Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

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!

She was out this morning as well. Most of the day she lays in the run with the food and water. But at least she is moving some now and can go to bed successfully. I have been very concerned that she was showing little improvement.

The good thing is if she can get herself in the coop at night, that is enough that i don't have to worry all the time that something will happen to her. Plus she is staying under cover which is real good right now.

 

[BY Bob]

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

 

[Ponypoor]

I’m sorry if somehow mentioning it, caused you to contract it. I hope you don’t have Covid

Thanks Alex

Flu, Covid, strep throat…. Makes no difference to me, we are all human and we all get ill every now and again. It is bound to happen would have been better next week when I am on vacation…. This week is very busy at work - you know I had way more time for my family and pets when I worked pipeline than now. At least then I would get a week off every 2 weeks!!!

I do feel like poop mostly from a wicked headache, I just took a whole whack of pain meds though so In an hour I should be good to go hahaha.

Meanwhile I am annoyed that my network here is down between the house and the barn, it means I have had to work in the house away from my fur and feathered babies AND the cameras are down as such…..

Of course that just means I have to walk out and check on them more frequently hahahaha - logical aren’t I ????

Speaking of which, I should go check them and see if I have any eggs

 

[BY Bob]

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

Here are some more good things.

• Well I'm glad you found an Avian vet. Less guessing even if there are no immediate answers.
• It is likely good news that the x-ray did not show anything abnormal.
• Blood work can be revealing.
• She is eating oyster shell.

I'm sending all the support I have to you over the interweb.

 

[Ponypoor]

Sorry to hear you are feeling so unwell. Don't do anything dumb - get some rest!

Just grumpy about my network down between house and barn this had to work in the house away from my babies - need to fix that before tonight.,

 

[bgmathteach]

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

Wow, nice of that raccoon to only semi-gorge itself

Hmmmm....I guess that is good news. A worming might make them perk up some. What worms? Ones different than what you wormed for recently? (or were the hooligans not wormed as they were separate at the time?) Maybe the blood test will tell more...or maybe she was just plain old feeling down? hormones do that to us cyclically (to some degree), maybe just starting laying has got her a bit off?? (yeah, I'm grasping at straws here....but TRYING to be hopeful!)

 

[featherhead007]

Wow, nice of that raccoon to only semi-gorge itself

Hmmmm....I guess that is good news. A worming might make them perk up some. What worms? Ones different than what you wormed for recently? (or were the hooligans not wormed as they were separate at the time?) Maybe the blood test will tell more...or maybe she was just plain old feeling down? hormones do that to us cyclically (to some degree), maybe just starting laying has got her a bit off?? (yeah, I'm grasping at straws here....but TRYING to be hopeful!)

I heard that raccoon tastes similar to possum!

 

[Ponypoor]

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

Ok so glad you can see the positive side

As for Lulu, worming likely isn’t a bad thing, I do the horses regularly and have done so for 40 odd years- just remember to withhold eggs if you eat them for a couple weeks.

You know animals are like people, they get viruses and ill same as us, we eat something that doesn’t agree with us…. Do you have West Nile virus there ? Maybe that is something to consider…?

 

[Ponypoor]

I heard that raccoon tastes similar to possum!

Like chicken I heard …..

 

[ValarieF]

They are beautiful.

thank you yes they are