Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Besides you might get one that lays blue eggs! (sorry Bob )

That feels like a cheap shot.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Update: Connie is doing better now, We sat and talked for a long time. Then I ran a few errands for her, did her laundry, cleaned up her kitchen, made us lunch, then went home to see my flock, and collect eggs. Cleaned my barn/coop. Then waited till all the birds came in. now I'm resting, typing to you peeps on BYC.

For a moment I thought Connie was one of your hens and was wondering what laundry she had that needed doing!

I'm glad your neighbour is feeling better. she is lucky to have you.

 

[BY Bob]

I'm going to have to fight MJ for Phyllis! I need another bird with a topknot to keep Alice company!

Phyllis will be thrilled to have such a fan club! I can't wait to tell her today.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Thanks Michelle, she seems to be ok. I ended up posting on the ER thread, which I saw that you saw, and two comments said it didn’t sound like she has sour crop. She may have just had something stuck yesterday. I will check crops morning and night for a week, just so I know my birds better, and give them ACV water every other day.

Thank you so much for your detailed help. I am really struggling mental health-wise at the moment so it was all becoming too much. I am taking steps to remedy this, so hopefully soon things won’t seen too bad.

Here’s a photo of them ‘helping’ today.

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Sorry to hear you've been struggling Lozzy.

Chooks are emotional support animals. I highly recommend getting a good healthy dose of chook time every day!

We all struggle with mental health Lozzy, same as we do with our physical health.

Those who do not are truly mad.

"We are all mad here" Chook mad at any rate.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

That feels like a cheap shot.

Yes, yes it was ... I take 'em where i can get 'em.

 

[BY Bob]

Sansa's Roosting Issue

I've posted before about how Sansa likes to sleep on the coop floor some nights. I can't explain why. She likes to sleep under the high roost for some reason. It is still occurring despot my efforts to move her to the roost. Here she is from the other night. She is that little ball on the look, bottom right.

9 nights out of 10 she roosts on the high roost with Sidney and Lilly like this.

I've decided to let her go. She has not migrated to the nesting box. If I see her there she is going onto the roost. I'm going to see if this satisfies her for some reason. The whole time they were in the old coop before moving to the main coop she did not roost despite being top hen. She slept on the floor in a nest. I guess she likes it there. It is not like she is outside sleeping on the ground.

This has become the usual roosting pattern. Phyllis has taken over Daisy and Patsy's prime roosting spot. Lilly has taken control of the high roost, which was built for Phyllis, of course. Hattie has never tried the high roost. Aurora has given up on the high roost and gone back to where her and Maleficent used to roost on the extension. That leaves room on the high roost for Sydney and Sansa (when she wants to roost).

The irony of all of this is that if the high roost is now the prime spot, only my Alpha hen can get there. This has led to much calmer roosting vs the old fights over the spot that Phyllis now occupies.

So 1, 4, 5 occupy the prime spot. 2, 3, 6 are on the main bar. Not what I intended when I added the high roost, but it is working for them.

 

[BY Bob]

Yes, yes it was ... I take 'em where i can get 'em.

Good for you! That is how the game is played.

 

[featherhead007]

Phyllis will be thrilled to have such a fan club! I can't wait to tell her today.

Don't tell Phyliss a thing. It will inflate her ego and ruin her, like I mistakenly did with Beetov-Hen.

 

[BY Bob]

Don't tell Phyliss a thing. It will inflate her ego and ruin her, like I mistakenly did with Beetov-Hen.

I believe that everyone else in the flock will pop that bubble pretty quickly.

 

[featherhead007]

I believe that everyone else in the flock will pop that bubble pretty quickly.

If you are talking about Phyliss, (don't count on it)! Iv'e seen pics, I know things.