Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Well if it neurological then more activity while she is young should help. Just give it time, being out and about is excellent physiotherapy and good for the mind. She is very young still.

Yes that.

 

[RoyalChick]

The new kid on the block

Well I went to take a look at the Polish Roo, and immediately took hm, he is full of lice, and could use some weight. And one of the other Roos has tore his right wattle and pecked his poor scalp - poor wee little man.

Anyways a shot of ivermectin will cure the external parasites and take care of any internal ones, and some away time from bossy birds will help him gain weight and grow back feathers.

So there he sits in the garage separated from the rest like Typhoid Mary, I stripped my clothes when I got home not sure if I could carry lice to my gang or not….

He is just over a year, and the lady who had him hatched him out. And while he seeems very docile I imagine most of that is likely because he is poorly. In a couple weeks I am sure he will be a randy Roo

I give you- Pom Pom (I think I will call him Pompei), he is a bit stressed from the drive so I have just kept him in the garage…

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You did it!!!
Poor fella - he has no idea how lucky he is you came to get him. I assume you will quarantine him for a little bit to be sure he doesn't bring anything nasty into the flock.
He is quite a looker even stressed and skinny!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I'm also now starting to see another sad after affect of the flooding. People have not only lost their houses but their barns. In the last 24 hours one of my local horse facebook groups is being flooded with people having to sell their horses. Good horses as well, ones that just a week ago if you had asked them they never had any intention of selling. I feel really bad for them. I'm just glad I'm not in the market for another horse, we could all be saying bad, bad Rebecca.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

How on earth does wee little Marty get up in that window well?!! This is the second time I have caught her up there!

I better get out there and get her down, she is way too small and can't fly worth , she face plants really well though!!!! I do not want her to get hurt!!

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You’ve mentioned lowering the roosts, which sounds like a project (construction things always give me pause!) Something right now for your worries about dismounts would be a deep “gym mat”of bedding on the floor maybe? Soften those landings…

 

[Ponypoor]

You did it!!!
Poor fella - he has no idea how lucky he is you came to get him. I assume you will quarantine him for a little bit to be sure he doesn't bring anything nasty into the flock.
He is quite a looker even stressed and skinny!

Yes he will be a garage chicken for a couple weeks… tomorrow I will drag him up to my small animal vet for a shot of ivermectin (or maybe wait till Wednesday give him some rest). The lady were he came from, sprayed him with Bronco horse insect spray, has permethrin but I would have preferred she didn’t spray him, the citronella is likely to give the poor wee fella a headache! Gives me one anyways ha!

I need to go up to my sisters for the large crate so he has some room to move in.

Yep he will do well here he just needs some TLC!

 

[Ponypoor]

You’ve mentioned lowering the roosts, which sounds like a project (construction things always give me pause!) Something right now for your worries about dismounts would be a deep “gym mat”of bedding on the floor maybe? Soften those landings…

I have a good 6-8 inches of shavings on the floor, lowering the roosts won’t be hard I am a tinkerer just need time!!!

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm also now starting to see another sad after affect of the flooding. People have not only lost their houses but their barns. In the last 24 hours one of my local horse facebook groups is being flooded with people having to sell their horses. Good horses as well, ones that just a week ago if you had asked them they never had any intention of selling. I feel really bad for them. I'm just glad I'm not in the market for another horse, we could all be saying bad, bad Rebecca.

Oh so sad

Kids, elderly and animals are always the ones that suffer the most

 

[lightm]

Awww grandpa's princess! Are you going to convert her into a chicken lady? I think she should have her own little flock to start with. Does she have an interest yet? Can your daughter have hens?

Great idea. Good job relating to chickens so Greg doesn't have to pay his tax...

 

[Ponypoor]

Great idea. Good job relating to chickens so Greg doesn't have to pay his tax...

Busted!!!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I know you worry about your silkies injuring themselves getting on the high roosts. It is understandable. I did too, but mine quickly taught me they know better then I do and that they will find a way to get to the high spots if they want. The big roost where everyone sleeps, Branch can and has in the past gotten to the top. I had a couple low roosts in the coop for the silkies, they were useless, never used and just took up space. All 3 of mine use the highest roost in the coop, could not be persuaded otherwise so I removed them. Silkie's are problem solvers. They may not be able to fly where they want in one leap. But watch them and their brains tick and you'll notice they will find away to get there in several short leaps if they can turn something into a ladder.