Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ChicoryBlue]

Yikes. I am outside trying to take pictures of the last super moon of 2022 and very near right behind me is a large animal grunting.
I don’t know whether to stay very still or high tail it back to the house.
There is a tree between me and whatever it is.
My best moon pictures - I really have not mastered how to photograph the moon, but they are quite atmospheric nonetheless
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Post again, so we know you survived this last post!

 

[RoyalChick]

Meanwhile, inside the Chicken Palace ….
Now he is just playing with me!

 

[RoyalChick]

Post again, so we know you survived this last post!

I did. I moved very slowly and deliberately towards the house and then sprinted the last few feet. I did not become anyone’s dinner. Phew!

 

[knoturavggrl]

And so the worry of chicken keeping begins.

The smallest of my chicks must have gotten pecked in the eye. I cant see cuts though it is swollen. The chick is active, eating, and drinking. I poured over the ER threads here and it seems this is common. I have ever so gently with a warm washcloth tried to wipe away the bit of weepiness and bedding that is stuck there. I couldn’t get it all without risking further injury, that is one tiny eye! I put a small dab of pain reliever free Neosporin on it.

I would like to do more but the chick is so tiny and scared that I am afraid Ill do more damage then good.

The line between treating them and stressing them to much feels very fine indeed.

I’d welcome any feedback or advice.

 

[Marie2020]

Yikes. I am outside trying to take pictures of the last super moon of 2022 and very near right behind me is a large animal grunting.
I don’t know whether to stay very still or high tail it back to the house.
There is a tree between me and whatever it is.
My best moon pictures - I really have not mastered how to photograph the moon, but they are quite atmospheric nonetheless
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I'm worried now

 

[Marie2020]

I did. I moved very slowly and deliberately towards the house and then sprinted the last few feet. I did not become anyone’s dinner. Phew!

I was worried I just woke up when I read about the grunt . Thank goodness you're okay.

Don't ever do that too me again. I'm to old to be so nervous

 

[Marie2020]

And so the worry of chicken keeping begins.

The smallest of my chicks must have gotten pecked in the eye. I cant see cuts though it is swollen. The chick is active, eating, and drinking. I poured over the ER threads here and it seems this is common. I have ever so gently with a warm washcloth tried to wipe away the bit of weepiness and bedding that is stuck there. I couldn’t get it all without risking further injury, that is one tiny eye! I put a small dab of pain reliever free Neosporin on it.

I would like to do more but the chick is so tiny and scared that I am afraid Ill do more damage then good.

The line between treating them and stressing them to much feels very fine indeed.

I’d welcome any feedback or advice.

I wish I could help but have no clues on baby chick's. It would be himalayas filtered water if it was my chickens.

Here are two links, I hope you find your answers

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures.10/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/raising-baby-chicks.11/

 

[Marie2020]

Meanwhile, inside the Chicken Palace ….
Now he is just playing with me!

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Cage him , god he's so annoyingly cute

 

[knoturavggrl]

I wish I could help but have no clues on baby chick's. It would be himalayas filtered water if it was my chickens.

Here are two links, I hope you find your answers

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures.10/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/raising-baby-chicks.11/

Thank you for the links I appreciate it. It appears the current consensus is saline wash and some add Terramycin. I will make the saline wash in the morning and watch it. The general prognosis seems hopeful. Its just difficult to not worry.

 

[featherhead007]

Mouse? Hey… Mickey Mouse is a rodent too, and people flock to its parks by the millions each year! (What’s my point?, I don’t have a point! )



(Now let’s see how many Disney fans are out there)