Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

This is my only roo now, and he’s very special to me too. Little bantam Cochin with an enormous personality.

 

[BY Bob]

I can't leave out my flexi
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While one of them may be dirty, I think you have very pretty ladies!

As far as wattles go, I would keep an eye on them but unless you start to see blue I don't worry too much.

 

[BY Bob]

This is my only roo now, and he’s very special to me too. Little bantam Cochin with an enormous personality.View attachment 2749147

I love this guy as well!

 

[featherhead007]

I love this guy as well!

He’s being a brat this morning

 

[featherhead007]

He’s being a brat this morning

He ran up to me, as if to flog me, but I stopped and stared at him and said “Really?” He backed down. Crazy rooster!

 

[featherhead007]

Bad news about flying to Hawaii from San Diego: my airplane won’t be able to make that flight. Even the fuel needed (with an additional tank) and extra weight for it, is just not possible. I’m going to pick up my sister in San Diego, then fly to Seattle. Then we all will take his yacht for the ocean cruise. (Waiting for my brother to tell me when he’s ready) oh well.
Note: no fueling stations in the open Pacific Ocean (go figure)

 

[featherhead007]

I'm glad everything went well. This will be quite a fun adventure for you.

Good news and bad news.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

This is my only roo now, and he’s very special to me too. Little bantam Cochin with an enormous personality.View attachment 2749147

He is very handsome!

 

[RoyalChick]

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

I am sure she has really. I believe I have, but now and then the system seems to skip a page for me and I only realize I have missed a post because of replies. Then I have to go back!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Peanut update - & commiserating with @Lady Red and @RoyalChick and who else here?

After tapering down on the yogurt/calcium d3/crumble balls, there were at least three soft eggs in the last two weeks. One I found, two I found just yolk in the bedding. The soft eggs break I think, and get eaten. Eggs in general don't get poked and eaten. They could get tested, but I have never found any firm-shelled eggs broken into, and if they are, it's not a regular occurrence.

Peanut had laid soft and very long odd-shaped eggs before, where the pointed end of the egg doesn't get well shelled though the rest is less soft. So she was probably responsible for one if not all of the recent soft eggs. Recently she was walking around with tail down and looking uncomfortable, then laid a long soft egg that broke. So I went back to supplementing calcium and after four days now I've confirmed that yesterday Peanut laid a pretty firm shelled egg, I saw her go in and come out. It was shaped better, rounder, but slightly odd shaped still.

Hmmm will continue the calcium citrate+ D3, & calcium carbonate supplementing. Just got another bag of nutrena feather fixer while I was in TSC, so if I switch again it would be after that. But not sure if switching to a layer feed would be enough for Peanut (and whoever else, if anybody) anyway. While in the store I looked at the calcium percentages again, it's not much more than they're getting as @BY Bob had noted. It may be the metabolic availability with the type of calcium, like citrate versus carbonate. More calcium carbonate, typical in feed, might not make a big difference?