Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

More Gucci

I took this video of Gucci out with everyone under the grape vines last night after another big rain storm came through. I did not post it in my excitement over her going to bed with everyone last night.

 

[bgmathteach]

I told them this morning no horsey kisses ( mostly because of their goobery lips after eating haha!).

But I did have a rough night with fever, extremely achy joints, and a crushing headache…. Not sure if that is Influenza or Covid…. Both are going around here. At any rate not overly worried - got work to do and chickies to play with

Tax

Two for Tuesday

Two chickies trying to excavate a pipeline ditch haha
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Two crazy hens making an escape!
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The was for the pic of the pretty girl.

This is for you being sick:

 

[RoyalChick]

I love how she is glued to LF (who I thought was huge until Eowyn shows up when I recalibrated 'huge' - and sorry, while I can now give Eowyn her accent when on my phone, I still haven't figured how on my PC).

 

[Marie2020]

I ordered the treadle for my girls I know I only have two but this was a better quality made with non rust material. It's 8kg of food. It should be here by the 26th so plenty of time for them to get used to it before the winter.

 

[Marie2020]

Thinking of you @Ponypoor

 

[bgmathteach]

One of my favorite hens is Itty Bitty. She knows her name and comes running when I call her. I had a hard time naming my daughters and re-use dog names, Handsome Jack is my third dog named Jack.

I had a hen I was having trouble naming. As a chick entering 'tween' stage her voice was squawky (kinda raspy/throaty - and she was a TALKER!) Almost like Luther Vantross. (?sp?) I wasn't sure if she was a he or a she, so was afraid to name her. Finally, my husband said 'You know, you have already named her. She answers to ' Squawky'. So, she was called 'Squawky' thereafter...and she would come running when I said 'hello, squawky" She was a sweetie and would carry on a very one-sided conversation with me ALWAYS! All I had to do was acknowledge her. I miss her almost as much as my dear Rosie.

But, to not have known them and learned how amazing chickens are would have been worse, I think!

 

[bgmathteach]

More Gucci

I took this video of Gucci out with everyone under the grape vines last night after another big rain storm came through. I did not post it in my excitement over her going to bed with everyone last night.

She still has a bit of a stilted walk, but it is very stable and reasonably 'sturdy', and she is starting to carry herself more upright. Not as much as she should, but a huge improvement from before! I am glad to see this progress - and her interacting/moving more!

 

[ValarieF]

I got them all outside today by laying down straw. They love to play in it.

 

[RoyalChick]

I really don't know what to think or do.
I took Lulu to a vet from the list that @Ribh posted - a real avian vet.
He won't see people (!) so you have to drop your animal off and he calls.
She is behaving normally in the vet's office, she does not have an egg that he can feel or see in her abdomen (which I thought myself but good to be confirmed), her Xray is normal. Her poop showed she has cecal worms but that is unlikely to be making her feel miserable.
He is drawing blood and then I can go bring her home. None the wiser but with a much lighter pocket!
His advice is isolation which of course I don't love the idea of, and on balance I think is a bad idea. He also surprised me by recommending regular worming whether they have worms on fecal test or not. I am not sure about that either.
So, Lulu will be back home soon and I just have to hope she gets better on her own. He did see oyster shell in her guts so I am glad she is eating it!

I don't know what I was hoping for - a well chicken I guess!

So I don't go into a tail spin I am going to list all the good things that happened over the last 24 hours:
- We got nearly 3" of rain - you can hear the plants sighing with relief
- The other guy's insurance company accepted liability for my pranged up car
- Maggie let Bernadette groom her face
- The raccoon that ripped open the Chewy box that I forgot was on the doorstep only ate about a quarter of the bag of chicken food that was inside

 

[BY Bob]

I had a hen I was having trouble naming. As a chick entering 'tween' stage her voice was squawky (kinda raspy/throaty - and she was a TALKER!) Almost like Louie Vantross. (?sp?) I wasn't sure if she was aa he or a she, so was afraid to name her. Finally, my husband said 'You know, you have already named her. She answers to ' Squawky'. So, she was called 'Squawky' thereafter...and she would come running when I said 'hello, squawky" She was a sweetie and would carry on a very one-sided conversation with me ALWAYS! All I had to do was acknowledge her. I miss her almost as much as my dear Rosie.

But, to not have known them and learned how amazing chickens are would have been worse, I think

I love stories like these. For your loss.