Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

This was your new hen! Why would a chicken try to go so far into a rabbit hole? Jaffar saved her by alerting you - he is the Lassie of chickenworld!

I love "Lassie of the Chicken World" very clever.

 

[micstrachan]

@featherhead007 maybe you can think of a variation on the idea of her growing up fat instead?
Plump Bird
Miss Plumpkins
Pumpkin
Fluff Ball, Fluffy
Her Royal Roundness

OMG. Her Royal Roundness. I love that!!!

 

[LozzyR]

Such a beautiful flock you have. I hope you had a great day with them.

Tribe, surely?

 

[BY Bob]

Oh Bob... I believe this girl is aptly named! Little Daisy.... TSGHE.... View attachment 2601180

You are well on the way to a relationship with one of the most clever, intelligent, and curious chickens you will ever meet.

 

[micstrachan]

Alright...gonna come clean here. I just joined BYC today, after spending countless hours over several weeks reading Fluffy Butt Acres.
No, I cannot claim to have read all 3000+ pages (but definitely several hundreds ), and I'm so grateful to have this message board as a resource.
So, thank you Bob and everyone!

Welcome, welcome!!!

 

[BY Bob]

Tribe, surely?

Caught me.

 

[micstrachan]

These are all fun names Chicory but I think @featherhead007 nailed it.
"Chub" gets my vote. (If he wants to be more formal he could use "Miss Chub" )

Chub is pretty great! Miss Chub, too!

 

[micstrachan]

So far as I can tell the eye is still there, and he seems to have at least partial vision in it. I am kicking myself for not taking better care of him. I am giving him some meloxicam Pain relief which seems to be helping, and I’m going to start him on another course of antibiotics before I try to clear up his foot further. If it comes to it, I can take him in with my meat birds in May. The stunner at the Abattoir there is very good, compassionate, and kind.

I was letting him free range with the rest and moving his tractor to the far end of the area where our trailer is, planning on setting him up a little yard in the corner, and once I had him in an area I can fence in decently, addressing the foot situation more. I was thinking it would be near the end of this week.

I don’t like to move the “Home” too far, too fast, as it’s confusing for them. Today after checking him out, feeding him and his girls first, separately, DH and I dragged the tractor fully to its destination and set up the fencing for him. All before letting the other free range birds out. So of course, three of his girls spent the day trying to get out of the fence and back “home” to lay their egg (even after being repeatedly shown their housing’s new placement. eventually ZipTie remembered how she can defeat the fence and flew up and perched on it. She couldn’t get it to sag quite enough to free her cohorts Tailess and Chubby though.

As for his foot, it’s still quite swollen, a bumble appeared on top, but no seepage or pus. I’ve still been soaking and the swollen portion seems softer and more liquid. The weather is finally cooperating and now he’s in an area I can fairly confine, the only real hold up is the vision situation now.

You are a great chickaneer. If Roostie’s eye has a chance, you will surely make it happen.

 

[micstrachan]

Ooooh! Yay...here is my son's favorite girl and her cute little mug

Excellent mugshot!

 

[micstrachan]

Sophia’s mug
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Fantastic!