Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[LozzyR]

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What are you lookin at?! intense stare

Woah, it's not Monday!

 

[micstrachan]

I'm so sorry Michelle.
You did everything humanly possible for her. I'm glad she was able to be comforted in your arms as she passed.

Thank you, AC. I actually moved her to a carrier with pine shavings right beside me, because when I shifted my weight, it made her drool more. I feared my thigh might be pressing on her crop. I periodically reached in, gently pet her, reminded her I loved her and I was right there. She continued to decline rapidly and passed beside me with her flock/tribe around her. She did flap violently right after she passed, as they often do. I feel like a coward, but I did my best to comfort her up until the end, and I might have been a bit traumatized if she flapped in my lap.

 

[bgmathteach]

And in case they like football, here are some teams they can follow:
Eagles
Falcons
Seahawks

Um, RUN FROM, not 'follow!

 

[featherhead007]

You got olive eggs from your Polish rooster?

Offspring.. Lozzy you are nutz

 

[bgmathteach]

Joan (of Arc), Saint Joan, Boedicia, Hildegard, Isolde, Brunhilda...

How about Penthesilea, or Pentha for short? An Amazon Queen/warrior.

 

[featherhead007]

Thank you, AC. I actually moved her to a carrier with pine shavings right beside me, because when I shifted my weight, it made her drool more. I feared my thigh might be pressing on her crop. I periodically reached in, gently pet her, reminded her I loved her and I was right there. She continued to decline rapidly and passed beside me with her flock/tribe around her. She did flap violently right after she passed, as they often do. I feel like a coward, but I did my best to comfort her up until the end, and I might have been a bit traumatized if she flapped in my lap.

How are you holding up? I remember every one, and every situation when they died in my arms. (I never forget it)

 

[micstrachan]

How are you holding up? I remember every one, and every situation when they died in my arms. (I never forget it)

I’m ok. Thanks for asking, Alex. She didn’t actually die in my arms, and I feel guilty about that. She was in my arms up until about 15 or 20 minutes before she died.

The truth is, I’m still having little crying episodes (like right now), but I’ll be ok.

 

[bgmathteach]

I’m ok. Thanks for asking, Alex. She didn’t actually die in my arms, and I feel guilty about that. She was in my arms up until about 15 or 20 minutes before she died.

The truth is, I’m still having little crying episodes (like right now), but I’ll be ok.

(sorry, couldn't find a pic of tissues, TP will have to do )

 

[bgmathteach]

If you check my signature line I wrote an article on the egg song. You can find out more there. It is an escort call for a hen that is separated from ther flock. She is calling to the roster ro come get her. Here is the link.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...r-people-the-egg-song-why-do-hens-sing.75323/

Again, a blast from the past.

@BYBob, I just read your article (though you and @Shad have allluded to this info in other posts.)

My question: where did you take the course, and is it something others (um, like "me" kind of 'others' could take??

I'm getting quite the education from all of you here on this thread...but am interested in this course, too. Seems like a worthwhile endeavour if I could swing the cost.

 

[bgmathteach]

It’s spa day!

@Shadrach got me thinking about daily bathing, and I felt so sorry for the girls cooped up in quarantine. So I filled a box with dirt I had recently dug up. It took them a bit of investigating (River even found a worm!) but they got there. I say ‘they’; Nyssa hasn’t been allowed to have a turn yet.

Poor Nyssa, the way they are flinging dirt, there may not be any for Nyssa to have a bath in ...once 'allowed', that is.