Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Ducky got her name when we were cleaning the deer mom got. The chicks were about 4 weeks old at the time and none of them had names yet. A few pieces of meat was cut up and tossed to the chickens. One of what I then thought was a pullets was bold enough to steal a piece and keep it from the big girls. I decided that would be the one I would keep along with the yet unnamed blue chick. I decided to call it Sharp Tooth. That lead to the blue chick being named Ducky. Well, we know what happened, Sharp Tooth ended up revealing he was a boy about 2 weeks later darn it. By this point the name Ducky had stuck.

Well it's a great name And when she does something bad you can just say 'Well isn't that just ducky'....

 

[Ponypoor]

I never heard that. Love it!

It's Hoodlum deeds and vulgar words I like to associate with them hahaha! And they are cheeky little devils!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Oooohhhh...
How about : Mikew, or Mikoa (both pronounced: Mee-Koo) it means squirrel in Wabanaki legends ( Native Americans who lived in the general area of Maine)

Ooh I like that. Isn't the raccoon on the Disney movie Pocahontas named that? I loved that little raccoon in the movie.

 

[RoyalChick]

After two hours and 45 minutes we have a result!
It is pale minty blue green. It is 45 grams, and is the first egg laid in The Chicken Palace for a very long time.
She went a bit overboard on the calcium so it has a gritty texture from lots of tiny calcium deposits.
She was the only one who did not sing the egg song - both Eli and Bernie were shouting up a storm, and by the time she was done I was joining in too.
Taking a good picture with her and her egg was hard as the other two wanted to take credit for the egg and kept crowding in. And all Babs wanted to do was rehydrate.
But here goes - please celebrate with me!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

After two hours and 45 minutes we have a result!
It is pale minty blue green. It is 45 grams, and is the first egg laid in The Chicken Palace for a very long time.
She went a bit overboard on the calcium so it has a gritty texture from lots of tiny calcium deposits.
She was the only one who did not sing the egg song - both Eli and Bernie were shouting up a storm, and by the time she was done I was joining in too.
Taking a good picture with her and her egg was hard as the other two wanted to take credit for the egg and kept crowding in. And all Babs wanted to do was rehydrate.
But here goes - please celebrate with me!

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Congratulations Babs on such a pretty perfect egg. You never know, this may spur on Bernie to get with the program.

 

[bgmathteach]

After two hours and 45 minutes we have a result!
It is pale minty blue green. It is 45 grams, and is the first egg laid in The Chicken Palace for a very long time.
She went a bit overboard on the calcium so it has a gritty texture from lots of tiny calcium deposits.
She was the only one who did not sing the egg song - both Eli and Bernie were shouting up a storm, and by the time she was done I was joining in too.
Taking a good picture with her and her egg was hard as the other two wanted to take credit for the egg and kept crowding in. And all Babs wanted to do was rehydrate.
But here goes - please celebrate with me!

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Winner, winner - egg dinner!

Hurray for Babs. See, I told you Eli was singing the song for Babs!!!

Babs says: Whew, that was hard work, I'm thirsty (and hungry - but then I'm always hungry). Thanks for taking over the singing for me, girls...I was just too exhausted to chime in!

 

[rural mouse]

Rosie update.

This will probably bite me in the butt and I will end up coming down with whatever she has but I slept with her last night. She is sicker this time around then with covid. I kept her propped up on several pillows and she woke up about every 3 hours gasping for breath. She finally went into a deep sleep about 5 and slept until 10. When she woke up she had a fever or 102. This is high for her as her normal is in the 97 range. It was very obvious she was not going to be able to go back to school tomorrow so I did what the dr last night told me to do. Call the clinic and if need be they would extend her excuse. Nope, would have had to bring her back in tonight to be re-evaluated. I asked about her chest x-rays, still nothing. Ok, yup that is not going to work for me so I called her primary care doctor and explained the situation. Yes he was fully booked today but told me to have her there in 20 minutes and he would squeeze her in. We knew she tested positive for strep last night, but that was the only test they did. They also told me her ears were clear when that was her chief complaint. He looked at them, ear infection in both ears. She also has bronchitis and she was also given a upper respiratory panel test that will be back by 9 tomorrow. The bronchitis might be pneumonia, he is calling to get a rush to read her x-rays and will call me back this afternoon. We discussed her treatment for when she tested positive for covid and he is not happy. All she was given was a steroid shot, albuterol inhaler and told to take musinex. They did not give any antibiotics stating she did not need them. His treatment protocol for covid is steroid shot plus a z-pack, decongestant and a steroid pack. She does not return to school until Monday. She is to stay on the omnicef, but also got a antibiotic shot and a steroid shot. A steroid pack she starts tomorrow, decongestant, new inhaler that has a steroid in it she takes every 12 hours plus ordering a nebulizer that we should be able to pick up this afternoon and ear drops. She is on the verge of being hospitalized. She still could be pending results of the x-ray and the respiratory panel. Right now she just ate and has fallen back asleep. I'm going to leave her alone for a hour or two then check her temperature again. I know she is contagious, but I will be staying with her until she starts improving.

you're a good mom.

 

[rural mouse]

ooh, I like Grackle, it is different. So that would have 4 of the 5 named. Ducky, Athena, Perdita and Grackle. That just leaves Squirrels mini me. Mom was no help, asked for her suggestion, Squirrely. Umm...nope don't think so.

What about something to do with squirrels? What's the Latin name for squirrels? The term for a baby squirrel? Flying squirrel? Squirrel relative in the animal kingdom?

 

[rural mouse]

Going to need an Oak to go with that one!

That would be an Acorn x Twig baby

 

[featherhead007]

Sounds like he is quoting Sir Edgar Allen Crow.....

(teeheehee - I had an injured crow that I called that )

I’m more like eating crow! (Just saying) !