Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Thank you MJ. I am honestly not expecting Minnie to survive the night.
I managed to get a half a ml of fluid into her (electrolytes and sugar). That is all she tolerated. I hope it at least made her tongue feel less dry.
I can't get my mind around how fast she went down hill - she isn't a high production breed and she is young. It is just so, so sad.

Do you think she has flu? I have heard tales of how fast they get ill.

 

[featherhead007]

Hahaha ewwwww horse goobers!

I shower after that

 

[featherhead007]

You may have noticed that while she pecked @ me it wasn't full on & she allowed me to pick her up without fuss. A lot of it is pure bluff.

Mine will bite and hold on ! They are serious about it.

 

[Ribh]

Thank you MJ. I am honestly not expecting Minnie to survive the night.
I managed to get a half a ml of fluid into her (electrolytes and sugar). That is all she tolerated. I hope it at least made her tongue feel less dry.
I can't get my mind around how fast she went down hill - she isn't a high production breed and she is young. It is just so, so sad.

I'm sorry, RC.

 

[Ribh]

Haha oh glad someone else has that issue! 4 silkies... One loving a couple of golfballs at the moment

My bantams are terrible. I love them to bits. They are cute & friendly but they will sit on nothing & stare @ 4 walls all summer long!

 

[Ponypoor]

That is very kind of you to say. It was devastating at the time. Legertha and Sylvie would roost on my arm and groom and talk to me. They would snuggle at my neck. Just like Maleficent would.

Any affectionate chickens I have had like that have died way too young.

The hen that replaced them, Betty, will not even eat from my hand. I love her for who she is but if any chicken is ever that affectionate to me again I'm sure I will be very fearful for their lives.

Sansa and I had our own special bond as well. She was mean to the others but liked to hang with me so I miss her greatly. And Lilly, well she was Lilly. The grand old Dame herself. So many great Lilly stories.

I enjoy hearing your stories about your gals.

Today I was thinking about how one of my hens can be so friendly and another wild as the wind. Henny Penny, Curly and Fluffy were raised together here and each handled a lot, yet Henny is wild! But Curly and Fluffy are totally different.

And then there is Buttercup and her grey sisters - buttercup is very friendly, where as the grey gals are less so; Rose and Dorothy same situation, but Rose is not so friendly and Dorothy just a ham .

I think it's their temperament, if you have raised since young, and how 'herd bound' they are... All the ones I find who are friendly are less herd bound and not afraid to go off on their own and hang with a human

Do you find this with the gals you had who were super friendly?

 

[Ponypoor]

So I guess no 'Aunt Martha's Sheep' solution for you???! Hahaha

Yum!

I see some laughs for my comment and wonder if they know of aunt Martha's sheep.

What do you think @BY Bob ? Should we save them the research on this one

 

[featherhead007]

I enjoy hearing your stories about your gals.

Today I was thinking about how one of my hens can be so friendly and another wild as the wind. Henny Penny, Curly and Fluffy were raised together here and each handled a lot, yet Henny is wild! But Curly and Fluffy are totally different.

And then there is Buttercup and her grey sisters - buttercup is very friendly, where as the grey gals are less so; Rose and Dorothy same situation, but Rose is not so friendly and Dorothy just a ham .

I think it's their temperament, if you have raised since young, and how 'herd bound' they are... All the ones I find who are friendly are less herd bound and not afraid to go off on their own and hang with a human

Do you find this with the gals you had who were super friendly?

Such a plethora of poultry personalities!

 

[Ponypoor]

I shower after that

I owe you a promised song....

Trying to upload

 

[Ponypoor]

Such a plethora of poultry personalities!

Like kids