Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

I was in the hospital. Bruised my rib when I fell on it they gave me some pain meds.

I'm sorry, heck you don't need more pain

 

[Marie2020]

The molting is lasting forever this year.

Same for princess

 

[Marie2020]

I can't have one here. That is really why Jabberwocky (and Ned for that matter) is gone. A neighbor complained and I had to get rid of Jabber.

Evict that neighbour

 

[Marie2020]

That just scared everyone here.

This one is fun because a bunch of hens try to take out this juvenile hawk. I promise this one won't be back to bother these ladies again.

Good on you girls, you show that blighter what he's messing with

 

[rural mouse]

I also think that molting is a big stress on their bodies and therefore if they are susceptible to something else it may happen during the molt.
Several chicken viruses (including Marek's and the one that Bella had) can go dormant in the body but then re-emerge at times of stress. I suspect this is what happened to Maggie and that her molt pushed her over the edge from something else she was living with before.
Going back over my Maggie files I also found something odd which is that she molted in February of this year too. I had forgotten that. So an October molt was very, very early for her.

They can do a light moult in spring...

 

[Marie2020]

That just scared everyone here.

This one is fun because a bunch of hens try to take out this juvenile hawk. I promise this one won't be back to bother these ladies again.

I love the way they are complaining after we should have done this and did you see what I did. The ruddy cheek of that thing coming in here

 

[rural mouse]

That makes a lot of sense.
Cannelle seems to be having all kind of issue while in the worse of her molt - a stuck egg, a hoarse throat, liquid florescent green poop and a nail hurting.
I don't know what is the main cause and what are just symptoms. But before she started molting and stopped laying, she was laying flat eggs. It could be either a virus she's been carrying all along, or a reproductive disorder.
Anyway I think molting is not something to be taken lightly even though it's perfectly normal.

Google translate did it for me

Well I never realized that! To us it's all some exotic accent and words we don't understand but then people from Paris can have trouble understanding those from Marseille... And I don't always understand the elderlies from my village ! Especially when they lack some teeth !
Regarding the language I remember that when I went to the states I found it very clever that my trainer didn't use words for commands to lounge her horses (walk, trot, stop...) but sounds and gestures. She had many spanish speaking riders, so it made sense! Don't know if that's the usual way it's done in the states.

Translate does a good job, definitely a fun song. Still doesn't translate this: ziguezon zin zon

 

[ManueB]

Translate does a good job, definitely a fun song. Still doesn't translate this: ziguezon zin zon

It must be a New Brunswick thing because it doesn't mean anything in my language either !
Sorry, just realized I out the link to the french lyrics and not the translation, I changed it.

 

[rural mouse]

It must be a New Brunswick thing because it doesn't mean anything in my language either !
Sorry, just realized I out the link to the french lyrics and not the translation, I changed it.

I copied the lyrics to translate so it worked. Sometimes the best songs have "nonsense" words in them. There's a children's book out that uses some of that too:

Tax

 

[BY Bob]

There was a huge ruckus out back this morning. Everyone was doing the alarm calls. I quickly run to the back door thinking it was a dog or coyote only to scare off the big crane that was in the middle of the creek. As soon as it was out of sight everyone immediately calmed down. That got me to thinking. This crane has walked the creek for years, my chickens have never paid it any mind. Why now? Could it be the culprit of my missing chicks? Yes it was walking the creek, but I've noticed that the minnows are gone now, have been for at least a week. If it is the culprit it is in the same category as a hawk and there is nothing I can do but run it off. I also did a head count, everybody's chicks were accounted for.

I never thought of a crane rating chicks before but why not? I suppose it certainly is possible.