Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Is Sydney trying to Crow?

There were weird noise coming from the complex this morning and I caught this on video. Poor Betty needed to lay an egg but what was Sydney up to?

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[Ponypoor]

Exactly why I went and found it!

Here is one I have enjoyed over the past many many years

 

[Ponypoor]

Is Sydney trying to Crow?

There were weird noise coming from the complex this morning and I caught this on video. Poor Betty needed to lay an egg but what was Sydney up to?

Ya that's interesting vocalizations! How old is she?

 

[RoyalChick]

Is Sydney trying to Crow?

There were weird noise coming from the complex this morning and I caught this on video. Poor Betty needed to lay an egg but what was Sydney up to?

Good Lord what a rukus!

 

[bgmathteach]

Is Sydney trying to Crow?

There were weird noise coming from the complex this morning and I caught this on video. Poor Betty needed to lay an egg but what was Sydney up to?

I don't think so. I know there is one sound in there that seems almost like she might be....but, usually if a hen is trying to crow,
A) She is an the older hens ( no longer laying, or only lays a few eggs during the spring 'flush'....i.e. entering or went through 'hen-o-pause'.)
B) Is a more senior hen (status wise)

Generally the exceptions are, *that I have seen* is a hen who is/has exhibited androgenous traits, or has other internal issues that affect her hormonal 'output'. (i.e. hormone shots/blockers, ovary removal, etc.). One of my colleagues older hens actually got some rooster-like feathering on her last molt. [longer tail feathers, drapier hackle feathers....both were somewhat half-way between her normal plumage and that of a typical rooster.] Maybe @Shadrach has more experience/observations regarding this...as my oldest hen(s) were 5 when they passed....old for hatchery stock, but not old in general for a chicken.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

And my Arab mare is the opposite, she wont lay down to sleep, in fact is sleep deprived, I watch her at night her legs buckle and she almost falls over. Infact she has fallen before and crashed through the wall into the stall next to her.

My vet thinks her hips and sacrum are painful and it's too sore to lay down. But I put her on horsey Celebrex for a month and no change. She will get down and roll outside then jump up and run of bucking.

I even gave her a double stall thinking she needed more room. But if my 16hh thoroughbred can lay down so should she!

I am finding chickens to be far less trouble than horses me thinks!!!

I'm sorry your Arab has trouble sleeping. It is rare to find Russ and Louis down napping during the day. At night though, it is a given to find them both down normally by midnight until 3 am. Dirt puts them all to shame though. I can time his naps, 9 am after breakfast he's down for roughly a hour. He will then go down again for a quick nap between noon and 1. All through the night, he's up and down several times. For those who think horses don't sleep laying down he really would worry someone. When I call him lazy I'm serious. Even when riding, he is at his happiest at a walk, he would walk all day long. When he is ridden dad lets him walk about 15 minutes to loosen him up, then its slow gaiting *racking* for about a hour or so then another 15 minute walk cool down. After which he is taken to go pick for another hour or so.

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm sorry your Arab has trouble sleeping. It is rare to find Russ and Louis down napping during the day. At night though, it is a given to find them both down normally by midnight until 3 am. Dirt puts them all to shame though. I can time his naps, 9 am after breakfast he's down for roughly a hour. He will then go down again for a quick nap between noon and 1. All through the night, he's up and down several times. For those who think horses don't sleep laying down he really would worry someone. When I call him lazy I'm serious. Even when riding, he is at his happiest at a walk, he would walk all day long. When he is ridden dad lets him walk about 15 minutes to loosen him up, then its slow gaiting *racking* for about a hour or so then another 15 minute walk cool down. After which he is taken to go pick for another hour or so.

Is he a Tennessee Walker?

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Is he a Tennessee Walker?

Russ and Louis are Tennessee Walkers. Dirt is a Rocky Mountain Horse.

 

[BY Bob]

Here is one I have enjoyed over the past many many years

I do not ever remember seeing that! Hysterical.

 

[BY Bob]

Ya that's interesting vocalizations! How old is she?

Sydney is a little over 2