Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

How lovely to see you over on this thread!

Hey Michelle how are you? Feeling better?

 

[MaryJanet]

Hello to all followers of this huge wonderful thread and to @BY Bob who kindly invited me to participate.
I have something to confess...I've been silently lurking here for a while. I feel kind of guilty as if I had been spying . I'm probably not going to post very often as this thread is already very dense, and I already ramble far too much on Shadrach ex-batts thread, but I did want to introduce myself and my chickens. I will feel more at ease to like or comment on some of your posts.

I am a french city gal that moved in summer 2019 to the country, in my partner's family old house in the prealps. In January 2020, we got six three months old ex-battery hens as livestock. They quickly became our new friends. Meet Blanche, Nougat, Caramel, Cannelle, Brune and Vanille.
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Last December a farmer gave us a couple of bantams : a teenage awkward cockerel and a feral girl. Théo turned into a pretty bullying young rooster bigger than a bantam, Chipie stayed feral. Integration was a disaster but no one died and now they are more or less part of the flock.
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I must add that we got two sibling barn kittens, Hibou and Tila, in November 2020 to solve a mice problem.
A year went by and they had become my partner's spoilt children.
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Our next addition will be two ponies but we still have a bit of work to get our settings ready before that.
I've been way too long but at least I won't feel so creepy now when I read about all of you . Have a nice Friday and week-end everyone.

Bonjour ManueB!

 

[micstrachan]

Legertha and Sylvie did not make it. Legertha had a hole in her skull that did not close. One day her brain herniated and I found her lying dead in the coop.

Sylvie was attacked and killed by a Cooper's Hawk. I had numerous aborted hawk attacks this winter but was present enough to prevent any other actual injury.

Between October and April I lost 4 of my ladies. In addition to Sylvie and Legertha, Sansa and Lilly have passed away.

With Sansa I do not know what it was and the vet did not either. Something was very wrong with her. Her molt was a complete disaster as her feathers were essentially sticks with a little fuzz. I can only guess that something was very amiss and despite treatment by the vet I found her passed away in the run.

Lilly was very ill earlier this spring. I took her to the vet and we treated her with antibiotics and she perked and was herself again. While I was in Italy for my daughter's wedding a few weeks ago, Lilly passed away. She was dead under the coop.

In good news, the new lady is Betty. She is a frizzled Polish. She joined us in the winter.

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OMG, Bob. I think I missed that Lilly died while you were in Italy. I’m so sorry to read that.

 

[micstrachan]

Hey Michelle how are you? Feeling better?

Hi. Yes! I actually have energy! The sinus congestion is lingering on, but I feel so much better!

 

[Ponypoor]

Well done. For my part I cobbled together a ground level Hooligan enclosure so now I need them to go to sleep so I can transfer them over. I hope this works and gets them out and about. Bernadette's leg is no better, but also no worse and I am convinced it is holding them all back because they won't go where Bernadette can't go.

I sure hope it works, maybe being out and about will help Bernadette

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

It's like The Exorcist isn't it

I think she was 2 days into sitting when my grandpa and his new wife Sheila came up. The logical thing a person would ask when they walked into the dining room would be "Why do you have a milk crate on the couch with a towel over it?" Nope, instead she sits down beside the milk crate. Bunny emits a shriek, one of her best ones to date. Now in general Sheila moves at a snails pace. She let out a shriek and was off that couch and by the kitchen table in seconds. When I could catch my breath from laughing I lifted the towel and told her Bunny was broody.

 

[Ponypoor]

Legertha and Sylvie did not make it. Legertha had a hole in her skull that did not close. One day her brain herniated and I found her lying dead in the coop.

Sylvie was attacked and killed by a Cooper's Hawk. I had numerous aborted hawk attacks this winter but was present enough to prevent any other actual injury.

Between October and April I lost 4 of my ladies. In addition to Sylvie and Legertha, Sansa and Lilly have passed away.

With Sansa I do not know what it was and the vet did not either. Something was very wrong with her. Her molt was a complete disaster as her feathers were essentially sticks with a little fuzz. I can only guess that something was very amiss and despite treatment by the vet I found her passed away in the run.

Lilly was very ill earlier this spring. I took her to the vet and we treated her with antibiotics and she perked and was herself again. While I was in Italy for my daughter's wedding a few weeks ago, Lilly passed away. She was dead under the coop.

In good news, the new lady is Betty. She is a frizzled Polish. She joined us in the winter.

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Bob your ladies were, and are just lovely .

I sometimes wonder why I open myself to the sadness that can and will happen when you have pets, but then I remembered the joy I get from them. And I hope they also have enjoyable lives. I think they do, just like I know your gals do.

 

[micstrachan]

I sat in the run for a while this afternoon. It's too hot for this time of year. The ladies made divots to lie in to cool off.

I have a container that I collect chicken treat stuff in. Banana peels, bits of greens, etc. One thing I thought they would LOVE is old maid popcorn kernels. Nope. Don't touch 'em. I thought they'd flip over corn, but I guess not.

Anyone have a treat that totally bombed?

Yep. Black Oil Sunflower Seeds (BOSS). My chicken had no idea what to do with the seeds when they were still inside the shell. LOL! That was a long time ago and now they’re too fat for sunflower seeds, but still funny to remember.

 

[Ponypoor]

I think she was 2 days into sitting when my grandpa and his new wife Sheila came up. The logical thing a person would ask when they walked into the dining room would be "Why do you have a milk crate on the couch with a towel over it?" Nope, instead she sits down beside the milk crate. Bunny emits a shriek, one of her best ones to date. Now in general Sheila moves at a snails pace. She let out a shriek and was off that couch and by the kitchen table in seconds. When I could catch my breath from laughing I lifted the towel and told her Bunny was broody.

I wish I could put 5 or 6 laugh icons up...

 

[micstrachan]

What happened to my Arizona? Yesterday she was fine, but today she’s wearing stick tight fleas on her face. On her ears, her comb, above her eyes, some on her waddles too. Those fleas are very annoying for her.

Oh no! Poor Arizona!