Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Thank you for saving me for trying to make up for having never gotten there as a child! Lol I still have some pretty high hopes for the west Edmonton mall someday… @Ponypoor please, I’d that’s also a let down don’t say it… there has to be some attraction that lives up to the expectations. I do have a friend who LOVES the Disney cruises though… you could always give those a whirl?

Everytime I wanted to spend a weekend at West Edmonton mall it was booked up! So while I can't comment - the fact its hotel was booked solid likely says it all. And themed rooms too!

Tax on hotel amusements

Sure hope Blanche is warm enough it's chilly here tonight.

And sure hope Marty isn't getting pooped on by Buttercup!

(Purple underlined)

Moonlight Ponies, that moon is glorious
I put a stable sheet on my old Sally as I clipped her a few weeks back, she doesn't lose her hair normally due to a metabolic disorder

 

[MaryJanet]

Oh I really cannot bear this.
She is definitely not well.
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Oh no! How is she today RC?

 

[Ponypoor]

Sorry all, I can’t keep up here right now… but I’m hoping everyone is doing well. Making progress on the house and hoping to have the trusses/structure all done by the end of the month here. Fingers crossed for an actual roof before winter. All the chickens here are doing well, my bully girl and an ISA are sitting, but I might just throw on the incubator because my bully girl is losing an egg every few days to crushing? Eating? I don’t know she’s a little nuts… but she’s sitting on pretty unlikely looking eggs right now so… mom has power, just watch this box for a few weeks, promise, there won’t be anymore chicks after the first two days… honest! maybe…

Sammy broke up a pretty rough hen fight today, having good roosters is such a blessing. I was on the phone with my mom and was about to run out (saw them start to get into it through the screen door) but before I got my flip flops on my good guy was splitting them up (he got extra scraps/treats tonight!). Speaking of scraps the winery that used to be part of the farm here has got their bistro up and running and guess who is getting their scraps/compost three times a week? Yep, my chickens, and even the goats are snagging some; Arduinna likes Cantaloupe… I would never have known!

My internet is a little patchy, and I just wanted to take this brief, albeit a little late, moment to say hi… I don’t even have a fresh chicken tax photo. Maybe tomorrow night if I can get two bars of service again.

 

[Ponypoor]

I have removed all the feed. Honestly it looked fine. And the feeder inside the Chicken Palace coop (vs the two out in the runs) had very little of the powder.
The powder was pink on top but underneath was the normal color of the pellets.
What is weird is there was just so much of the powder. Way more than normal.
I realize I was looking at the wrong code for the mill date so I need to go back out and look again. But it was definitely 2022.
Anyway, everyone will be cross in the morning ‘cos no breakfast. I took the opportunity to wash out the feeders so they need to dry over night.
The feeders are in better shape than I expected so they gave me no excuse to go shopping (just as well really)!

Meanwhile, my nemesis!
I have to admit he (I really hope he is a he) is quite cute. But he has to go!
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Yes cute love those ears, but yes has to go, I tried to get some traps at Walmart but not much inventory and not the ones I wanted.

So I have been keeping Marty up off the ground. Tomorrow I will haul the nest boxes out and inspect the paver flooring. I don’t keep feed in the hen house, and now I keep all feed cleaned up in the main part of the barn.

Vermin, the Bain of my existence

 

[RoyalChick]

Mouse or moose? Although they might not eat you, I think they are actually the most dangerous land animal in North America… like the hippo, they seem so peaceful, and herbivorous…

I have been on a small boat on the Nile in the middle of a hippo fight. Peaceful is not a word that springs to mind.

 

[RoyalChick]

But I thought you had won the great rodent war! time to break out some dry ice?

I had won the rodent war - this is the first one I am seeing in the Chicken Palace in 18 months. Which is why he is soooo annoying.
And I cannot figure how he is getting in so I can close up the breach in the defenses.

I am doing what I did before and systematically moving the cameras to find the entrance - but mostly I see the one inside trying to get out and ones outside trying to get in, and neither succeeding.
I wonder if he just marched in the open door when the ladies were out sunbathing. Don't normally see them in the daytime, but it is possible.

 

[RoyalChick]

Predictably there was a lot of fury in the Chicken Palace this morning when they realized there was no breakfast. But I refilled the two feeders I had washed with yummy grower crumble so I may have been forgiven.
No good news on Minnie. She has taken herself off to isolate in a nesting box. She is breathing very heavily and I suspect the same virus Bella had. I always suspected Minnie was the carrier. I will send a swab off of her throat, but there is nothing to be done if that is the issue apart from keeping her comfortable.
I am feeling particularly gloomy at my ability to keep anybody alive and I keep looking around to figure out 'who is next' to die.

 

[bgmathteach]

@RoyalChick Dare I ask how Minnie is today?

@RebeccaBoyd How is Rosie doing? Lot less pain as it heals, I am hoping!

A couple of pics of my problem child. First one: Thinking about getting into trouble (escaping) Second one: caught in the act! On top of the 6' fence where there is a small gap between shade cloth coverings!

 

[rural mouse]

Fluffy Friday, mostly in profile

Storm

Jessica

Mera

PITA

Whiskey

Mera again

 

[bgmathteach]

Predictably there was a lot of fury in the Chicken Palace this morning when they realized there was no breakfast. But I refilled the two feeders I had washed with yummy grower crumble so I may have been forgiven.
No good news on Minnie. She has taken herself off to isolate in a nesting box. She is breathing very heavily and I suspect the same virus Bella had. I always suspected Minnie was the carrier. I will send a swab off of her throat, but there is nothing to be done if that is the issue apart from keeping her comfortable.
I am feeling particularly gloomy at my ability to keep anybody alive and I keep looking around to figure out 'who is next' to die.

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear this. You must have been posting as I was typing. That she pulls through this, and that that will be the end of illnesses for a while for you/your chickens.