Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Ok mugs Monday, an assortment of velociraptors going about their day

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Wonderful pictures.

 

[featherhead007]

Oh, Alex, I am so sorry! I know Rocks Ann was one of your favorites. She lived a good 6-7 years with you - lots of love, free range, and good chickeny things under your care.

I couldn’t have said it better!

 

[BY Bob]

Far as I know, only @BY Bob ‘s chickens smoke cigarettes.

I'll have a talk with Hattie. She promised to use the ashtray.

 

[rural mouse]

I almost feel like it was a bit of a rescue of sorts. There were hundreds of them packed in together. This will be so different from our experience with the GGs (Gilligan Girls). These chicks are terrified of us and pile up on top of each other in the corner of the box in their efforts to get away. I hope we can get them to be comfortable and relaxed around us. We're really not that mean, you know.

Give them time. Hang out with them, leaving a hand in there at or below them. They'll get there.

 

[featherhead007]

I’m so sorry you lost your armpit warrior. I know it hurts; I lost mine, too.

Yep, that especially hurts.

 

[rural mouse]

I cannot help with this but hopefully someone else has.

Anomaly and assorted synonyms are running high for names.

 

[MaryJanet]

Yes. Sadly I am on clay (aka red mud)!

I remember friendo!

I was chipping in in case anyone else is on sand.

 

[rural mouse]

I remember friendo!

I was chipping in in case anyone else is on sand.

I'm on sandy rock. Thanks for the info. It's nice to be able to bump a worry down a few notches in the rankings list.

 

[BY Bob]

A trying day today. Some ups and some downs and I cannot account for what I did except trying to make sure all the new plants are watered.
I discovered someone pulled the plug on one of the rain barrels which I am very unhappy about as that is 50 gallons wasted and it was in the perfect spot for one of the shrubs.


Minnie is more perky but still sleeping a lot of the day and has chosen to roost away from the others which may be a sign of feeling poorly.
I did not see Minnie poop but both Maggie and Dotty still have diarrhea which is disappointing as I was hoping for instant cure from the deworming.
And Minnie decided she wanted to slip into the Hooligans’ HQ (she is so tiny she isn’t much bigger than Bella, so excluding her at this stage is hard). The good news is she showed zero aggression to any of the Hooligans even though they were in quite close quarters together. The bad news is she spent 20 minutes drinking their vitamin B-laced water which will negate the Corid treatment for her!


I need to see if the Hooligans can still fit through the tiny door into the hospital ward and if so I might try and feed them up there until the big Princesses have finished their medicine.
So I am exhausted but all I really did were chicken chores and haul hoses.

It's rough when they don't cooperate. Could you put some chicken wire over their entrance and make the opening only large enough for the Hooligans? Bella is pretty big if they are the same size.

The other thing to do is to direct dose the Corrid to Minnie. Let me know if you want to try that.

 

[BY Bob]

Oh dear, what have I done? I'm not ready for this right now. What was I thinking? I clearly wasn't thinking clearly, that's what.
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Yippie! More babies!