Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

After Karen's run in with Henrietta, huge personality change. I'm no longer the enemy. I opened the crate now to let them come out and she flies to my shoulder for snuggle time. She still doesn't like me to hold her, but, before she never even offered to come to me. If I had known all she needed was a whipping from big bad Henrietta, I would have let her have it at a week old.

I have four of my five little ones on my shoulder as we speak, Coco is perched on my hat,on my head picture perfect, but I'm on my laptop at the moment

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Isn't that the truth. One of our boarders had a horse choke, was told to get the horse to Lexington 3 hours away. On that trailer right, he somehow managed to dislodge it himself. They scoped him, 5,000 bill later, yes he had choked but it's gone now and esophagus is really inflamed and irritated. Sent home with 10 days of antibiotics that I had to give to him twice a day, that was NOT fun, and soaked wet mash or soup from here on out. Now what did he choke on, the soaked beet pulp and alfafa cubes that she'd read online he needed because he came underweight. That horse was bought sight unseen online for her, then 17, lawyers kid and knew it all. The pictures were a couple years old, and horse we were expecting to get off the trailer was a very pretty and healthy 8 year old warmblood. What came off was a rack of bones. The vet was out the next day and it was no wonder, his teeth were in horrible shape, hadn't been floated since who knows when and ulcer's on both sides of his mouth. The poor boy couldn't eat. So, naturally, normal people know that you CANNOT rush to put weight back on a horse, it takes time. Good feed and Plenty of hay and in a few months different animal. She knew more then us, there was ways to fatten him up quicker safer, online yahoos, told her ne needed beet pulp, and alfafa cubes added. She believed them, bought the stuff, and insisted he get it twice a day. Guess what, a week later he chokes on the garbage and the Lexington vets chewed her out over it.

Ugh I had a similar experience but it was with colic and sadly that horse didn't make it because the owner refused to listen to anyone, even the vet!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

More snow. This was the tail end of a short squall.

 

[BY Bob]

After Karen's run in with Henrietta, huge personality change. I'm no longer the enemy. I opened the crate now to let them come out and she flies to my shoulder for snuggle time. She still doesn't like me to hold her, but, before she never even offered to come to me. If I had known all she needed was a whipping from big bad Henrietta, I would have let her have it at a week old.

That's awesome. I'm glad she has learned the error of her ways.

 

[BY Bob]

More snow. This was the tail end of a short squall.

That's not the first time 35 miles has made a difference

 

[featherhead007]

Animals, they are animals!I was trying to get a short nap in, but I had the littles on the floor with me. I was under attack again. Little beaks poking me everywhere. Why do they go for my lips, my ears, and my eyeballs? So I put them all back and went out to see my big chickens. Seems Jaffar is doing well, and BLU has a new willow place he likes to rest under.

 

[RoyalChick]

More snow. This was the tail end of a short squall.

We got a bit more than that here - but it didn't stay around. You have had a lot more melt than I have, I still only have little patches of full melt. The covering is much thinner but still fully covering the ground.
Major milestone yesterday is all the snow is gone from the roof except a couple of patches on the North side which look like they are set to stay until June!

Spring sunshine came

It lasted all of a minute.

Chicken tax.

 

[featherhead007]

More tax

 

[LozzyR]

It's Hatterday!

I am been saving up photos of my sweetest hen for everyone. It's her day today.
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A visit from her friend while she was laying her egg.
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Her beautiful fluffy bum.
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And my favorite photo, the amazing floating hen! Who knew a girl so big could levitate!
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She’s so lovely! I love the ‘levitating’ photo!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

It's Hatterday!

I am been saving up photos of my sweetest hen for everyone. It's her day today.
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A visit from her friend while she was laying her egg.
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Her beautiful fluffy bum.
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And my favorite photo, the amazing floating hen! Who knew a girl so big could levitate!
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Hattie is so pretty and deserves her own day. Of your chickens she's my daughters favorite. I'm waiting for Lilly day, my personal favorite of your hens. Its a good thing I didn't have her with me at Rural King last week getting feed. The had lavender orps, for 1.50 each because they were older and needed to make room for the next shipments. If I could have gotten just 1 or 2, I might have, but minimum of 6. So just got my feed and walked away, and didn't tell her lol.