Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

My pool is not square. I don't see how they could ever install one of these on mine. Thanks for the suggestion though

They deal with many shapes apparently.

What about that kids safety fence, I have seen it around here, has a mesh lime the chicken mesh....

 

[Chicken poppy]

My pool is not square. I don't see how they could ever install one of these on mine. Thanks for the suggestion though

So your pool is fashionable, then? Thats good. Glad your pool isn’t a square.

 

[Ponypoor]

This is what I used. Available on Amazon and at Tractor Supply.

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Thanks I will look it up, likely can't get delivered here in Canada though.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Thanks I will look it up, likely can't get delivered here in Canada though.

They have it at every TSC i have been to.

 

[Ponypoor]

They have it at every TSC i have been to.

We don't have TSC here.

Wormers, antibiotics, and things like herbicide, pesticides are very strictly controlled here. I can get paste horse wormer but not liquid in tack and feed stores.

You need to have a Veterinarian get you that stuff....

 

[RoyalChick]

Animator here.

The style is a trademark of the studio, Ardman. If you're going to watch something from them, more than likely it will be stop motion in their trademark art style.

I'm not sure what you out looking for in terms of chickens looking like chickens, but some common unappealing traits I know people take issue with are wing fingers and teeth in beaks.

In general, chickens are not the most popular subject of animation although I do have a pipedream for an adaptation of little women, but they're just chickens.

I think that would be fun!

 

[RoyalChick]

A "Turkey" grad (he got nicknamed Butterball as a baby cause he he got basted twice a day in an eczema battle. Got shortened to Turkey as he grew...he still answers to it, too) headed to a Tech school on a full scholarship View attachment 3129025
(Note the socks)

Congratulations!

 

[RoyalChick]

Thanks I will look it up, likely can't get delivered here in Canada though.

The active ingredient is fenbendazole - you can definitely get that in Canada (I looked it up). It comes with two brands - SafeGuard and Panacur. If you can't get the goat one you can get the paste for horses or powder or capsules for dogs.
You just need to be sure you can measure out a small dose - so if you get powder or capsules then get a gram scale (about $20) so you can measure it out.
The dosing calculation is complicated but I have just been through it and others on BYC have too so when you get to that stage we can talk you through it.
Here is a link to the horse paste version in Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/SafeGuard-Hor...3874888&sprefix=fenbendazole+g,aps,54&sr=8-10

And here is a link to one I haven't seen in the US but is pretty useful as it is a powder - each sachet contains roughly twice what you need for a 5lb chicken. https://www.amazon.ca/Panacur-Canin...3874888&sprefix=fenbendazole+g,aps,54&sr=8-12

 

[RoyalChick]

We don't have TSC here.

Wormers, antibiotics, and things like herbicide, pesticides are very strictly controlled here. I can get paste horse wormer but not liquid in tack and feed stores.

You need to have a Veterinarian get you that stuff....

If the paste contains fenbendazole you can use the horse stuff - I just posted a link. To my mind the poweder one looks easier to use - you could even pop it in a gel cap.

 

[RoyalChick]

I am off to bed. Just checking in to say that I gave Dotty her worm medication. I do not think I pushed it into her lungs even though she protested loudly for several minutes after I was done. And miraculously, I still have all my fingers.
She did not reverse out of the towel wrap, she chose instead to clamp down her beak on my finger. She wasn't quite strong enough to remove said finger but it wasn't a delicate little nip either!
I made the right call to do this at night with red light - it definitely gave me an advantage!
Phew! So glad I don't have to do that again. Oh wait, I need to do it again in 10 days!
All wild water has been emptied onto the new shrubs and the only water available has therapeutic doses of amprolium.
I am now really hoping that the diarrhea disappears and Minnie feels better (though actually Minnie has been much better the last couple of days in any case).
I will report back when I see anyone deliver a normal poop!