Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ManueB]

I felt her crop again and I think I was wrong about it being empty. There is kinda water balloon. I can hear the bubbling a bit when I massage it. I think that's sour crop :-(

@RoyalChick, Do you mind giving a little advice here? I will also look through the past posts on this thread as I remember lots of discussions around it.

If you haven't already read this article and the comments : https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/
I hope your beautiful light will be ok !

 

[featherhead007]

I tell everyone. Polish are built like leghorns. The wing to body mass ratio allows for really good flight. They are just like @featherhead007 . Good flyers

TOP GUN!

 

[lightm]

If you haven't already read this article and the comments : https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/
I hope your beautiful light will be ok !

Thank you. This is very helpful! I think she is at an early stage of sour crop and massage seems to make her feel a bit better.

 

[rural mouse]

Integration Post #1

There are going to be several. First here is something that may help smooth out Integration. Someone at FBA has gone broody. It is not Hattie

As always, honestly post your guess before opening the spoiler.

Spoiler: Who is broody this time

Betty

 

[RoyalChick]

Betty

Oh that is an interesting guess. I didn’t think of her!

 

[RoyalChick]

Lulu’s First Egg!
Today Lulu laid her first egg. It is pale blue and totally perfect.
It is also very tiny! It weighs 28.7g (about an ounce). The last egg laid in the Chicken Palace (Dotty) was just over double the size.
The whole event was quite sweet. She took the best part of two hours selecting which nest box to use. She went in and out of the upper and lower levels with Bernadette in tow.
When she eventually settled on the best spot Bernadette stood outside shouting the whole time!
I am a little sad she isn’t my baby any more, but still very proud of her tiny egg. Maybe I will have a miniature egg sandwich for lunch today.
Congratulations Lulu.

 

[rural mouse]

Oh that is an interesting guess. I didn’t think of her!

I'm wrong, but I had reasons for thinking her: he said not Hattie, Sydney and Phyllis have both been broody before (Phyllis relatively recently), and Aurora as the Queen is unlikely to surrender that position even if only long enough to "hatch and raise babies". That left Betty.

 

[rural mouse]

Lulu’s First Egg!
Today Lulu laid her first egg. It is pale blue and totally perfect.
It is also very tiny! It weighs 28.7g (about an ounce). The last egg laid in the Chicken Palace (Dotty) was just over double the size.
The whole event was quite sweet. She took the best part of two hours selecting which nest box to use. She went in and out of the upper and lower levels with Bernadette in tow.
When she eventually settled on the best spot Bernadette stood outside shouting the whole time!
I am a little sad she isn’t my baby any more, but still very proud of her tiny egg. Maybe I will have a miniature egg sandwich for lunch today.
Congratulations Lulu.
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The color is
. Maybe blow the egg so you can display the shell (blow it right and you can still eat it).

 

[featherhead007]

Xzit went broody a second time right after she finished her first go-around, so I think that it’s Phyllis again also. ?

 

[BY Bob]

That didn't look too bad - but am I right in saying LF painted herself into a corner and is a bit directionally challenged?

You would be correct. Everything was fine until she wanted to see what Sydney was eating. I was very surprised. I thought that went very well.