Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Shadrach]

Bummer! I don't really partake in either of those. Guess pics only from me.

Me neither. Just post lots and lots of pictures.

 

[BY Bob]

I assumed he meant they eat a lot? Heavy girls who have to feed their bodies AND consume enough to create eggs?

That is correct.

It's a family joke that I probably have not shared here. My nephew wanted to get chickens and he was researching what kinds he wanted to get to impress his dad. He decided he wanted Orpingtons and told his dad so. He was reading one of the many descriptions of Orpingtons to his dad and they were described as dual purpose birds. He did not understand what that meant. His dad had him list out what chickens are used for and then the light went on. The poor kid had never thought of that use for them.

 

[BY Bob]

Sorry, Bob. I hope it turns around quickly. I have a couple who walk heavy... Ruby and Millie. When it’s pronounced, I make them a treat which is feed wetted with warm water and that aloe detox I told you about, plus a few capsules of echinacea goldenseal and olive leaf extract emptied into the mix. Sometimes a drizzle of Nutridrench, too. I’m not sure why, but it seems to help, at least temporarily.

What is Hattie’s laying status? Are her shells thick and strong? Does she eat oyster shell?

I had a random softshelled egg weeks ago. Otherwise nothing but strong hard shells. Everyone is eating oyster shell.

 

[BY Bob]

Yeh, the mystery is my inexplicable partial loss of vision

I'm sorry this was so challenging for you.

 

[BY Bob]

Poor Ruby.

Oh no, that's not good.

 

[Shadrach]

Poo Sample Identified

Do you have any idea how creepy it is to follow a green hoping she will poo for you? I got a lot of dirty looks but I got the poo.

Spoiler: Poo

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Cecal and. Try again for a standard offering.

 

[BY Bob]

Cecal and. Try again for a standard offering.

She will be thrilled to see me following her again today.

 

[Shadrach]

Cecal and. Try again for a standard offering.

I'm serious. That's cecal poop and urine mainly. You need a sample of 'normal' poop to tell much. If no normal poop is coming out that could indicate a problem. Cecal poop is much the same whether the chicken is healthy or not ime.

 

[BY Bob]

I'm serious. That's cecal poop and urine mainly. You need a sample of 'normal' poop to tell much. If no normal poop is coming out that could indicate a problem. Cecal poop is much the same whether the chicken is healthy or not ime.

I know you are. I will be out trailing her around the yard once I have had my coffee.

 

[RoyalChick]

I got 3 groups right, but I'm still puzzled about why there's no group 2

I got 3 as well - Hitchhikers, dwarfs and Little Women. The rest are a mystery to me even with the explanation from Bob!