Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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Lilion said:
Oh my! Stay home and stay safe!!!

I just took out the dog for a quick walk and heard a ruckus in the run! No idea what was going on but a bunch of songbirds were scared off, I saw them scattering as the cackling happened! The run is covered. Maybe they were sitting on it? Anyway everyone acted like they were starving when I went to check, but otherwise were unscathed. The starvation was BS because they always have open feeders in the coop and I gave them a tiny bit of scratch earlier. (Really! It was tiny!) Mindful of the whole "not so many treats" thing, but who can withstand begging chickens, I mean...look at this face!View attachment 3427755
I pulled up some fresh chickweed from the yard, which they fell on voraciously. Surely stuff they could forage if I allowed them to free-range doesn't count?
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You can’t refuse that face !
 
Chicken poppy said:
I was breaking ice for the cows and it was so thick, pounding it with a sledgehammer barely did a dent to it. Well, i guess i was a little too confident in the thickness so thr water ended up going to my knees and i got stuck in the mud. Let me say this, my shoe was stuck at the bottom from the mud, i nearly face planted in the water trying to get out, and had to spend a hour caring for the cows in the cold with soaking socks and soaked boots. After ten minutes or so i actually enjoyed the sogginess.
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:sick Wet socks!
 
featherhead007 said:
Especially not me! Hen-Rietta has a bad bumble foot and I can’t hold her and fix it up at the same time! :hit
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You could use a helper. But have you tried holding her firmly like a football under your arm /armpit, her head pointed behind you, while sitting on your thigh? That is how I have looked at their underfeet here. I get them settled in that position, then with my free hand slowly pull the leg back (like they are stretching it out behind them). My hand is so that my thumb is on top of the bottom of the foot. I found in fact that if I gently stroked the bottom of their foot with my thumb while I pulled it, they would relax that leg, if not at first, after one or two tries. Your other hand is somewhat available to help if you have supplies nearby.
 
ChicoryBlue said:
You could use a helper. But have you tried holding her firmly like a football under your arm /armpit, her head pointed behind you, while sitting on your thigh? That is how I have looked at their underfeet here. I get them settled in that position, then with my free hand slowly pull the leg back (like they are stretching it out behind them). My hand is so that my thumb is on top of the bottom of the foot. I found in fact that if I gently stroked the bottom of their foot with my thumb while I pulled it, they would relax that leg, if not at first, after one or two tries. Your other hand is somewhat available to help if you have supplies nearby.
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I have been soaking her feet in epsom salt water and lubricant. I’m just not ready to dig the object out yet
 
featherhead007 said:
She’s not a normal chicken, she’s a redhead Leghorn
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