Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

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

Yes. Very recent photo. I am sitting out with them now! They are both having fun in the sun right now. I am still not believing the snow forecast for tomorrow. 5” expected!

 

[featherhead007]

And now, for the TRUE weather forecast:
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If my feathers are shiny, it’s sunny
If my feathers are wet, it’s raining 🌧
If my feathers are blowing around, it’s windy.
And if my feathers are gone, beware of the hurricane!

 

[Marie2020]

A hot cuppa, soup, stew, chili, a hot bath, and LOTS more cuppas.

I had a hot cocoa and my old dog and cat snuggled up with me my dog is great back warmer

 

[rural mouse]

If my feathers are shiny, it’s sunny
If my feathers are wet, it’s raining 🌧
If my feathers are blowing around, it’s windy.
And if my feathers are gone, beware of the hurricane!

Sounds like a modified weather rock. Those are more accurate than the monkeys too.

 

[Marie2020]

No. Do NOT touch in any way, shape, or form. Can lead to bigger problems. Once frostbite occurs (including with people), and the initial issue is resolved (ie: warmed up SLOWLY not quick), do NOT poke, prod, massage, anoint, daub, pick at, or otherwise mess with. PERIOD.

The rubbish we have been taught makes me feel so ashamed

I use this for protecting them from mites and any niggling bugs

 

[featherhead007]

The rubbish we have been taught makes me feel so ashamed

I use this for mites protecting

Protecting mites? Why would you want to do that?

 

[LozzyR]

She was acting strange, lethargic and salivating excessively bad one day. I called her veterinarian. He put her in their animal hospital. She’s coming back home Thursday. (Hopefully)

I hope she’s better.

 

[BY Bob]

2fer -Tuesday

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That top one is a mirror image of mine!

 

[Marie2020]

Yes. I was about to reply with the same. The risk is damaging fragile tissues that may still be able to survive and also opening up wounds that allow infection in. The black bit is acting like a natural dressing preventing any infection from entering.
But I think @Marie2020 may have been talking about the white crusty look of the rest of her comb. Not the parts that got frostbite. Honestly I don’t know about that. All my girls get that to some degree. Worse in winter. When I first saw it I thought it was a fungal infection. But it may just be dry skin (like my elbows).
I have wondered whether I should try coconut oil for it but I don’t want to do so while it is still going below freezing and also not on Dotty with frostbite.
I would be interested if other folk have experience of the white ‘dry skin’ look on combs.
Here is Minnie (left) who has it less badly. Maggie has it too. Diana less so.
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Thank you for your thoughts on this.
Princess gets this dry elbow look on her comb and oil has always seemed to help. Now it's getting so cold here I won't do this but would really like to know more on this dried comb and maybe we can find way to help it, vaseline is my next thought

 

[Marie2020]

She was acting strange, lethargic and salivating excessively bad one day. I called her veterinarian. He put her in their animal hospital. She’s coming back home Thursday. (Hopefully)

Has there been any pesticides used in the area where she's kept ?

I really hope she recovers very soon