Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Scrambles83]

I do have a Speckled Sussex, Millie. She’s also pretty big!

Yes! And she is beautiful so Snow’s size is normal then I guess

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

I just heard, that the hens I was supposed to get tomorrow, are no longer available.
So I'm feeling kinda down at the moment. Guess I will just have to keep looking.

Sorry to hear that.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Ya think animals can sense our emotions? I’m beginning to think that mine do.

I truly believe that they do.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

And then this just happened

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Wow. They are all sun-bathing!
It’s like they’re at the Boardwalk. Lol.
So cute! Great pictures.

 

[LozzyR]

Heartachingly adorable

This is one of my favourite videos!

 

[LozzyR]

Alice has her head tucked over her right shoulder, preening. You can see that her toes are facing forward but she is doing a great impression of a Fluffy Butt!

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I didn’t even pick up on that!

 

[featherhead007]

I must confess, I have the most gorgeous Little Rock’s-Anne, sleeping in her bed right next to mine. When it gets cold out, she catches a chill. (We can’t have that) so she’s in with me for the night). I bet she makes me breakfast in the morning too!

 

[Kris5902]

One side/edge of Cillins scab had lifted when I looked this morning and stuff had leaked out. He's been much more himself today. Not sure if it's because there is less pressure and pain in his foot or time is healing his ego.
Treacle did well all day and then did an epic fiial this evening and went off to roost with just Moon. Cillin and I took the rest up.
I keep Cillin in for a couple of hours in the mornings. It takes me half an hour to let everyone out and feed them and then I want my breakfast and another cup of coffee. By the time I've finished eating Mel had usually turned up, on her own and this morning Hurry turned up as well with Treacle. Hurry went into the maternity unit at first and Treacle went back to the rest of the tribe. Cillin could hear all this and made nesting calls once Treacle had gone. Hurry came into the house and settled in the nest box with Cillin keeping watch. Mel had a short nap behind the wood pile and went and laid an egg in the maternity unit.
No escort call from either of them. Mel came straight into the house and mated with Cillin and Hurry did the same after she had laid her egg. Cillin had just followed Hurry outside when Treacle showed up and chased him away. In the recent past, that's been it and Cillin doesn't return to the house until roost time. This evening he arrived for supper with the rest of the tribe, including Treacle just around the corner under a bush. When Treacle brought the hens round for supper, Cillin went up onto the roof and watched. Shortly after Treacle went to roost with Moon, Cillin came down and joined the hens. Both Fudge and Tackle crouched for Cillin without Cillin asking. This is very unusual.
Cillin waited at the coop entrance for a while after the hens had gone in. It looked as if he might have gone in if I hadn't walked by on my way back from feeding Jenny and Solomon. Treacle ate from the communal dish tonight as well. I've been giving him food in the pet carrier up to now because he wasn't eating enough.
Cillin watching over Hurry as she lays an egg.
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I love that Cillin is playing the long game and that most of the tribe know who is the experienced Rooster is! He’s got the ladies loyalty, knows it, and also has the smarts not to antagonize Treacle when he is under the weather and on the mend. I’m sure once he gets a new Coop set up that he won’t have too much trouble settling most of his girls in with him. I sort of also hope that Treacle, for all he’s not the smartest or most proficient Rooster yet, will have more than just Moon to stay with him. It’s like a Soap Opera, but with chickens!

 

[Scrambles83]

Sorry, @featherhead007. It’s so painful losing them. I think about my role in all of this, but also realize I am raising awareness. And though I have lost some, I have also avoided “torture eggs” for quite some time now, including so many, many products you might not know has eggs as an ingredient.

So true. I was a pastry chef for 18 years and as far as big wholesale businesses go the boss will buy the cheap bulk boxes of cage eggs over eggs that have been laid by happy hens everytime. It means more profit for them if they are saving on raw material costs. It’s very sad

 

[Kris5902]

Alright, so I got a little video and one picture of Roostie’s foot today, I’m not sure if this video is the one where I say “I’m down below 10%” battery life on my phone, but there were some more detailed pictures planned with DH’s help. Needless to say he picked Roostie up for them and my phone promptly died. I would love some suggestions on what to do from here

As you can see, He’s walking about Much better than before his ten day course of amoxicillin, has been mating his girls again, and is even getting feisty and willing to have little showdowns with the other Roosters (as long as there’s a fence to keep him safe!). The swelling seems to have gone down some, but his foot is still quite swollen. There isn’t any heat to the foot now though, as I would expect in an infection.

So the question is where to go from here? I can’t really justify or afford to spend another couple hundred dollars to see that vet again. I do have the AmoxyTyl now that I could give to him, basically continuing the antibiotic treatment... and the weather is swinging into another cold snap so foot soaks are probably still out of the question for the near future. Open to advice...