Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

We just have the Heeler family
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They need their house!

 

[BY Bob]

Wow, you’re pretty brave Phyllis!
And sweet Lilly

That's what I thought. Brave. Aurora pecked the crap out of her when I caught Phyllis trying to lay an egg with her. Sansa likes her less than Aurora

 

[BY Bob]

That’s what I worried about with my ISAs. That happened to Penny and most likely Chickie too.

Here’s one of my favourite photos of them.

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It's so hard when you have hens breed for production laying. I really don't think I will ever have another leghorn because of that no matter how sweet the memories.

 

[BY Bob]

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If you look closely you can see they all have different patterns of juvenile feathers.

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They are so wonderful to see!

 

[BY Bob]

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Those mesmerizing eyes. She is gorgeous!

 

[BY Bob]

Like this?
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Of course a wooden pillow would be comfortable. Don't you have one?

 

[BY Bob]

Well I am a bit of an obsessive researcher. It is all about calcium, phosphorus & Vitamin D. Milk is a good source of Calcium and Phosphorus, I am supplementing calcium and Vitamin D and giving them a fair amount of sunshine each day so they can make their own Vitamin D. Organ meats have phosphorus so I got some beef liver and fatty fish or cod liver oil has Vitamin D and I have that too.
I suspect though that the real problem is not their diet but that these production hens get malfunctions in their reproductive system - I suspect they just have a malfunctioning shell gland and none of this will help.
I will ask the vet about the implant, but it is off-label and I suspect I won't get the vet to agree to that.
I think I need to prepare myself and just be a bit fatalistic about the whole thing. Meanwhile, they are both very happy and enjoying their chicken life (including all the food supplements).

 

[BY Bob]

5,100 pages!!??!!??

Since COVID this thread has exploded. Tons of good fun here.

 

[BY Bob]

And some folks have read every single page (I'm not one of them!)

I am so surprised........ and a little sad.

 

[BY Bob]

Now that a name has finally been decided and I'm 100% positive she is a girl, it is time to do another formal introduction. Meet Blueberry, the keeper from the chicks that Clover hatched out on Mother's Day. Dad picked this girl out as his chicken and it took him almost 2 weeks to finally come up with a name. The pictures are a little blurry, the camera was in my room with the a/c on so it was fogging up the moment I took it outside.
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Her colors are fascinating. We will need to see more pictures! What a beautiful lady!