Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Same. I have a couple dry combs right now. I have NEVER tended to a comb. Not even the time Bridge tore the back section off. And I tend to be a bit over the top. The end of Bridgey’s comb became necrotic and fell off a couple days later. View attachment 2569378

That looks like fowl pox to me. And the back bit just lost its blood supply from being torn?

 

[RoyalChick]

Sydney has a touch on her comb right now. Look at the very tip.
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Yes, you are calming me down.

 

[Cynthia12]

That looks like fowl pox to me. And the back bit just lost its blood supply from being torn?

I agree.

 

[RoyalChick]

Jaffar gets a dry comb like that too. I use a little coconut oil. Seems to help

Thank you. I am going to try it. Minnie needs some butt cleaning (not too bad) so it looks like I am going to impose a spa day on her. She will not appreciate it. But she will appreciate the treats she gets after. I think she is last in the pecking order and gets her comb pecked by almost everybody when she dives in for treats.

 

[LozzyR]

Here’s something else unbelievable. My hen Rocks-Anne, just now swallowed a 5 inch long lizard. I didn’t think that was even possible!

I think Charlie did that too, once.

 

[RoyalChick]

Happens to me too

Mine seem to think the phone is a new and interesting treat. So I get them all lined up with some shrimp tails or rice or whatever is on hand and then I pull out the phone and they all turn and run to the phone.

Mind you, Diana and Elizabeth are sort of skinny-shanked chickens so they aren't much in the fluffy butt arena. Maggie, Minnie and Dotty though have lovely fluff if I can get a shot at it!

 

[Cynthia12]

https://hoeggerfarmyard.com/how-to-easily-diagnose-and-treat-fowl-pox/

 

[LozzyR]

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So did my Lucy! But because she was ex-battery her beak was trimmed and wasn’t sharp, so she couldn’t rip bits off it. It died of blunt force trauma and I buried it under a frangipani I was planting. She did swallow a couple of baby frogs whole though.

 

[featherhead007]

For some reason, Hen-Rietta loves to peck at Jaffar’s neck under his waddles? I can’t stop her, and Jaffar doesn’t seem to mind it at all. (Must be a chicken thing I guess)

 

[Marie2020]

Shad, Fat Bird is looking good. Have you ever tried lemon juice with spices (cinnamon, ginger, cayenne) for crop issues? That’s more for sour than impacted crop, but I don’t think it could be harmful.

I thought they couldn't have lemon of cinnamon. I read about the lemon being bad for them after I squirted some in their warm food.