Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Oooops. I think this means I owe SHRA tax.
How about Dotty without her last tail feather from a few days ago. View attachment 2996530

Not to be picky but SHRA tax requires 2 chickens in the photo.

 

[BY Bob]

I'm sorry I did not take the camera. While she is a nice person, she does not like to post pictures herself on social media so I will respect her wishes.

I'm sad but I understand.

 

[BY Bob]

I was enjoying some personal time with Buttercup when Pangoo decided to photo bomb the session... Then he decided he didn't like me (my apologies for the ooops word!).

I'm sorry to laugh but I have to.... that bugger........

 

[BY Bob]

He is getting spring time hormones I guess.. he drew blood he bites hard

Now I'm sorry I laughed.

 

[Kris5902]

(Dammit, she's on to us..... )

Hey Kris, come visit sunny Australia, you know you want to....

Let's go Kris it's summer there, no snow and no frosted fingers or high winds.... And they have chickens!

And my fourth favourite animals… danger noodles! (After goats, chickens, and cats… in no particular order)

 

[Marie2020]

I can't

I'm sorry to laugh but I have to.... that bugger........

Play it properly.

 

[Kris5902]

Thanks for the thoughts. I can see why this would be a concern of yours and it is something of which I am actually very cognisent.

No one gets more than 10% of their diet in snacks, be it pasta, corn, or meal worms. They also get vegetables like cabbage and broccoli, as well as eggs, walnuts, beef, etc.

You all see cute things like them eating pasta. As an example though, pasta has not been a treat for well over a month around here. Last year the 6 hens split 15 lbs of meal worms. (I checked my order history) That's 2.5 lbs per hen over 365 days or 0.1 oz per day.

If it can be tied together that these treats are causing the problem I certainly will stop but the perception that they are eating a diet of mostly treats would be a product of the videos I share and not reality.

Like the PSA’s on you tube… before you jump all over someone for their 30 second video… remember it’s a 30 second glimpse at something they put out because it was cute… and not representative of their entire life! little treats are important and of course make for the best videos to share…

 

[Kris5902]

Think of foie gras (or dont if you are squeamish!). Those birds are fattened specifically to make a fatty liver. So I am not surprised the meat inspector wouldn’t worry about a fatty liver from the perspective of ‘fit for human consumption’.

The issues with Foie gras all ethical ones… and these birds were inspected pre process for general conditions (alert, healthy, normal, not stressed) then there the actual stunning process, scalding and plucking prior to the organ examination. Any bird subjected to the conditions required for foie gras wouldn’t pass the initial health check.

There was one incident last year with home made transport crates that cause 9 birds to not survive to the stunning process, they were all heat stressed and the farmer got a stern warning and if it happens again the entire flock will be down checked and not processed. It was determined that the best and most humane option for the specific instance was to get the surviving birds processed as quickly and cleanly as possible, as they likely wouldn’t have survived a return trip/pickup in those crates.

 

[featherhead007]

He is getting spring time hormones I guess.. he drew blood he bites hard

What’s a little blood among friends!

 

[rural mouse]

Mine love the crispy mosquitoes from the zapper. I use it to get free chicken feed.

Good to know the plan should go over well! wonder if it's marketable: Skeeter Snacks...