Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Those three are Shenandoah, Coco, and little Xzit perched in the coop.

They look on top of the world

 

[rural mouse]

My apologies to everyone. My house is full of family right now. It is hard for me to find slone time to post much on the tribe.

Sansa's anitbiotic is up. Unfortunately I am seeing no change outside of the weight gain. Her feathers are as ratty as before. She will return to the vet in 2 weeks for more labs. Having handled her more in the last month than ever before in her entire life she still doesn't run from me on site as I was concerned. On cold nights her feet are very cold when I take her from the roost. She has no feathers to tuck around them. I think this might be the biggest concern moving forward as we enter the depth of winter. She seems to have enough fluff to keep her body warm down to below freezing as I have observed no shivering so far but her feet might be a problem.

No one is roosting with Phyllis, she still roosts alone. Roosting in the main coop seems calm. Aurora is still running this lot. I believe that Hattie has accepted her position for now. Hattie is still the most frightened (or cautious) of them all. She really does not like to leave the complex.

Enjoy your time with family. Don't feel obligated to sneak off to reply. Sometime next year () works just fine.

You have a heat panel in the coop, right? If Sansa feels cold, she will make use of it. Not growing in new feathers is concerning. Existing feathers being ratty: once they go ratty, nothing will fix until new grow in. I'm glad she's going back in for more tests. She trusts you which is good.

Winter tends to minimize energy expenditures in my birds. what you're observing in behaviors will likely hold until spring (or a good Chinook) because of that. Aurora and Hattie may stay settled or may have a few spats come spring. Is Phyllis running around with the rest in the complex or avoiding them?

 

[bgmathteach]

You got that right! I never see them until all my chocolate is gone! They even eat the macadamia nuts

Only the Australian macadamia ones, though!

 

[bgmathteach]

What's a 'drop bear'??

Link with info on 'Drop Bears'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear

 

[featherhead007]

Link with info on 'Drop Bears'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear

And Drop Bears are real. As real as the bridge in the Everglades, Florida, I am trying to $ell !

 

[featherhead007]

The Rocks have grown up to be so beautiful.

Yep, I believe that they have.

 

[featherhead007]

Rocky out crops and trees more effective... At 2am...

Plant more trees! Install more rocks! And (Don’t feed them after midnight)

 

[bgmathteach]

My apologies to everyone. My house is full of family right now. It is hard for me to find slone time to post much on the tribe.

Sansa's anitbiotic is up. Unfortunately I am seeing no change outside of the weight gain. Her feathers are as ratty as before. She will return to the vet in 2 weeks for more labs. Having handled her more in the last month than ever before in her entire life she still doesn't run from me on site as I was concerned. On cold nights her feet are very cold when I take her from the roost. She has no feathers to tuck around them. I think this might be the biggest concern moving forward as we enter the depth of winter. She seems to have enough fluff to keep her body warm down to below freezing as I have observed no shivering so far but her feet might be a problem.

No one is roosting with Phyllis, she still roosts alone. Roosting in the main coop seems calm. Aurora is still running this lot. I believe that Hattie has accepted her position for now. Hattie is still the most frightened (or cautious) of them all. She really does not like to leave the complex.

Hi@BY Bob,

I suspect that you won't see feather improvement until she regrows her feathers....is she actually molting now? Can you do what @micstrachan (and ?someone else ? not sure who at the moment - maybe @ChicoryBlue ?) does, which is use a heating pad on the roost & wrap it with an old towel. That should help lots with the feet, plus a little warmth in general from the under side.

I'm really glad that she still allows you to handle her, as that is so crucial for further checks & treatment. I really do believe that they understand good intentions - and I am sure your gentle demeanor with them, and talking to them all the while, helps loads. Plus, there was already very much a trust relationship!

While I am glad Hattie is still cautious, I hope it isn't so nervous to cause constant stress for her. I think Aurora's personality is better suited for sentinal duty than Hattie's, if Hattie is okay with it, then this is probably a good thing.

Hope you had a Wonderful Christmas!!

 

[featherhead007]

Well no one wants to go outside, Pangoo Rooster-Brat and Golden Girl Sophia looked out there but decided no way! That's Curly McNugget my white silkie looking over there shoulders

Looks like they are saying “You go first, No you go. I have bare feet and it’s freezing “

 

[featherhead007]

Only the Australian macadamia ones, though!

They also steal migrated coconuts, from Europe and Africa! This joke is getting too old. No more Monty Python jokes this year.