Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[micstrachan]

@Ponypoor @micstrachan, After a little thought and permission from my boss we will put the lone rooster with Itty Bitty and the mini RIR gal. I forgot they have been recuperating together from severe molt and rooster over indulgence. All 3 are about the same size. We have a temporary pen to see if they get along with the boy. If it's a good match then hammer and saw will be called into use again

Wonderful! Keep us posted!

 

[Ponypoor]

Yes but she might be crankier than usual.

Should be some good answers in that case!

 

[BY Bob]

Where is she in the tribe(s) order? Her behavior might change when the order changes or there’s some other shift. This competitiveness is what she thinks she has to do now.
Hasn’t @BY Bob seen this kind of change with Aurora?

Aurora is mellower now that she is running the joint. She does still remind everyone she is running the joint, especially Hattie but not like she used to.

 

[micstrachan]

She is moving pretty good there. Seems like she had a pretty good day.

Thanks, Bob. She has spurts of acting normal, which is all I can hope for at this point. In addition to ascites, she has a VERY slow, if not totally stagnant crop. If I can’t help her get it moving, the end will come sooner than later. Today she had an epsom salt flush. I think tomorrow I’m going coconut oil and massage. I think she may have an impacted gizzard.

 

[BY Bob]

A lucky sunlit picture of my sweet little girl Esmae hanging with the chickens.
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Marvelous.

 

[BY Bob]

Caturday Saturday

Bet everyone thought I wouldn't have any cat pictures - right? Well do I have cat pictures for you.

Esp @BY Bob
@Ribh

Enjoy!

Spoiler: Here Kitty Kitty Kitty....

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Lynx! A friend in Fort St John sent these to me

Wow! Big cat. But mine has better ear tufts!

 

[BY Bob]

I have two tribes unfortunately, because the four chicks hatched by Chipie have never been integrated by the original flock. With her hatch mates, there was no hierarchy up to now. Piou-piou was the first to lay and the first that Gastounet mated. Now he's begining to court and mate the two others, and she probably wants to maintain her special status.
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About the influence of winter on pullets beginning to lay, I recently came upon this post and was interested as I had not read something like this before
"The actual length of daylight isn't that important, whether the days are getting longer or shorter is the really important part"
The source of the information isn't mentioned and I don't know the poster's degree of expertise, but it's different from what is usually said that more or less under a certain number of hours of day light a hen will not begin to lay.
I also hope Bernadette has no issue. She certainly looks lovely and healthy in both pictures.

Interesting theory but does it fit with the reality of lighted coops keeping hens laying year round? I wonder.

In none of my research or my courses have I heard that theory. It has always been the amount of sunlight not the trend of sunlight.

 

[BY Bob]

Its a beautiful day for pics and everyone cooperated
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Such beautiful ladies.

 

[Ponypoor]

Wow! Big cat. But mine has better ear tufts!
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Yes she sure does!

 

[BY Bob]

OMG!!!

Ain't photoshop great!