Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

I really need to start this day, with something funny: (I thought this was funny):

 

[goldenfingers]

Has anyone dealt with beak injuries before? Siri my favorite of the new Buff Orps injured her beak about 5 days ago. I do not know how she did it but I found her with a bloody beak when it was time to put them up for the night. I cleaned it off and saw and felt a crack on the top of it. She has been able to eat and it did not appear to bother her other then discoloration so I thought it would heal just fine. Tonight when I put her up the tip of the top beak has chipped off. I'm really hoping the rest of the discolored area does not break off because if it does she will end up loosing half of her top beak. At this point I do not think there is anything I can do other then monitor her and make sure she goes to bed with a full crop is there?

Somebody may have commented on this so I may end up with SHRA problems, but we had a couple of chipped beak tips and they grew back just like a fingernail.

 

[featherhead007]

Give yourself plenty of breaks today. The time spent yesterday was important and you will never regret it. Grieving takes many forms, and ebbs and flows. Difficulty sleeping is common in grief. you and the flock will adjust at your own pace.

I love your reasoning. It’s easy to get caught up in trivial things and not stop to enjoy life sometimes.

 

[goldenfingers]

Somebody may have commented on this so I may end up with SHRA problems, but we had a couple of chipped beak tips and they grew back just like a fingernail.

Tax:
The way things used to be...

 

[RoyalChick]

Tax:
The way things used to be...
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What a lovely picture!

 

[fuentemoon]

@ManueB I chop the pumpkin seeds, and mix them in a mash of the powder left from their feed, and I also add in Kefir (and, if I have some, a variety of chopped veggies.) They eat every last morsel. In my experience, chopping (or if you have a coffee or herb grinder, grinding them) makes a huge difference..plus mixing it in with a 'treat'...they always appreciate the mash! This fall, after reading the scientific study (again, I will try to find and repost) I treated them for 3 days with - in theory- enough for each chicken to get an appropriate dose. However, we all know the realities of flock nature...some get more than their share, while others less.....

Do you use whole or shelled seeds?
Only one of mine likes pumpkin seeds.

 

[RoyalChick]

Twofer Tuesday.

First posing…..

Then not so much …

 

[ManueB]

@ManueB I chop the pumpkin seeds, and mix them in a mash of the powder left from their feed, and I also add in Kefir (and, if I have some, a variety of chopped veggies.) They eat every last morsel. In my experience, chopping (or if you have a coffee or herb grinder, grinding them) makes a huge difference..plus mixing it in with a 'treat'...they always appreciate the mash! This fall, after reading the scientific study (again, I will try to find and repost) I treated them for 3 days with - in theory- enough for each chicken to get an appropriate dose. However, we all know the realities of flock nature...some get more than their share, while others less.....

Thanks for this really helpful suggestion, we do have a manual coffee grinder we use to grind our corn for the hen !
I also wonder if you really have to use pumpkin, or if any variety of curcurbita Pepo would do, or in fact any squash. We don't grow pumpkins anymore because they invaded everything and we didn't eat them, but we grow butternuts, red khuri squash, our local village squash, spaghetti squash, Nice squash and so on. I'm wondering which to chose.

 

[ManueB]

Twofer Tuesday.

First posing…..

Almost forgot. I've got two who absolutely refused this toofer thing.

 

[featherhead007]

My cartoon made RC smile, yay!