Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Chicken poppy]

Long time no see! How is everything?

Its going good! What about you?

 

[Ponypoor]

Its going good! What about you?

I am doing well, back out in northern Alberta working - been an awesome winter, mild for here and right not it's around the freezing mark (0.8C on my thermometer right now).

There are a few Enablers on here who have me on a Chick Quest So I have been looking for some chicks - even looking at getting some chicks out here and bringing home hahaha!

 

[lightm]

Oh no! That is awful.
Now I am scared for Babs. She wouldn’t be running around all fit and happy if her vent prolapsed would she?
Remember I still can’t catch her to examine her so I would have to look from a short distance.

Definitely sounds like Babs is fine. I had lots of double yolk eggs from our first generation when they started to lay. Interestingly never one double yolker from the 2nd generation (Foxy and Meimei).

So you haven't cracked your egg yet?

 

[rural mouse]

Oh no! That is awful.
Now I am scared for Babs. She wouldn’t be running around all fit and happy if her vent prolapsed would she?
Remember I still can’t catch her to examine her so I would have to look from a short distance.

The triple yolk caused it. The one doing the doubles last year was Cuckoo, I think. She's fine....still growing in feathers, though...

 

[rural mouse]

Oh no! That is awful.
Now I am scared for Babs. She wouldn’t be running around all fit and happy if her vent prolapsed would she?
Remember I still can’t catch her to examine her so I would have to look from a short distance.

The prolapse was noticeable at a distance.

 

[rural mouse]

We can get really nice warm weather in the low 70's in April, and I have even seen really nice weather in March - but that is very unusual.

Our consistently nice weather won't arrive until mid June, and really hot humid weather that lasts longer than the odd day, won't arrive until July and August.

By September it's back to cooler weather (though I have seen really hot weather in September but rarely). We have even been known to have snow in September!

So the short answer is mid June

Work has a remodel scheduled on the the building. Was originally supposed to start in January. What idiot wants to build with concrete in January in these latitudes?! It got rescheduled for March. Repeat the question and see comment replied to. We CAN see snow any month of the year (unusual June-August). Doesn't usually happen all in the same year, but 2018 had snow flying somewhere in the state EVERY month of the year.

Tax

(With snow)

 

[rural mouse]

Oh no! That is awful.
Now I am scared for Babs. She wouldn’t be running around all fit and happy if her vent prolapsed would she?
Remember I still can’t catch her to examine her so I would have to look from a short distance.

Double yolks aren't uncommon in birds early eggs.

 

[rural mouse]

Oh if I didn't have to worry about Roos I would love

dealing with Roos though is challenging for me - and heartbreaking

We had a 6-2 pullet to roo ratio from the eggs last year...

 

[RoyalChick]

Definitely sounds like Babs is fine. I had lots of double yolk eggs from our first generation when they started to lay. Interestingly never one double yolker from the 2nd generation (Foxy and Meimei).

So you haven't cracked your egg yet?

Not yet. Maybe this evening.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Oh no! Are they still wanting to go back there to lay ?! Oi- chickens!!! What can you do????

Yep, the ones that have been laying the longest though are using the nest boxes so at least there is that. Maybe the rest will come to the same conclusion soon? ‍♀