specialist suspected enlargement of the oviduct (?) which would probably require surgery. Suffice to say it would probably quite a lot more than what @MaryJanet ’s Dr Hill quoted.

I just can’t justify a $500 ultrasound plus surgery (I don’t think my husband would let me go through with it anyway, plus she may be too unwell to survive it). I have racked up hundreds of dollars already on vet visits, meds and an x-ray. I have to draw a line somewhere.

Every time I looked at her today, she was going about her daily chickeny business. She was having a scratch in the dirt, munching on some grass I had put in there and even inspecting the commercial feed. I reckon if you didn’t know she was unwell, you wouldn’t be able to tell from looking at her. She looks like the size she should be (her moult mustn’t have been too bad). She had a decent go at breakfast and ate most of her dinner. When I picked her up, I swear she felt just that little bit heavier.

If she’s eating, drinking, doesn’t appear to be in pain/discomfort and still seems interested in life, I am going to look after her to the best of my ability. When that changes, I will have to make the hard decision. But not before then.

 

[MaryJanet]

Dear chicken friends

Even though we haven’t met in real life, I wanted to share something with you. I wanted to post something last night but I was just too sad.

I honestly don’t know how much longer Chickie is going to be with us. She had a check-up yesterday as she had finished her antibiotics. Dr Nikki has been away all week so we saw Dr Kevin. He didn’t want to prescribe more antibiotics, saying it would probably cause her harm. He did prescribe Meloxicam, which is a liquid anti-inflammatory. She is seriously under-weight and he thought she was quite unwell, saying she wasn’t as wary of him as she should be. He said to give her half a millilitre each night and call back next week to report how she is.

He said the next suggestion is an ultrasound. This would mean a trip to Sydney (a four-hour round trip) and around $500.The avian specialist suspected enlargement of the oviduct (?) which would probably require surgery. Suffice to say it would probably quite a lot more than what @MaryJanet ’s Dr Hill quoted.

I can’t just justify a $500 ultrasound plus surgery (I don’t think my husband would let me go through with it anyway, plus she may be too unwell to survive it). I have racked up hundreds of dollars already on vet visits, meds and an x-ray. I have to draw a line somewhere.

Every time I looked at her today, she was going about her daily chickeny business. She was having a scratch in the dirt, munching on some grass I had put in there and even inspecting the commercial feed. I reckon if you didn’t know she was unwell, you wouldn’t be able to tell from looking at her. She looks like the size she should be (her moult mustn’t have been too bad). She had a decent go at breakfast and ate most of her dinner. When I picked her up, I swear she felt just that little bit heavier.

If she’s eating, drinking, doesn’t appear to be in pain/discomfort and still seems interested in life, I am going to look after her to the best of my ability. When that changes, I will have to make the hard decision. But not before then.

I'm sorry @LozzyR. What a difficult time for you. Please give Chickie a treat and some words of love from her friends Sandy, Janet, Mary, Ivy, Peggy and me. And Blossom.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Phyllis Takes Flight
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That looks more like "falling with style" Bob

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Tightrope Walking

Sansa sure loves to get up on the patio furniture.

So good of you to supply her with playground equipment Bob. You really spoil those girls!