Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[MaryJanet]

Farewell for Now

I need to step away everyone. It's been too much.

Eve is here to see the chicks. So I am going to take advantage of that and spend the weekend concentrating on her.

I will likely be back on Sunday night.

Be nice to each other while I'm gone.

Thank you all for your wonderful support through all of this nightmare. I can never repay you all for it. You've been amazing.

It's a really good idea to take a break Bob. Replenish yourself a little. Restore your equilibrium a little.

 

[featherhead007]

I thought PJs were the chickening uniform

They are now! Whatever floats your boat, I say go for it!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Ok, while we’re supporting each other in Bob’s absence, I just wanted to share I’m feeling an incredible amount of remorse, regret and guilt for not trying harder with Dorothy. I don’t mean the day she got sick; I mean before that. She was laying soft eggs for a long time and I stopped trying to help since it didn’t seem to be working. Could have put her on hormones. Ugh. Poor, poor Dorothy with the lousy genetics, if that was her problem.

I understand the guilt but there is no guarantee that hormones would have helped either. Then there’s the financial costs too.
She seemed fine then went down rapidly. As Lozzy said hindsight is wonderful .

I’m currently going through the same thing with my beautiful Golden Retriever. She has been licking her paw for years. We, and the vet, thought it was probably arthritis. Now that she has been diagnosed with metastatic cancer I can’t help thinking maybe it started in the bones of her foot. There were all sorts of signs that, looking back, are obvious now. If only we had found it back then.

But “What ifs “ and “if onlys” don’t really help us in the present. We can’t go back and change things. We can only learn and move forward.

Grieve but be kind to yourself too Michelle.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I thought PJs were the chickening uniform

Surely the full chickening uniform is PJs and gumboots, with optional dressing gown?

 

[Ribh]

Surely the full chickening uniform is PJs and gumboots, with optional dressing gown?

No, PJs & thongs here. Dressing gown optional but only in winter.

 

[micstrachan]

I understand the guilt but there is no guarantee that hormones would have helped either. Then there’s the financial costs too.
She seemed fine then went down rapidly. As Lozzy said hindsight is wonderful .

I’m currently going through the same thing with my beautiful Golden Retriever. She has been licking her paw for years. We, and the vet, thought it was probably arthritis. Now that she has been diagnosed with metastatic cancer I can’t help thinking maybe it started in the bones of her foot. There were all sorts of signs that, looking back, are obvious now. If only we had found it back then.

But “What ifs “ and “if onlys” don’t really help us in the present. We can’t go back and change things. We can only learn and move forward.

Grieve but be kind to yourself too Michelle.

Thank you for this, AC. It’s very helpful. I’m so sorry about your dog.

 

[micstrachan]

Bob, I know you will not likely see this until Sunday night at the earliest, but I want you to know you have been on my mind and in my heart. You are such a loving, kind man, and deserve the very best. Your intentions were pure. I’m so sorry this happened, and I hope you can forgive yourself, because it really wasn’t your fault. And while Phyllis may have a broken heart, I think she will recover, too. In all honesty, when Cashew lost a chick, she didn’t even seem to care. They seem to understand when there’s nothing to be done.

 

[micstrachan]

In non-chicken news… 22oz tomato, anyone? This is so exciting after the rats ravaged everything last year!

 

[Blazinga]

Surely the full chickening uniform is PJs and gumboots, with optional dressing gown?

Alas, I am one of those fools who uses flip flops.

 

[Ribh]

Alas, I am one of those fools who uses flip flops.

Ditto.