Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[micstrachan]

Maybe the Man should give them names, as he is the one who was taken with them.

Good idea!

 

[featherhead007]

Good idea!

Ladies are better at names, than us guys are (just saying)

 

[micstrachan]

Hi, everyone. It’s spring break at the school district, so I took today off! It was great. Just now I took this chicken photo…

And realized everybody was there except for a Little Mill. Well, here she is…

 

[micstrachan]

Millie came home!

 

[micstrachan]

Yesterday one of the one of the hens in my backyard, Sunny, introduced me to her baby chicks! They wanted to wish you all a Happy Fluffy Butt Friday!

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Amazing!!!

 

[micstrachan]

I don't want to bring people down but I do need to post about Fat Bird as it helps me come to terms with what is happening and the posts may help others, not just with their chickens health but with coping with the sadness that comes with watching death approach a creature one loves.
It's been a glorious day here. Warm sunshine, a slight breeze blowing up the valley and Spring in full glory.
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I carried Fat Bird from the coop this morning so she could eat with the others. She hardly ate anything and about half an hour later I found her alone under the hay rack next to the sheep field.
I brought her down to the house, fed her a few pieces of walnut and she wandered outside and settled down next to the fence and the yellow maternity unit. She stayed there all day.
Cillin and Moon visited; In fact Cliin spent most of the day close by. I tried to get her to eat at lunchtime but all she would do is drink the water I put in front of her.
Evening came and all but Cillin went off to roost. Fat Bird showed no signs of wanting to leave her spot. Eventually I leant over the fence and picked her up and got her to drink a mixture of vitamins, Metacam and water. When I put her on the ground this is what she deposited on the ground and the second picture is what she deposited where she spent the day.
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The colour hasn't come up very well but the yellow is bright yellow and the pink is quite bright as well. All the chickens that I've seen poop these bright colours have died within a couple of weeks if not sooner.
I am told these bright colours are a sign of organ damage more often than not and that unfortunately is not something one can do much about.
There are no obvious signs that she is in any pain yet. With other chickens it has been pretty obvious so I think I know what to look for. She just looks tired.
I carried her up to her tribes coop at late dusk and placed her on the main perch. She settled against the coop wall having given Hurry a few pecks to move her along the perch so she could shuffle to that spot.

I’m sorry, Shad.

 

[micstrachan]

She is broody for sure. I would not stick my hand in there.

By the way, I do love the wagon best boxes. I should consider re-purposing my kids wagon as such.

Haha! You’ve got quite the broody on your hands!

 

[featherhead007]

Here is my hero Jaffar, with the lady he saved today. In the barn/coop. The other big birds are above my head. And the littles are right next door, still peeping their brains out. I’m texting this inside my barn/coop. (Actually their barn/coop)

 

[micstrachan]

When I first joined BYC I tried a bunch of threads, and none of them worked for me. It’s pretty much as you described.
Then I found this little tribe, and I have been happy ever since. I stumbled across Fluffy Butt Acres first, and then I ended up on everyone’s threads.
Every practical piece of information about chickens I learned from you guys. It would have taken me years to learn what I have learned in 10 months.

I tried keeping up on all three threads, but just can’t manage. So I stay here, where I started on the social threads.

 

[BY Bob]

Hi Everyone! I just wanted to share with you all what happened over the weekend! On Saturday afternoon, I went out to my backyard to feed Cinnamon & her little ones. While I was out there, something must've scared them, because all of the chicks started to scatter. One of the chicks took me by surprise and flew up onto my head and decided to perch there. I considered it a huge compliment that she thought of me as a "safe place".

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Here's the little chicks Monday mugshot! I haven't named her yet! If any of you have any name ideas, please feel free to share them with me!
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It is wonderful to be their safe place isn't it! I'm so glad you got to enjoy that privilege.