Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

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.

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Fabulous photos! Congrats on the mouse!

 

[BY Bob]

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.
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I'm so sorry.

It seems like she will be OK the though, right? Those Goshawk seem quite good at what they do unfortunately.

 

[BY Bob]

I have two contributions to Fluffy-Butt Friday.
The first is Fluffy-Butt Buffy. She is my fluffiest fluffy-butt!
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Then second runner-up would be Wellie 1
(I have two Welsummers who I have not properly named, and I call them “The Twins”, Wellie 1 and Wellie 2.)
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They are spectacular butts. So fluffy and clean!

 

[BY Bob]

Well, now you are all paid up!

And we all win by getting to see the pictures.

 

[featherhead007]

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.
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How bad do you think her injury is? Is she going to be OK?

 

[BY Bob]

WOW, Empty nest syndrome!

Well played! I like that one.

 

[RoyalChick]

Hattie, 1 Camera 0

Thank goodness I read ahead. I was going to post the exact same thing!

 

[BY Bob]

Thank goodness I read ahead. I was going to post the exact same thing!

@featherhead007 stole your scoring method.

 

[featherhead007]

@featherhead007 stole your scoring method.

Yah, I did

 

[BY Bob]

My Foe

The following spoiler shows my rodent enemy enjoying a beautiful sunny day running around in the run. It is very intrigued by the bait but has not yet gone in to eat. I have the camera set so I have documentation that it has taken the bait. If it has not by next week, we will add additional methods.

Spoiler: My Foe