Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

Oh dear. That looks no fun.
Snow is forecast for here tomorrow, but I don’t really believe it.

Hmmm, are you saying we are forecasted a 'false winter' warning?

I much prefer that over a 'false spring'!!

 

[RoyalChick]

But how to stop the “helpful” ladies from pecking at it? And this is how I ended up with a house rooster for a solid week And not even the idiot that managed to get the frostbite in Vancouver!!’

I have seen the white skin flakes too occasionally and in winter. I think it is some sort of wind chapping as I mostly see it on my chickens that do t have the sense to get out of those 90km an hour winds (DH’s nose, ears, and my hands have all fallen victim to this as well) a good cream with Urea has helped my poor abused hands (sure it says it’s for cracked dry heels, but it also works in cracked dry bleeding thumbs!) I would leave the combs alone though until warmer weather, and definitely not touch the frost bitten areas until fully healed. It seems like even the healthy tissue on the areas that are completely healed are overly sensitive. Dean doesn’t want his comb touched at all anymore, and he used to like having it stroked

Good advice. It does look like chapped skin. It doesn’t seem to bother them, so it therefore doesn’t bother me either.
Strangely nobody seems to be pecking Dotty’s frostbite so I haven’t separated her. It has been a month now but I think it can take 2+ months to heal so I am just trying to be patient.

 

[Kris5902]

Good advice. It does look like chapped skin. It doesn’t seem to bother them, so it therefore doesn’t bother me either.
Strangely nobody seems to be pecking Dotty’s frostbite so I haven’t separated her. It has been a month now but I think it can take 2+ months to heal so I am just trying to be patient.

Yep, Dean got his in January… and that one black tip is still firmly there. I think of it like the boy bits on the male lambs, you just need to let the dead tissues come off on their own. There was definite bleeding when one of the hens picked off the other black tip, but I can’t really stop that without completely isolating him and that wouldn’t be fair or kind to him. He’s otherwise completely healthy and happy. I’m not “supposed” to have to deal with frostbite. I live outside Vancouver… the most temperate part of the whole country… we don’t “do” winter!

 

[featherhead007]

Hmmm, are you saying we are forecasted a 'false winter' warning?

I much prefer that over a 'false spring'!!

Maybe the weather forecaster should get a REAL job!

 

[RoyalChick]

Twofer Tuesday

 

[bgmathteach]

Twofer Tuesday

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@RoyalChick How are Dianna & Maggie today? Hopefully neither laid an egg! If this is a recent pic, they look happy/content!

 

[rural mouse]

Maybe the weather forecaster should get a REAL job!

Wouldn't matter. The monkeys run the place anyway.

 

[featherhead007]

Wouldn't matter. The monkeys run the place anyway.

 

[featherhead007]

Wouldn't matter. The monkeys run the place anyway.

 

[featherhead007]

And now, for the TRUE weather forecast:
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