Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

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How is his molting progressing? I'm not seeing pin feathers on his neck...still a bare spot. Is it just the angle of the picture....or is he regaining feathers ever so slooowwwwwly?

 

[bgmathteach]

Little bit better every day. I’m thinking that the antibiotics are working.

Glad it is at least on the upswing. Hope you continue to improve...but that the pace accelerates!

 

[BY Bob]

What do you do when a garden that has been closed off for winter and spring is suddenly open and weeded?

Take a good old dust bath of course!
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I missed the shake off though she has carried small rocks before in her feathers the size of my thumbnail and as she walks off from the bath they randomly drop out onto the ground

And what if you don’t feel like a bath?
You dig for bugs next to your sister
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What a wonderful thing!

 

[BY Bob]

Oh my, she hasn’t any!!
Ok, so maybe not so unique
I love as my time goes on living with my feathered girls I notice more, things I sadly didn’t observe much at all with my ISA’s because I had no comparison of other breeds.
They bring me so much joy I can’t imagine life without them. I was leaning towards no more chooks after Penny and Bok because Penny’s loss brought so much heartache. Then Bok was all alone and I got the Sussex sisters to keep her company and now I can’t believe I was considering not having them at all.
What a fool I was

Ear and earlobe identified.

 

[featherhead007]

How is his molting progressing? I'm not seeing pin feathers on his neck...still a bare spot. Is it just the angle of the picture....or is he regaining feathers ever so slooowwwwwly?

Neck feathers? His hens like to pick on his neck, and he lets them do it!

 

[blackacres]

I’m up to page 111 on this never ending thread! I am thoroughly enjoying learning about your flock! I started my own thread a few days ago.

Thread 'Black Acres: The chickens that saved me'
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/black-acres-the-chickens-that-saved-me.1504971/

 

[featherhead007]

Neck feathers? His hens like to pick on his neck, and he lets them do it!

I don’t love him any less, for not having a feathered neck. He’s a special guy regardless of his wild growing spurs, his feathering, or his (sometimes stubborn temperament) Thing is, he loves me just the way I am too! (And he sits through movies with me!)

 

[rural mouse]

Little bit better every day. I’m thinking that the antibiotics are working.

Did they ever figure out what was causing the spot on your lungs?

 

[featherhead007]

Did they ever figure out what was causing the spot on your lungs?

Still waiting. More tests and procedures probably soon. My regular doctor is now involved.

 

[rural mouse]

Still waiting. More tests and procedures probably soon. My regular doctor is now involved.

Glad you're able to get the follow up with one you know and who knows you. tends to make things easier, smoother and catch things ordinarily missed/dismissed.