Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

A public service announcement from Queen Butter to all the other Queens of their flocks.

How well have you trained your slaves, er human servant.
Do they allow you inside to have your fill out of the dog food bowls before the dogs are allowed to eat?
Do they have a heater turned on just for you?
Do they allow you all the time in the world to warm yourself in front of it and preen every feather?

If not, get to work, your slaves need training and it is up to you to do so.

 

[featherhead007]

A public service announcement from Queen Butter to all the other Queens of their flocks.

How well have you trained your slaver, er human servant.
Do they allow you inside to have your fill out of the dog food bowls before the dogs are allowed to eat?
Do they have a heater turned on just for you?
Do they allow you all the time in the world to warm yourself in front of it and preen every feather?

If not, get to work, your slaves need training and it is up to you to do so.
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Butter with a dirty beak!!

 

[Cold-Blood]

Looks like you are doing a good job of taking care of her. Hope she heals soon.
Any idea how she did it?

I owe tax, going to try to get some twofer pics when I go out.

I believe the LGD might have stepped on it. She likes to sit with them when they are sunning.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Butter with a dirty beak!!

She stuffed herself with rice, chicken and beef from leftover cream chip beef. I know her beak was dirty but you do not point out such things to a queen.

 

[Cold-Blood]

@Noah P
Here is a link to one of @RoyalChick 's posts with links to pain management/med for chickens.

Just remember that if your SLW is a bantam, general statements of 'per bird', not pre pound/per kilogram will be off by weight is the best way to go if possible.

Wishing you much luck with assisting your lovely girl!

Thank you- I bookmarked it.

 

[ValarieF]

Wow that was great. Dottie snuggled with me. I warmed her up. Then Summer jumped in my lap and cuddled and warmed up which is amazing. Freya also got lap love and hugs. They all got treats. Hades and Maleficent thought about lap love. And yes I kiss my chickens.

 

[Cold-Blood]

What was the rigid structure? I can't see in the picture.

Four thick stir sticks padded with some gauze, wrapped with that tape.

 

[Cold-Blood]

Great Job, Noah! She looks much more content, her stance is better, anyways. So, hopefully securing the wing is helping some with her pain. I would still consider some anti-inflammatory pain meds, though. Aspirin, Ibuprofen, I linked you to a previous relevant pain med post of @RoyalChick just a bit ago, hopefully that will help you (and her)

While this is different than a broken leg, I found that my hen did better with the pain meds for the first week. Then, at 2 weeks when I took the splint off, I, the bone seemed knitted (though it may not have been fully healed, it was healed enough to be rigid without the splint.) I had her in a sling thereafter so she could exercise it but not put full weight on it - and I gave her [pain meds 1/2 hour before I did physical therapy on her leg. (gently worked on range of motion at joints so they stayed limber,.)

So, if you are able...keep it as is for 2 weeks, then remove splint and wrap, check it all out. Gently see if there is more rigidity (i.e. bone is at least partially knit) If it appears that it is at least partially knit, I would wrap wing to body but without splint for another week...and daily at that point gently spread wing and let her retract it so there is some joint movement. If she fights you, let go of the wing so you don't cause it to rebreak.

And, as mentioned above, give pain meds....especially now for the first few days, and again before therapy.

You are doing well!!

 

[Cold-Blood]

Do you have any idea what happened?

I think the LGD stepped on it.

 

[ValarieF]

Some more of the gang