Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Scary footprints:

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and some back Chicken Tax pics... Sammy is a camera hog, that’s why you see so much of his beautiful white self... and some of his random lady friends:
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My gosh. All this green grass has me thinking spring. It's too soon to think spring!

 

[BY Bob]

Whose footprints are those. Bear?

Raccoon I bet.

 

[BY Bob]

Can someone call Johnny Depp and ask him to charter a plane to bring this bird back home!! Arguably as easy to trap this bird as kill it. Are they sure this bird was never legally imported through quarantine?

They certainly have a reason and a right to restrict entry of birds. Avian PMV was not seen in AU prior to 2011 when it is thought to have been introduced by birds from the Middle East.
https://wildlifehealthaustralia.com.au/Portals/0/Documents/FactSheets/Avian/Avian Paramyxoviruses and Australian Wild Birds Nov 2016 (2.0).pdf

I get that they want to keep their country safe. No question about the legitimacy of that. But killing the bird because it was smart enough to find its way there seems cruel. I'm really surprised that the owner does not want it back. Does that seem unusual to you? Don't you spend a lot of time training them?

 

[LozzyR]

Poor Pigeon

Hey @biophiliac check out how mean the Australian government is. They don't want our disease ridden visitors there. I wish there was a way to save the poor thing and bring it home.

https://apnews.com/article/pacific-...nited-states-faae5a66c336c8b2dc902b1ed4270345

Yes, we do have very strict quarantine laws here.

 

[featherhead007]

Friends, I’m in big trouble. I just realized that I’m out of meally worms. The chickens are gonna hate me. I can’t keep these birds happy without them. (Beethoven-Hen knows how to hold a grudge)
Trip to town today I guess.

 

[Ribh]

Thanks. I'm so glad you read this now and commented. It is nice to remember her this morning.
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[LaFemmeKatia]

Poor Pigeon

Hey @biophiliac check out how mean the Australian government is. They don't want our disease ridden visitors there. I wish there was a way to save the poor thing and bring it home.

https://apnews.com/article/pacific-...nited-states-faae5a66c336c8b2dc902b1ed4270345

I think I mentioned in a previous post that I hate humans.

 

[Shadrach]

Not good... especially the swelling. This sounds like an earlier catch of what I’m going through with Roostie. If you could share pictures and your Dr’s treatment plan I would greatly appreciate it. I am guessing that Dr Gloria isn’t as pricy as the place I ended up in on Monday? Dean’s recent bumble was less troublesome but seems to be possibly returning. Thinking Positive Thoughts for Cillin and you Shad. I am so glad you have a good vet. Cillin is the #1 Rooster in his tribe, correct? Roostie has been fleeing from Sammy and Dean, when normally he would stand his ground, but hasn’t lost any ladies over the injury.

I hope I'm not going to make you angry.
Cillin is in overall fine condition despite the various dinks and dents. No worms. No mites and no infection in his foot.
Gloria wasn't keen on cutting the core out. If it had been infected then possibly yes. She says that surgry on the foot is a last resort and often cause more problems thhan it solves. There is a core and a scab. It is the pressure that is causing the pain and preventing the core from being expelled.
She has advised those circular corn pads with the hole in the middle, or whatever I can come up with that will do the job. She's prescribed an ointment which as I understand it is a drawing ointment; it helps draw the core out. I don't know what it's called yet.
If in three weeks of changing the pad thing daily, cleaning the site and applying the ointment the core isn't out then he's to go back and she'll consider operating.
He's on low doese Metacam. One graduation on the supplied syringe daily for a week. The site should be less swollen by then.
Gloria cleaned the site and applied a ointment a bit like the heat ointments you use for muscle strain.
Cillin is eating better. This evening herded all the hens in at supper time and shut Treacle. Cillin ate with the hens and ate quite a lot. It's important to keep him eating because the stress and pain is likelu to lead to crop problems eventually.
As soon as I've worked out how best to keep the foot pad on Gloria says he should be out with the hens. She's very against confinement believing that the stress means they eat less, excercise less and get depressed.
I bought another bottle of Metacam. 14 Euros.
Gloria charged me 10 Euros.
I don't know how much the pads etc will be.
Cillin ate some prawns and yogurt before bed and his crop while not full has food in it.
I forgot my camera.

 

[featherhead007]

I think I mentioned in a previous post that I hate humans.

So do we! Haha!

 

[Kris5902]

How many chickens do you have? (Every time I count, I see more).

I believe 96, but just added up and got 94... I might be misremembering some of the numbers in the breeding tractors?