Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Maggie the one-footed ice chicken goes hop about.
She rushed the door this morning and headed for the south facing slope where the snow has mainly gone. I thought she was after greenery - but no, she is eating ice chips. That she can do that one-legged suggests her balance is fully back to normal.

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What happened to her other limb?

My chickens also like to munch ice and snow chips they pick chunks of snow etc from my boots hahaha

 

[RoyalChick]

What happened to her other limb?

My chickens also like to munch ice and snow chips they pick chunks of snow etc from my boots hahaha

Oh nothing.
She is like @bgmathteach's chickens from a few pages back - she stands on one leg so she can keep her other leg tucked up warm in her belly fluff.
Sorry, I didn't mean to worry anyone. She is fully two footed, but she did have a bad bout of something that made her lose her balance - I am betting on a mineral or vitamin deficiency but we don't really know the cause. A few months back if she tried to stand on one leg she would have had to extend a wing to prop herself up.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Dolly passed away in my arms tonight,

I'm so sorry she died! Poor Dolly. I remember she was sick, and then you had mentioned it looked like she was doing better not too long ago. That is extra heartbreaking to bear.

 

[BY Bob]

Maggie the one-footed ice chicken goes hop about.
She rushed the door this morning and headed for the south facing slope where the snow has mainly gone. I thought she was after greenery - but no, she is eating ice chips. That she can do that one-legged suggests her balance is fully back to normal.

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That really is a good. What a strange thing this was for her. I'm glad she is recovered.

 

[RoyalChick]

That really is a good. What a strange thing this was for her. I'm glad she is recovered.

I am still not fully happy with her. Her comb is very shrivelled and she is still sleeping in the nest box. I can't put my finger on it - she is active and vocal as usual and over her molt with a fine set of shiny mahogany feathers - but I sense something isn't right.

 

[featherhead007]

Standing on one leg? Better call KFC!

 

[featherhead007]

Okay, okay. I’m waking up. I hear Jaffar crowing out in the coop.

 

[BY Bob]

I am still not fully happy with her. Her comb is very shrivelled and she is still sleeping in the nest box. I can't put my finger on it - she is active and vocal as usual and over her molt with a fine set of shiny mahogany feathers - but I sense something isn't right.

Have you considered that she might have had a stroke but has since re-taught herself to walk right and regained her balance?

Shriveled combs are not at unusual in the winter and mean very little to me at this time of year because of that. Check out Sydney's comb from back on Dec 18.

There was nothing wrong with her other than winter.

 

[rural mouse]

Storm layed her first egg: front and center. Blue eggs: back row 4 & 5, 3rd row: 1.

 

[RoyalChick]

Have you considered that she might have had a stroke but has since re-taught herself to walk right and regained her balance?

Shriveled combs are not at unusual in the winter and mean very little to me at this time of year because of that. Check out Sydney's comb from back on Dec 18.
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There was nothing wrong with her other than winter.

Yes I do think a stroke and recovery is a possibility. It is all very odd. And I am not over-indexed on her comb - Diana is the same and I am happy neither of them are laying eggs.
Hopefully she is fine.