Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Hi. Not chicken related, but I made my first diaper cake for a baby shower. Since I hadn’t been to a baby shower in ages, I didn’t even know that was a “thing!”
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I have never heard of any such thing either but it looks to me like you did a great job!

 

[featherhead007]

Update on my roo. He's trying his best to hang on. He tried to crow this morning, but it sounded like a mouse caught in a sticky trap. He's going down hill, and we both know it. He spent the night with me, on a blanket next to my bed. His breathing, gurgling and sneezing most of the night. I held him several times, and rubbed his waddles (He likes that) then he closes his eyes, and falls asleep.
As far as the CDC goes......
I will keep updating you friends, if you don't mind.

 

[featherhead007]

Rooster tax:

 

[micstrachan]

Probably someone who was attacked by a rooster once and now has an ax to grind.

In all seriousness, these announcements do real damage to the backyard chicken movement. They are used at local council meeting to argue against permitting people to keep backyard chickens. They are used to perpetrate the image that chickens are dirty and spread disease.

I really wish the CDC would focus on real problems. Salmonellosis from chickens just isn't one of them.

100% agree.

 

[Kris5902]

Well, a motherless chick has got to learn how to be a chicken from somewhere.
Good choice of thread for advice imo. What you need to be careful of is she/he doesn't get too high expectations of luxury housing and gourmet food or you may find yourself under construction pressure.
Might be best to point her to my coops page and hope he/she takes the hint.

Example A:

House Goat... her feral relatives are forced to roam the island “foraging” for feed. Not this little spoiled brat, she gets tasty oats, carrots, crackers, mixed nuts and potato chips (treats only!) and overpriced organic lettuce when that’s all the store has in! Worse yet, when it rains her poor cousins are forced to shelter in the trees, where they may still get a little wet. She has also been told that they don’t have their own pillows to lay on when the humans require the use of the chairs.

 

[featherhead007]

Example A:
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House Goat... her feral relatives are forced to roam the island “foraging” for feed. Not this little spoiled brat, she gets tasty oats, carrots, crackers, mixed nuts and potato chips (treats only!) and overpriced organic lettuce when that’s all the store has in! Worse yet, when it rains her poor cousins are forced to shelter in the trees, where they may still get a little wet. She has also been told that they don’t have their own pillows to lay on when the humans require the use of the chairs.

Maybe everybody should have a house goat !

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Hi everyone, been super busy the last week and have not had much time for much time on the computer lately. I candled Holly's eggs 2 days ago and not expecting much from the silkies at day 8 each one had a dancing embryo inside. I think her own egg is developing but it was hard to tell. I'm going to re candle tomorrow as I think the Henrietta egg I let her have as well is a dud. This past Saturday was the first horse show down at the ring in 2 years. Rosie had been super excited when she found out they were starting them back up but by Wednesday anxiety was starting to get to her. Tried calming her down, even told her if she wasn't ready she did not have to show but she was determined to show. When they put up the show bill she picked out 4 classes she wanted to enter Russ in. She chose "go as you please", "Country pleasure", Juvenile country pleasure", and Doubles with her best friend. The show drew a big crowd and each class had between 10 to 14 entries. I'm super proud to say she overcame her anxiety and placed 2nd in "go as you please" and 3rd with her best friend in doubles. Those 2 ribbons and the $75 in price money has her back hooked and she can't wait until the next show. In the meantime since it is not until next weekend poor Russ is being meticulously groomed every day. She is braiding his tail nightly as she wants it to be wavy, and calling Louis a few names as he's chewed some of his mane off. Russ is in heaven with the extra attention, although he would prefer she skipped the soapy baths every week. I didn't take my camera down to the show as now that it is coming on 11 years old its one glitch is it does not do well taking pictures at night anymore. Instead used mom's cell phone. The first picture is after her first class when she was still a bit nervous, the last one was after her last class when all her anxiety was gone and she was finally having fun.

 

[Blazinga]

Today I gave the orphans some oatmeal. They weren't wild about it, but they were willing to eat it unlike lettuce and mealworms.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I've had some dreams about trying to protect the other chickens. I have been skipping over pictures of the two for now. We saved some of their feathers and I plan to bind them together with ribbon. I think what makes me most sad is the others won't hop on my arm to be pet. I have to scoop them up manually and they aren't my biggest fans.

I do have plans to set up official commissions later this summer, but if your interested in an image you can pm me.

Hugs to you I will keep you in mind, I can only look now and then at pictures. I saved some of her feathers that were strewn around too.

 

[RoyalChick]

I have my sources.

By the way Salmonella can also be spread by dogs and cats. Don't hug and kiss your dog and cat. Not quite the same headline, right? Horses as well @RebeccaBoyd

My state department of health did the culture for me when I was trying to figure out what was wrong with Patsy. It is a poo culture. Your vet should be able to order it for you. You don't have to test them all. If one is negative, all are and if one is positive, they all likely are.

Wash your hands. That's all it takes, in general, to defeat Salmonella.

I was once interviewed by the NY Times for an article on Salmonella in backyard chickens. If anyone is interested I could try and find the article.

Yes! Very interested.