Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

WOW we are at 9998 pages

I better start taking pics in prep for 10,000!

 

[Marie2020]

I hope it works out for her. Maybe now all the liquid is gone you can really work on breaking up the blockage by massage.
I know how stressful all this is.

I'm thinking no food
She's only had coconut oil water and acv water

I'm trying to stay awake this is exhausting

Thanks so much RC

 

[Marie2020]

Good morning Marie how is Flexi today?

Making strange coughing noises since being very sick

She's far more alert
Thanks for everything

 

[Marie2020]

WOW we are at 9998 pages

I better start taking pics in prep for 10,000!

It sure is getting there fast. Get the champagne on ice ready

 

[Marie2020]

I will never be able to find it - but years ago I remember reading a study about the psychology of drivers and how they see the world differently when in the car vs not in the car.
I don't recall the details now, but what I remember is that it had to do with being sealed off from the world like an isolation bubble. One of the examples was people picking their nose - drivers apparently often pick their nose even when stopped at lights only a few feet away from other drivers - and it is something they would never do if they were the same distance from other people in a store, or on a bus or even in the street.

And I certainly owe nose picking tax. Here is Lulu advising Bernadette on which pellet to select and how to eat it. She went in to advise Bella on selecting cucumber seeds. Lulu is turning into quite a character - she is always poking her beak into other’s business and then running to the next group to tell them all about it. Constantly on the move and constantly chattering!

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But you haven't told us which pellet she advised

 

[Marie2020]

When Vanille was really ill cucumber was all she would eat, in fact it's what lead me to post for the first time on BYC .
She's been unwell for the last three days after passing two soft shell eggs in a row, and with the heat. She has eaten nothing yesterday but today we gave the girls a zucchini that had overgrown and she's been pecking at it like crazy.

We've talked about how they choose to feed before when they are sick with Minnie. It's still pretty much a mystery to me if it's just individual taste preference or if they do have some instinct to get things that are right for them.
When humans are sick a bit of both happen.. sometimes you don't feel like eating and your body needs to fast for a while, or to only have broth. And sometimes you actually do need to eat to get better.

Thanks for that
She's having a nap now but will get a plate full of cucumber later. I dont think layers of mash wet would be good for her

 

[GregnLety]

Oh no poor wee gals - heat is more serious than cold I think. Here is a 'cool' photo for you to help with the heat.

This photo was take back in 2016View attachment 3180709 (I think) up in Fort McKay on a pipeline project I was working on. It was a slow day and around -35C and sunny, and I had 'nothing better to do', so I dragged my boss off his chair to take the photo, and I ran outside to 'make snow' - you take a cup of BOILING water and throw it into the air and it freezes instantly and seeing as it was below -20 there was no humidity in the air what-so-ever so it evaporated instantly - don't do this when it's windy!

(also best to wear non slippery shoes hahaha I almost fell on my butt)

My second trip to the north slope a rig manager showed me that trick with a cup of coffee. I was amazed! I rarely gripe about cold weather here as I've been in -60 degrees ambient. I still have my cold weather gear so if you know anyone who wears 3XL tall I can make em a great deal

 

[Marie2020]

I captured this last night. The beauty of nature is still with us no matter what man/women does

 

[RoyalChick]

Thanks for that
She's having a nap now but will get a plate full of cucumber later. I dont think layers of mash wet would be good for her

Not sure I understand the description - what do you mean by 'layers of mash wet'?
I understand mash to be just wet chicken food (I am using the grower crumbles to make the mash but you can use any chicken food).
And why not good for her?

 

[Marie2020]

Not sure I understand the description - what do you mean by 'layers of mash wet'?
I understand mash to be just wet chicken food (I am using the grower crumbles to make the mash but you can use any chicken food).
And why not good for her?

After her being so violently sick. Everything gets stuck in her throat.

I wish she could have yogurt of melon
I meant layer mash wet and layers