Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[micstrachan]

There are so many beautiful & wonderful Australain birds to choose from.
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Fairy wrens:View attachment 2668062

Pardalotes:
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Lyrebirds
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I could go on & on. There's cat birds, fig birds & bower birds, Rails & roadrunners, whip birds, bellbirds, marsh hens & Pitas.

So beautiful! I had a thing for birds long before becoming a chicken lady.

 

[micstrachan]

Hormones? My Millie has been attacking Flash like that relentlessly. And Cashew and Buttercup had a chest-pumping brawl the other day (Cashew won, just like two years ago when Buttercup went after a chick). Millie and Cashew are my only two who have gone significantly broody.

And just like that... Millie is broody.

 

[micstrachan]

TRUTH!! Simply the best smell on earth... I get to smell it everyday for awhile... I am babysitting my sons new puppy while they work View attachment 2669808View attachment 2669809

Adorable puppy and gorgeous cat!

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[Aussie-Chookmum]

Bower birds are some of my favorite. I hope to see some one day

I had forgotten about Bowerbirds. Thanks for reminding me!
Satin Bowerbirds visit us quite often. We get lots of females and/or juvenile males (I can't tell the difference) and sometimes adult males. I even found the beginnings of a bower in the backyard once but the chooks scratched it apart.

Female (or juvenile male)

Adult male

A little sad, but a final fluffy Butt Friday...View attachment 2669040View attachment 2669041

Good bye darlings.

Hope you are ok Blazinga.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Fluffy Friday. We've been really busy so not the best of pictures.

Jaffas lady love from UK. @featherhead007

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Wrong end! What lovely colouring though.

 

[Scrambles83]

Adorable puppy and gorgeous cat!

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Love this pic!

 

[micstrachan]

Nighties, friends. Now that I know Ruby is OK, I’m so excited to first sleep in, and then have lots of time with my flock.

 

[fuentemoon]

When it rains it pours...

I have been in the hospital since Thursday afternoon. Not for myself, I'm fine, but for Rich.

For the past week he has not been feeling well. He had diarrhea, fatigue, chills and shakes. His family doctor ordered some blood work and sent us home. Thursday morning he started vomiting. Vomiting for him is usual from his GERD and once he startes he can't stop without fluids and meds from the hospital.

When Thursday afternoon came and he couldn't even keep a sip of water down, I finally said enough is enough and got him ready to go to the ER.

On the way down to the hospital he was almost unresponsive and extremely pale. That is not normal for him. Hospital security had to get him a wheelchair and get him out of the car to get into the hospital. Once inside a nurse came out, took one look at him, and took him straight back. He keep saying he was in so much pain and freezing cold.

He had about 6 or 8 people all over him. Every one thought he was having a heart attack. Thankfully that was not the case. What did happen is they found a disection of his mesenteric artery. We were quickly told that a surgeon would be in to talk with us soon. We were told that rich would need to be transferred to a different hospital because they don't do that surgery at our local hospital.

About a hour later the surgeon was back and said that they were going to treat him with blood thinners instead of surgery because the tare in the artery is on the inside and very small.

He's been on IV heparin since last night and now they are switching him to Coumadin. He'll be in the hospital another night at least until they can get his levels shorted out.

He was still pretty unstable an in a lot of pain so I refused to leave him. I spent the night "sleeping" in a very uncomfortable chair. We finally were moved into a room and I have a lovely recliner to sit in but I can't stay all night today. They are making me leave at 9pm and that's probably not a bad thing, I am exhausted.



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[Aussie-Chookmum]

We buried them yesterday. I feel a bit better now. Gave them some feed and maple blossoms for the ferryman.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Yup. Quarantine is over. I move to Bristol tomorrow.

Good luck with move Shad. Hope it all goes smoothly.

Are there chickens for you in Bristol?

This was my next question. Great minds Ribh. (or chicken minds anyway )