Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

All of your chickens are beautiful

You are very nice to say so. I think so too.

 

[BY Bob]

My girls were in at 5pm the weather was awful and it was dark. I got them out for 8am this morning as it wasn't bad this morning. The sun is out today and they are having a good time

That is excellent to hear! I'm glad they are having a good time.

 

[BY Bob]

Sunny at the top of the garden

Where are the worms girlys

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Just lovely!

 

[RoyalChick]

Roadrunner update
First up is Minnie. There is good and bad on the Minnie update. So I am not sure where we really are with her. But definitely not out of the woods.
The good:
- She is running around like a normal active healthy chicken (no hunching up)
- She produced at least one poop that was more solid than liquid
- Her comb is a tad less shrunken than it was when I left for my trip
- She is back roosting with her buddies
- She has more feathers coming through
The bad:
- She actually lost weight in spite of all the nutritious food she got while I was away
- Her poop is still quite liquid (not as bad as before but not normal)
- She won't eat commercial food
- Her comb is still shrunken
I am particularly worried by the weight loss as the vet thought she was skinny to begin with.
I am going to reinstitute breakfast in the hospital ward. She is in there now tucking in to scrambled egg, cabbage and meal worms. And she has Gatorade.

And next is Dotty who decided to welcome me back and let me pet her. Amazing! I was so touched. And isn't she looking great? Don't worry, normal programming resumed shortly after when she came to herself and started pecking my ankles again.

 

[BY Bob]

Good morning y'all. Gonna be a bunch of grumpy critters today as they adjust to the time change. We feed dinner at 5 and my gelding stands at the gate and starts to whinny at 2 It's 5:28 a.m. in TX and I can hear the crowing from the coop.

Early roosters are not fun. This time change works for us somehow but the animals do not understand at all.

 

[BY Bob]

Horrid isn't it. But, sometimes it has to be done.
The setup looks okay to me.

It is a very hard thing to do.

 

[BY Bob]

Roadrunner update
First up is Minnie. There is good and bad on the Minnie update. So I am not sure where we really are with her. But definitely not out of the woods.
The good:
- She is running around like a normal active healthy chicken (no hunching up)
- She produced at least one poop that was more solid than liquid
- Her comb is a tad less shrunken than it was when I left for my trip
- She is back roosting with her buddies
- She has more feathers coming through
The bad:
- She actually lost weight in spite of all the nutritious food she got while I was away
- Her poop is still quite liquid (not as bad as before but not normal)
- She won't eat commercial food
- Her comb is still shrunken
I am particularly worried by the weight loss as the vet thought she was skinny to begin with.
I am going to reinstitute breakfast in the hospital ward. She is in there now tucking in to scrambled egg, cabbage and meal worms. And she has Gatorade.

And next is Dotty who decided to welcome me back and let me pet her. Amazing! I was so touched. And isn't she looking great? Don't worry, normal programming resumed shortly after when she came to herself and started pecking my ankles again.

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I am sure that supervised breakfast will be enough to bring her around and put some weight back on her. The liquid poops may just be a result of what she is eating. Once you get a good solid breakfast in her a few days in a row they may also improve.

 

[RoyalChick]

Good morning y'all. Gonna be a bunch of grumpy critters today as they adjust to the time change. We feed dinner at 5 and my gelding stands at the gate and starts to whinny at 2 It's 5:28 a.m. in TX and I can hear the crowing from the coop.

The time change has messed me up completely. I got up super early to grab Minnie off the roost and put her in the hospital ward with a hearty breakfast. But by the time I had scrambled the eggs the sun was coming up and everyone was up and about.
Also it has suddenly turned cold - well below freezing this morning. The forecast says it will warm up so I won't switch to the heated waterer just yet.

 

[BY Bob]

The time change has messed me up completely. I got up super early to grab Minnie off the roost and put her in the hospital ward with a hearty breakfast. But by the time I had scrambled the eggs the sun was coming up and everyone was up and about.
Also it has suddenly turned cold - well below freezing this morning. The forecast says it will warm up so I won't switch to the heated waterer just yet.

I have not deployed the heated water dish yet. They have thawed pretty quickly in the morning.

 

[RoyalChick]

I am sure that supervised breakfast will be enough to bring her around and put some weight back on her. The liquid poops may just be a result of what she is eating. Once you get a good solid breakfast in her a few days in a row they may also improve.

I just wish I could get her to eat commercial feed.