Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Hahahaha - those silkies are a hoot! Such little characters

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Im way beyond excited Im ecstatic. Its small but its an egg lol. The girls were squatting and going nuts so I checked and found it. Maybe I should look for more lol.

It is exciting & Mom Nature is amazing. Your girls are groing up!

 

[knoturavggrl]

@ ValarieF Congratulations I am so happy for you!

 

[Cold-Blood]

One of my chickens was mauled by the LGD- probably out of boredom (we recently patched the last hole in her pen, so she can't go out and mark all the neighbors properties, and only go on walks on leash) She chewed on it a bit and left it. The injuries are horrific, and I'm trying to decide whether to cull her or give her a shot. He back and under her wings are in tatters with about 60% of her muscle gone or destroyed. Her body cavity's surface is exposed in places, but not destroyed. Thoughts? No vets around that will take chickens.

On a happier note, the chicken the broke her wing is doing well and appears to be in little pain. She now attempts to move it inside the wrap from time to time- it's not limp anymore.

 

[knoturavggrl]

I ordered eight Easter Egger chicks, for spring hatch. I really am obsessed with getting my EE’s this year!!

big news!! I am excited for you! Most of mine are some sort of EE, did you order a specific type of EE? I am excited for you, babies!!!!

 

[knoturavggrl]

One of my chickens was mauled by the LGD- probably out of boredom (we recently patched the last hole in her pen, so she can't go out and mark all the neighbors properties, and only go on walks on leash) She chewed on it a bit and left it. The injuries are horrific, and I'm trying to decide whether to cull her or give her a shot. He back and under her wings are in tatters with about 60% of her muscle gone or destroyed. Her body cavity's surface is exposed in places, but not destroyed. Thoughts? No vets around that will take chickens.

On a happier note, the chicken the broke her wing is doing well and appears to be in little pain. She now attempts to move it inside the wrap from time to time- it's not limp anymore.

I am so sorry, please post asap on the Emergency thread there are many people there who will help and have a-lot of knowledge. Get pics, take a huge deep breath, and post there so you get the help you need in time. There are many knowledgeable people here but idk if they will see this fast enough.

 

[lightm]

What I still can’t quite wrap my head around is how at temperatures that really shouldn’t exist, the two different scales start to match up -40 is just -40 regardless if Celsius or Fahrenheit… WHY??? and 30 is my tolerance level… in both C and F… lol no hotter or colder respectively. Delicate west coast flower…

I am more used to C. I understand what temperature is cold or hot in C, not F (still). When I had to use F, I was told a good trick that I am still using to this day for quick conversion.

• 68F = 20C
• 86F = 30C (Note 68 and 86 are flipped digits, and on the C side, both are multiples of 10, so not hard to memorize this pair)

Finally, "1C≈2F" in terms of difference. For example, to figure out what is 32C in F, you see that this is 2 degrees higher than 30C, this difference gets doubled to 4 degrees, which means you add 4 to 86, the corresponding F, so 32C is roughly 90F.

 

[ValarieF]

I am more used to C. I understand what temperature is cold or hot in C, not F (still). When I had to use F, I was told a good trick that I am still using to this day for quick conversion.

• 68F = 20C
• 86F = 30C (Note 68 and 86 are flipped digits, and on the C side, both are multiples of 10, so not hard to memorize this pair)

Finally, "1C≈2F" in terms of difference. For example, to figure out what is 32C in F, you see that this is 2 degrees higher than 30C, this difference gets doubled to 4 degrees, which means you add 4 to 86, the corresponding F, so 32C is roughly 90F.

too much math F pls

 

[lightm]

70 maybe but definitely no colder!

Even my chickies find anything cooler to cold! I am sure….

I'm with you.

 

[RoyalChick]

One of my chickens was mauled by the LGD- probably out of boredom (we recently patched the last hole in her pen, so she can't go out and mark all the neighbors properties, and only go on walks on leash) She chewed on it a bit and left it. The injuries are horrific, and I'm trying to decide whether to cull her or give her a shot. He back and under her wings are in tatters with about 60% of her muscle gone or destroyed. Her body cavity's surface is exposed in places, but not destroyed. Thoughts? No vets around that will take chickens.

On a happier note, the chicken the broke her wing is doing well and appears to be in little pain. She now attempts to move it inside the wrap from time to time- it's not limp anymore.

Oh how awful.
If it really is as bad as you describe it sounds like euthanasia would be kindest. But you should post on the emergency thread to get real advice.
You will need to post photos there probably with a spoiler.