Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

I'm so glad the surgery was a success. I expected she would be a handful. Good luck.

I hate to say this, @RebeccaBoyd , given everything that is going on in your life......but it sounds like the apple didn't fall too far from the tree. Makes Rosie a bit of a handful, but that stubbornness is probably also what has helped you get through tough times....and it will help her, too.

 

[featherhead007]

So has Xzit been behaving no more broodie silliness

She’s back to her sweet loving self now!

 

[Ponypoor]

She’s back to her sweet loving self now!

Awesome! Wish mine would quit!

 

[featherhead007]

Awesome! Wish mine would quit!

She still talks with that Bok Bok Bok , but I like it.

 

[featherhead007]

Coco is still a nut! Haircut brought to you by Jaffar (the stylist)!

 

[Ribh]

She passed. I'm thankful she was unconscious most of the time and I hope she finds the Cherry tree that bears cherries forever.
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I'm so sorry. I checked in here especially to see how she was doing. She was a lucky hen to have you.

 

[bgmathteach]

Coco is still a nut! Haircut brought to you by Jaffar (the stylist)! View attachment 3195223

I think Jaffar is secretly wishing he was a naked neck, and it trying to get his girls into the look, too!

 

[rural mouse]

HI everyone, sorry I've been absent for a few days. It has been tough managing her pain level without making her sick. She is apparently just like me and cannot take anything stronger then Motrin or Tylenol. They only wanted her on the stronger pain meds for 3 days anyway so today I'm cutting them out and seeing how she handles with just extra-strength Tylenol. She had a nerve block that was supposed to last 24-48 hours to hopefully help her through the worst of it post surgery. Yeah, it lasted about 12 hours. On the plus side after it wore off and she could feel that arm again she has already regained some range of motion. I did not have her test out just how much though as she is supposed to keep it in the sling and not move it until she goes back in 2 weeks to have her suture's removed. I will say it is a plus having a sibling in the medical field. I never got to speak to the Dr after the surgery like I was supposed to. As soon as Rosie was finished he had a emergency and had to go right into another operation. My sister is a x-ray tech, and so is her boyfriend. My sister was the one who done her initial x-rays Sunday morning. Her boyfriend was the tech in the OR that did her x-rays. Thanks to them I know she had a 6 inch plate put in with 4 screws. Rosie is also very very lucky. I did learn that the displacement of her collar bone came very close to one of the main veins in her neck. I was also told that if it had went a inch in the other direction it would have punctured her lung. Trust me, that was not something I was prepared to hear. I also think I will have a struggle keeping her from overdoing it as soon as she starts feeling better. I thought she was sleeping yesterday afternoon so I was cleaning. I had the vacuum running so did not see or hear her get up. Go to check on her, she is not in bed. I find her outside in Russ's stall sitting on a milk crate talking to him. Keeping her off of him for 2 to 3 moths is going to be tough. If it comes down to it, I will board him somewhere else for that time frame.

My dad broke his collar bone as a kid (high school, I think). This was back when they still did casts for it. He got the cast wet, so his pediatric nurse mother took him back in to replace it. Fast forward......he's out chopping wood.....can't get enough leverage.....reaches back with the axe to try from a better swing......shatters the cast. Fortunately it was almost healed, so his mom gave up on the cast. Keeping Rosie off when the pain is mostly gone will be the HUGE challenge.

 

[rural mouse]

This thread is very difficult to keep up with.
Sorry to all who have lost/are loosing pets.
Bill to eradicate chickens?? What? Where?
@RebeccaBoyd sounds like you have had and intense and crazy few weeks!

The chicken bill is older (and in Hawaii) Light is reading through the thread.

 

[rural mouse]

I put a hex on poor HR, her laptop is gonna run very slowly tomorrow

I'm surprised you didn't bring in some of those worm things the chickens won't eat....put a bug in her laptop....