Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Before and after eating crawfish View attachment 3107882

They are some lucky hens!

 

[BY Bob]

So relaxing

It was a good evening.

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm curious, I've always heard it said that cows and goats and donkeys can eat moldy hay and it not hurt them. I do not mess with any of those so I've never really looked into if there is any truth in that. I do know giving moldy hay to a horse is colic waiting to happen. Someone I know lost their 15 month old colt by accidently feeding moldy hay a few years ago. Some may say we are obsessive over our hay. Besides trying to properly store it each time we cut into a bale we inspect it before feeding it out. Horses are always trying to find ways to kill themselves. The last thing we need is to help them on their quest by feeding moldy hay. The same goes for their grain, a few times we have opened a bag of grain to find it had mold in it. Those have been promptly returned to tractor supply.

Moldy feed or hay is bad news it can cause botulism poisoning or salmonella, all animals are susceptible to this... I had a filly who got into some moldy hay I was moving to the manure pile, the small amt she ate gave her salmonella poisoning, she was quite ill.

Also moldy hay driea to be dusty which can cause respiratory illness called heaves - even a small amount of dust can cause this.

Horses always trying to kill themselves is right!!

 

[featherhead007]

Ok so no more chocolate for the gals !!!

You have fed chocolate to your chickens?

 

[Ponypoor]

You have fed chocolate to your chickens?

Good grief! No! No not like that!

I was eating Oh Henry bite size pieces and dropped a chunk on the ground, Buttercup grabbed it took off with it and ate it

Brought up the whole question of was chocolate poisonous to chickens.

From now on I close the door to the feedroom when the am eating! Anything!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Good grief! No! No not like that!

I was eating Oh Henry bite size pieces and dropped a chunk on the ground, Buttercup grabbed it took off with it and ate it

Brought up the whole question of was chocolate poisonous to chickens.

From now on I close the door to the feedroom when the am eating! Anything!

Nothing and I mean nothing is off limits in their minds. I'm sure coffee is not good for them, but if they can sneak a drink they will.

 

[RoyalChick]

Good grief! No! No not like that!

I was eating Oh Henry bite size pieces and dropped a chunk on the ground, Buttercup grabbed it took off with it and ate it

Brought up the whole question of was chocolate poisonous to chickens.

From now on I close the door to the feedroom when the am eating! Anything!

Same thing happened to me this afternoon - I dropped a chocolate chip and Nightshade grabbed it before I couldget to it. I looked up and it seems like one Ghiradelli chocolate drop is not going to kill a cat but I am keeping an eye on him.

 

[RoyalChick]

Maybe this pic will help you all out in guessing which goose is a goose, and which goose is a gander:View attachment 3107644

Just so you know, the one with the darker gray tried to take a bath in the drinking water...so that one doesn't look quite as fluffy/fuzzy as usual!

OK, I'll play.
First of all they are definitively not chickens. This is an area of expertise for me so you can be sure of that!
I am thinking the boy is the big one on the bottom left of the picture. Just 'cos that one looks bigger.
Is there a prize if I got it right?

 

[GregnLety]

I am very puzzled and have to be on alert constantly. We keep the lawn cut short and the edge of the pond trimmed.

My gosh that seems to be a lot. I wonder why they are showing up at your place this year. Is there a lack of food elsewhere or too many cottonmouths I wonder?

 

[featherhead007]

It’s been a hot day for the chooks. They spent most of it, hidden under shade trees. I made them a little water park to play in. (So they can get their feets wet)