Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Post # 76,625

You are keeping track?!

 

[RoyalChick]

Here is Flash as a pullet. Thoughts on her pupil?

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And here she was in August…
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The first picture looks identical to now - slightly hexagonal. The second picture looks round.
I think it may be an optical illusion.
Try taking pics of the other hens’ eyes to compare.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

Here is Flash as a pullet. Thoughts on her pupil?

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And here she was in August…
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The first one I see a definite hexagonal shape. The second one is rounder.

 

[Ponypoor]

Thanks. She’s acting fine, but was off last weekend. She was lethargic and constantly adjusting her crop. However, she was fine the next day and has been ever since. I don’t mean to be dramatic, just sharing the photos so I know I’m not imagining it.

Yes her pupils are unequal but not overly so, as long as she is eating and drinking, I would just make sure she is warm and dry.

Can I ask what 'adjusting her crop' looks like, being new to chickens I have no idea what that means.

 

[Ponypoor]

Just checking my barn cams and the chickies all snug and sleeping.

The horses not so much. Silly Sally decided to break loose, I yelled at her over the camera 'get back in your stall'. Good Sally went back into her stall and stood like a good gal .

Wish I had taken a video clip of it! Wish the chickens listened as well!

Ok time to go dig out of all this snow...

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes her pupils are unequal but not overly so, as long as she is eating and drinking, I would just make sure she is warm and dry.

Can I ask what 'adjusting her crop' looks like, being new to chickens I have no idea what that means.

Mostly it looks like yawning - they stick their head up and open their beaks and sometimes shake their head and neck a bit.
When Minnie had an impacted crop she got more extreme and in the night would be flinging her head around - almost like 'bashing your head against a brick wall' - presumably in an effort to clear her crop. But I have only seen that the one time and I knew she was blocked and was massaging her crop every morning with coconut oil to break it up.

 

[Marie2020]

I was the best speler en colledge

r u lagfing at me

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

r u lagfing at me

spheeling iz oveyrreytid.

 

[Marie2020]

spheeling iz oveyrreytid.

Ur rit abut tat

 

[RoyalChick]

Sorry to bore you all but this never gets old for me. I love seeing them using their blue stairs!
Dotty demonstrates perfect technique. Diana loses patience.