Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

I guess she can’t help herself she wants to snuggle to me all morning, so she just tucks her beak under my arm and closes her eyes. Yes I’m talking about Rocks-Anne

 

[featherhead007]

Can't you just use the eggs from your hens Alex...are they not laying...is your boy not doing his job?

How much of a “better job” can my roo do?
a bantam Cochin, up against hens twice his own size! But he tries!

 

[drstratton]

How much of a “better job” can my roo do?
a bantam Cochin, up against hens twice his own size! But he tries!

You could hatch your eggs then...how much fun to enjoy chicks from your own flock. Do your girls ever go broody?

 

[micstrachan]

Its the age old, if we acknowledge they are not disposable and are living creatures with value, then we could never condone treating them like that. Most people don't want to know.

I find that telling stories about mine are extremely helpful in changing their minds on the first part. Then most people can no longer condone the second part when you educate them on what occurs.

That’s the approach I’ve been taking. Now my parents will only buy pasture-raised eggs.

 

[featherhead007]

You could hatch your eggs then...how much fun to enjoy chicks from your own flock. Do your girls ever go broody?

Only one is laying out of three. The one that I’m holding right now is the only one that lays me any eggs

 

[featherhead007]

“Any nice chicks out there, my ladies are playing too hard to get”!

 

[featherhead007]

“Any nice chicks out there, my ladies are playing too hard to get”!
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Jaffar, (how many times have I told you to stay off my phone)?

 

[Kris5902]

I'm glad he's improving Kris but my my, that foot still looks so swollen! Would the foot doughnut thingy help keep the pressure off do you think? Maybe encouraging the infection to go down and out through the sole with drawing ointment?

The sole healed up entirely, with just a little scarring. I was thinking of applying the ointment to the swollen area with the thinner skin, on the top of the foot? If it is the solidified cheese like pus deep within the foot... I don’t know how we can encourage it to move to the surface. As the vet said “the avian foot is quite complex and there isn’t much “room” in there for things that don’t belong” (like nasty chunky pus).

 

[featherhead007]

The sole healed up entirely, with just a little scarring. I was thinking of applying the ointment to the swollen area with the thinner skin, on the top of the foot? If it is the solidified cheese like pus deep within the foot... I don’t know how we can encourage it to move to the surface. As the vet said “the avian foot is quite complex and there isn’t much “room” in there for things that don’t belong” (like nasty chunky pus).

Your roo, is always on my mind! I keep hoping

 

[Kris5902]

I wonder if they float or sink?

I'll bet someone on here is looking up (Google: "Do Highland Coos float or sink in fresh water")

Or just swim tranquilly in circles. Like a swan.

There's an image.

They do not float, they tend towards sinking, but are able to sort of “swim” for short periods, though not very well. Think of the old westerns, cattle drives and fording rivers, just a little hairier, and with those gorgeous horns! Or, think of the Temple Grandin movie and the steers needlessly dying in the dip because it was altered from her design to something that would be more “efficient” if you haven’t seen it, it’s a great film, and all of her books on autism and animal handling are awesome.