Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Bin chicken!

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That's a cool picture.

 

[BY Bob]

I feel as though I should be paying an absentee tax.

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Gratuitous pictures are always welcome. Especially of your beautiful ladies.

 

[BY Bob]

Up with the Flock

Aurora was up with everyone else this morning.

 

[BY Bob]

Happy Friday

I went to the archive for this week. In this first one the fluffy butt is either Elphie or Trisha. With no heads visible, there is no way for me to tell.

I am pretty sure this one is Elphie from the other photos in the sequence.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I was saving this one for Friday.

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Wow, as I scrolled down I first thought I was looking at a cream peony flower! Beautiful!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Up with the Flock

Aurora was up with everyone else this morning.
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Good, I was going to ask about her! You mentioned she has started to molt. What does she look like with that? Are you seeing feathers missing on her, or lots of feathers lying about?

 

[RoyalChick]

Friday update.
Maggie’s fluffy butt is fluffy again. No more hedgehog-butt. Diana is really more of a skinny-butt. Elizabeth thinks I have an unhealthy obsession with chicken butts (and she may be right).
Overnight score - Rodents 0 : RC 1. Maggie won the mouse steak trophy but got distracted by kitchen scraps.

 

[Shadrach]

Not having a good day here.
Mel got attacked by a Goshawk. She was either lucky, smart of fast. She's been attacked before. She's Treacles mum and I've posted about her defending Treacle when he was a chick from the Goshawk before.
Difficult to get decent pictures one handed and close up.
She has one puncture and rip on her left side which is the worst of the injuries. The puncture is quite deep; the rip nothing major. On the other side she has a short rip but I can't see a puncture as such. A couple of bald patches under her right wing which while not pleasant aren't serious.
I've cleaned her with sterile water and sprayed Chlorhexedine into the wounds while holding them open. I've also given her a half dose of Metacam. Not much else one can do with these types of wounds. She looks particularly distressed because she's moulting. This hasn't helped reduce the damage, or her ability to escape so she's done well.
To add to it all, Hurry is limping. I assume she pulled something in the panic when the strike happened. I did get a brief look at her but she worked her way deep into the bamboo so I can't inspect her properly until she comes out.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Hi everyone...I am almost 60 pages behind...why does life have to get in the way of my BYC time...

I’m with you! My chores keep interfering with my BYC time! This is unacceptable!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Ok, I think I've contributed a whole page of responses & I feel I should now share a chicken picture in the midst of my catching up! View attachment 2417990

Your flock is beautiful!