Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Then get a multipurpose screwdriver

I have bought three of those so far. Where do they hide?!

 

[rural mouse]

But it is always a flat head when I need a Philips head or the other way around.

Or more recently the dreaded star head or alen wrench size...

 

[rural mouse]

Then get a multipurpose screwdriver

They make them with interchangeable tips.....we have them....and the tip we need is never in the handle we have!

 

[rural mouse]

2fer...2 pullets and a cockerel...Maizie (top) Pippa (bottom), and Whiskey in the middle

Horus facing off with Ember (who is still on the fence re: comb/wattles)

Pippa watching closely


2 adults and 2 babies

Cheetah & Pear, with Horus and Pippa

 

[RoyalChick]

Or more recently the dreaded star head or alen wrench size...

Are those the square ones? I accidentally picked up a box of those the other day and when I got them home I thought it was some kind of joke!
I can’t engage with the star ones either!

Tax for taking us off topic: the Hooligans discussing recent experiences out in the wild.

 

[bgmathteach]

But it is always a flat head when I need a Philips head or the other way around.

Or, a tiny flat head when you need a big one, or a big one when you need a little one!

Hmmm, at this rate, I'm going to need to take more pics to keep up to date on my taxes. Recycled ones will have to do for now:

A very good boy that I am going to have to put down. He is only a year old, and near as I can tell, he has Mareck's. All my chicks have been vaccinated and/or hatched on site....no birds brought in but vaccinated chicks, so I am not sure how he got it, but it seems to be the classic symptoms and I can find no other reason. He can't use his legs. I have been working with him trying to supplement vit. B and exercising legs 2 x per day...and it has gotten worse, not better. Poor guy, he is sweet and was a good boy to the girls..... this is so hard, but, watching him quietly yesterday...I realized that I was so attached that I ignoring the obvious. He initially (quite suddenly - after a fight with another roo) was very weak in the legs and I brought him inside to protect him and work with him (initially thinking it was pain from injuries.) Despite my efforts, legs are worse...now he has no control of lower legs at all, no reflex nor grip motion with feet, nothing. He does have a will to live....but it is no life not being able to move. He can't even tip himself from one side to the other with his legs when laying...he has to use his wings. These pics were from March.

 

[RoyalChick]

Twofer Tuesday: Lulu and Bella

 

[RoyalChick]

Or, a tiny flat head when you need a big one, or a big one when you need a little one!

Hmmm, at this rate, I'm going to need to take more pics to keep up to date on my taxes. Recycled ones will have to do for now:

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A very good boy that I am going to have to put down. He is only a year old, and near as I can tell, he has Mareck's. All my chicks have been vaccinated and/or hatched on site....no birds brought in but vaccinated chicks, so I am not sure how he got it, but it seems to be the classic symptoms and I can find no other reason. He can't use his legs. I have been working with him trying to supplement vit. B and exercising legs 2 x per day...and it has gotten worse, not better. Poor guy, he is sweet and was a good boy to the girls..... this is so hard, but, watching him quietly yesterday...I realized that I was so attached that I ignoring the obvious. He initially (quite suddenly - after a fight with another roo) was very weak in the legs and I brought him inside to protect him and work with him (initially thinking it was pain from injuries.) Despite my efforts, legs are worse...now he has no control of lower legs at all, no reflex nor grip motion with feet, nothing. He does have a will to live....but it is no life not being able to move. He can't even tip himself from one side to the other with his legs when laying...he has to use his wings. These pics were from March.

Oh so sorry. Such a handsome chap too.

 

[BY Bob]

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2fer...2 pullets and a cockerel...Maizie (top) Pippa (bottom), and Whiskey in the middle


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Horus facing off with Ember (who is still on the fence re: comb/wattles)


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2 adults and 2 babies
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Cheetah & Pear, with Horus and Pippa

Wonderful!

 

[ManueB]

Hmmm, at this rate, I'm going to need to take more pics to keep up to date on my taxes. Recycled ones will have to do for now:

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A very good boy that I am going to have to put down. He is only a year old, and near as I can tell, he has Mareck's. All my chicks have been vaccinated and/or hatched on site....no birds brought in but vaccinated chicks, so I am not sure how he got it, but it seems to be the classic symptoms and I can find no other reason. He can't use his legs. I have been working with him trying to supplement vit. B and exercising legs 2 x per day...and it has gotten worse, not better. Poor guy, he is sweet and was a good boy to the girls..... this is so hard, but, watching him quietly yesterday...I realized that I was so attached that I ignoring the obvious. He initially (quite suddenly - after a fight with another roo) was very weak in the legs and I brought him inside to protect him and work with him (initially thinking it was pain from injuries.) Despite my efforts, legs are worse...now he has no control of lower legs at all, no reflex nor grip motion with feet, nothing. He does have a will to live....but it is no life not being able to move. He can't even tip himself from one side to the other with his legs when laying...he has to use his wings. These pics were from March.

When did the fight happen and for how long has he been loosing control of his legs ?
I'm so sorry, it's so hard having to put him down after having taken so much care of him, especially if he is a sweet boy.