Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[mixedUPturk]

I finished peeling the eggs and i canned the first 11 jars today.

 

[Mimi13]

Would you like some more?
I found the article particularly encouraging.

Of course I’d like to see more. Thank you.

 

[micstrachan]

Chickie’s laying soft-shelled eggs again. I’m pretty sure Lucy has stopped laying and it’s not her. I’m thinking I might have to get Chickie well again and then have a Suprelorin implant put in. I’ve read mixed reviews about the implant, some people said it worked well, some said their hen looked miserable and wouldn’t eat, and another person said their hen got obese. I’ll see if I can talk to my vet today and see what she thinks.

If I had access to @MaryJanet ’s Dr Hill, I’d get him to do a hysterectomy!

I’ve had two hens with the implant and it worked great both times. Unfortunately, the first had already gotten EYP and eventually succumbed once it wore off. She never got back to full health, as too much damage had already been done. The second one is just now starting to get hormones back. I don’t yet know how she’ll fare.

 

[micstrachan]

I have the best news to share tonight! The great cockerel shuffle of 2020 is finally sorted out!

Every morning I go out and pull Pippi out of Mad's run and give him his own. He has a coop, food, and water and all is peaceful for the day. If I leave them together, Mad attacks him over and over again. But, at the end of the day, every day, Pippi wont go into his coop, he wants to be with Mad. So, I open the gate and the squabbles begin again. He tries to go in and Mad sits at the door and attacks him.

When this happens, Pippi will go back and look at his little coop and look in, then run over to Mad's coop and try again. This process repeats for about 20 minutes until finally he makes it in. There is a little grumping, but It's dark and they are tired, so they settle down.

Today, instead of moving Pippi, I moved Mad to the other run. My thought was, at the end of the day, Pippi would go in first and I would open the gate for Mad. When I went out tonight to open the gate, Mad had already put himself to bed in Pippi's coop. Pippi was in Mad's coop, and all was happy in chickenland!!!

Not only that, the two pullets who have been staying in a small coop with Lucy, preparing them for integration, had put themselves to bed with Lucy all on their own for the first time!

Woot!

Yay!

 

[WhoDatChick]

Thank you for this!

You’re welcome... I thought it was very interesting as I didn’t know about any of that.. my pastor has let his hens hatch ducklings a few times.. I’m gonna have to ask him if he observed any of that behavior..

 

[micstrachan]

I just LOVE the color Aurora is developing! She looks so pretty, like a little straw bale in the sunshine!

Unbearable cuteness!!!

 

[LozzyR]

I’ve had two hens with the implant and it worked great both times. Unfortunately, the first had already gotten EYP and eventually succumbed once it wore off. She never got back to full health, as too much damage had already been done. The second one is just now starting to get hormones back. I don’t yet know how she’ll fare.

Thanks @micstrachan . I'm taking Chickie to see Dr Nikki today and I'll discuss with her what might be a good course of action.

Did your girls go off their food and drink? If so, what did you do to help them?

 

[BY Bob]

I finished peeling the eggs and i canned the first 11 jars today.

Congratulations! That's great. I feel like that was a ton of work. Great job.

 

[BY Bob]

FOUND IT! This was my first flock of four. Only Bridge (Barred Rock) is still with us and is the current alpha. Rusty, the little dare devil New Hampshire Red, was at the bottom of the pecking order. Sadly, she came down with Egg Yolk Peritonitis shortly after this video was taken.

Thank you so much for posting that. That gopher was ready to take that hen on when she pecked its tail. I feel that's a battle the gopher would have lost.

I wish I would have thought to grab video.

 

[LCG Chicken Coop]

FOUND IT! This was my first flock of four. Only Bridge (Barred Rock) is still with us and is the current alpha. Rusty, the little dare devil New Hampshire Red, was at the bottom of the pecking order. Sadly, she came down with Egg Yolk Peritonitis shortly after this video was taken.

That is so great! They are so fascinated. Yesterday my sister in law and her Corgi came to see the chickens in the run—the hens were very obviously checking out her dog, who luckily is a pretty mellow fellow. If there wasn’t a wire fencing between, the hens probably would have ventured an exploratory peck as well.