Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Hello everyone, I’ve been rather absent on Bob’s thread lately; it really got away from me. One of Bob’s daughters said she liked my artwork so I thought I would share my latest video here as well. Please enjoy ‘Portrait of James’.

Lovely Lozzy. Very sad, but a wonderful tribute.

 

[rural mouse]

Eggs without shells don’t really matter to me unless the hen is having difficulty passing them. What breed Is Diana again? The commercial layers are a slightly different situation I’ve found. I agree Dotty looks promising on keeping that second point and it Does look much less swollen, its Not just you!

@RoyalChick re: Dotty, agree with Kris. It is improving. Re: Diana, I will refrain from comment as I don't know.

 

[BY Bob]

Monday’s mugshot comes courtesy of Dotty. I may be being overly optimistic but I think the second point is looking a bit less swollen. I am still hoping she keeps it.
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Maggie laid another egg again today. I tried to explain to her that it was not seemly for a hen of her age to lay an egg every day. That conversation did not go so well and she belted out her egg song for a good hour after that. It sounds muted in the recording. I was a good 200 yards away and it was still quite loud and somehow relentless.

I did wonder if she was actually yelling at the geese who are now flying North again in large numbers and are very loud. I feel like it was only a few weeks ago that they were flying South. I guess they only had a short holiday. Not a great picture but this was a particularly noisy flock.
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Finally in depressing news Diana also laid an egg. The first for a long time. No shell.
I am thinking it is that her egg shell department is messed up rather than it being a calcium deficiency. So I am thinking of not giving her calcium pills unless she gets in trouble passing one. What do you think? My reasoning is that she has had months to rebuild her calcium stores while she wasn’t laying. Also, last year I chucked a lot of calcium down her and it didn’t make a difference. I am not sure what best to do but am leaning towards holding back on pills. She has egg shell and oyster shell available whenever she wants it. I don’t have good feelings about this. It is exactly what Elizabeth was doing before she died.

I'm very sad to hear this about Diana. I agree and would not force calcium on her. That does not seem to be the trouble. Hopefully you can obtain an implant for her.

As far as Dotty is concerned, I agree with @Kris5902 and the swelling does seem to be down on her comb. Perhaps all is not lost. Patience, is paying off here I think.

I'd watch out. You keep telling Maggie it is unseemly to lay eggs and she will go broody just to stick it to you.

 

[featherhead007]

Video of this is required!

I haven’t quite mastered the YouTube scene yet

 

[BY Bob]

I haven’t quite mastered the YouTube scene yet

It's time to learn a new skill. If you can learn to fly a plane you can master you tube.

 

[featherhead007]

It's time to learn a new skill. If you can learn to fly a plane you can master you tube.

Maybe, it’s the fact that I don’t like being on camera ?

 

[Kris5902]

Maybe, it’s the fact that I don’t like being on camera ?

That’s why you be like me and do the filming and let the fluff butts be the stars, or goats! Lol

 

[micstrachan]

I have no mugshot for you today… unless you count Cashew’s photobomb. I had one little bare patch of skin on my ankles and Bridge inched her way down until she was on it.

 

[micstrachan]

Buffy has a gorgeous mug, don’t you think?
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YES! Beautiful! My Buff Orpington, Cashew, has the prettiest face in my whole flock, too.

 

[LozzyR]

That makes me very happy to hear.

Thanks Bob. You know James’ story so you know how bittersweet it is.