Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

Oh this is a very difficult picture for me - it comes just as a friend of mine, whose son breeds Nubian goats, offered to bring me a few and help fix up the barn for them to live in.
I do not need goats.
Really, I do not need goats.
Repeat after me, I do not need goats!
Soooo adorable!

Um, correct me if I am wrong, but you have long wanted that barn repaired/improved. What a GREAT trade-off. Repaired barn for the honor of hosting some adorable Nubians. Win-win in my opinion!

Besides, they will keep some of the brushy/woody weeds in check. Including poison Ivy & bittersweet.

 

[Marie2020]

Hard to tell from the picture but it could be arnica or another asteracae. Many are toxic internally (though if it is arnica it's very useful topically) but I have arnica and asters and my hens don't touch them.
Do they have two small leaves that face each other , that helps to recognize arnica ?
Or if you have a mobile with internet you can use plantnet, an application to recognize plants by taking a picture.

I found out what these are I had totally forgotten, I was searching for bee and butterfly plants and was advised this plant would attract them. They are really considered to be a weed and they are Corn Marigolds. Not good for chickens

 

[Marie2020]

Um, correct me if I am wrong, but you have long wanted that barn repaired/improved. What a GREAT trade-off. Repaired barn for the honor of hosting some adorable Nubians. Win-win in my opinion!

Besides, they will keep some of the brushy/woody weeds in check. Including poison Ivy & bittersweet.

Plus RC could potentially land up keeping the goats

 

[featherhead007]

So do I. I'm going to have to break her this weekend if she doesn't give up beforehand.

Xzit broke one of her eggs. I had to give her a bath, and clean up her broody box. (Stains of yolk and blood) so it was possibly fertile.

 

[Marie2020]

Okay, so I looked back - I had messaged someone on the 30th of May, and it was almost 2 weeks then.....so about 5 weeks. In that time went from fighting trying to take on older/dominant Roo ( and winning sometimes.) To hurting his leg and not standing (I thought because of pain)in a 48 hour time span....brought him in, and in 5 weeks went from shaking legs standing (again, thought it was pain, treated wounds and gave him ibuprofen for pain), to couldn't stand, but could still move lower legs & had weak grip in feet....to no use of legs now...no resistance at all during exercises, not a glimmer of grip with feet.

If anyone thinks it is something else, feel free to offer suggestions for treatment. But the poor guy just can't live like this and I have no idea what else I can do for him.

I'm so sad to read this. Soaking in Epson and vinegar for swelling maybe but I can't see that working after so long. Tina hurt her leg and foot and that seemed to help her.

 

[BY Bob]

At last a white hen at FBA! That photo of Rose with the polish has got my day off to the best start ever!

Congratulations Bob!!

It is great to have a white hen again. May we always have one.

Mrs BY Bob with a polish chicken is a joy to see.

 

[rural mouse]

I am strong!
I am already realizing that 7 chickens is a much bigger handful than 4 chickens. I tried to lock them in a little early this evening because the weather is miserable and I kept only finding 6. And I swear it was a different one missing each time.
And I cannot figure out how to get Bernadette to take her Vitamin B2 so I am terrified she will go lame again.
So bottom line I am in no shape to take on goats right now.
I do not need goats. I do not need goats. I do not even need goats with floppy ears!

Once Hector got outside on a regular basis, his feet settled down really quickly...I also added a handful of rice krispies to the scratch for all of them. (It has a B vitamin smorgasbord in it) It won't hurt the others and is available in a way that gets them outside.

 

[MaryJanet]

It is great to have a white hen again. May we always have one.

Mrs BY Bob with a polish chicken is a joy to see.

Yes, a white hen should be FBA fixture. Will you name her after TGHE?

I know I'm anthropomorphising, but the polish is leaning in and saying cheeeeeeese! And they both look so happy.

 

[BY Bob]

The legbar's yellow legs are gorgeous!

You know I love those white chickens with yellow legs.

 

[BY Bob]

Bob, when you say 'fence them off' do you mean they're fenced off by the little coop or have you put a little fence around the coop?

There is a perimeter fence around the coop. They cannot interact with each other at all. I'll try and remember to get some photos of the setup.