Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Im gonna say Im a little worried. My red and white blood count is high along with hemostatin and hemoglobin, I know I dont have an infection because I just finished 2 rounds of antibiotics last week. I felt fine this morning but threw up again this afternoon. My sides and gut hurt off and on. I feel like its been going on awhile and ties into my weakness and dizziness. I cant wait to hear from the dr tomorrow. I have a ct scan april 4th first thing in the morning. My hubby has been taking care of animals and making sure my chooks have food and water and are locked in at night. The baby chicks are doing ok. And the silkies will be hatching any day now. I have a lot of chickens to take care of and cant afford anything major.

I have to agree, you have something going on. I wish you the very best in your situation. I’m not feeling well either. BP medicine has been changed, and I guess I have that shingles infection again, also
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[rural mouse]

Picture #3 - those long orange legs - just

Pic #6: sleepy pile

 

[RoyalChick]

I’m sorry I have been absent from the posts. It’s been so crazy here with flooding and power outages/ internet issues and many streets flooded and dams are dangerously overflowing. I will definitely try to catch up with the thread (but it won’t be easy)

@featherhead007
Alex- you may have already found this, but here is a summary that @Ponypoor posted last week - it should help you catch up.
I will be posting another summary on Saturday coming for the week just gone.

 

[ValarieF]

I have to agree, you have something going on. I wish you the very best in your situation. I’m not feeling well either. BP medicine has been changed, and I guess I have that shingles infection again, also
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I hope you feel better soon.

 

[featherhead007]

Nope, that is twig to the far right.

Glad Twiggy didn’t have to go anywhere!

 

[rural mouse]

Little Eli has problems
Eli has been having issues this week and I keep delaying sharing here as I have spent most days unsure if she would pull through.
It has now been almost a week and it is unclear how this will resolve and I am sharing now so you know what she is dealing with and can send good thoughts her way.

About a week ago Eli became egg bound. I spent a day and a half giving calcium, inserting lubricant, and frantically calling vets. Finally she laid an egg and was much better for a whole day.
Then it happened again. This time she spent two days straining and crying out. I have put the video in a spoiler as it is a bit distressing.

Then on Tuesday, after a morning of straining, she laid two eggs. TWO eggs!
One of them was regular sized, the other weighed 3 ounces.
The 3 ounce one was a monster of an egg and had two yolks. These photos give a sense of the comparison of the two eggs - the smaller one is a regular size egg.

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Poor little girl. No wonder she was in distress!
As well as the straining I also noticed that her legs got weak. She couldn't jump up and spent 2 nights roosting down on the roost. Babs agreed to stay with her and Bernie was very well behaved.

I really hoped that the issue was resolved once that monster egg was out, but sadly she is egg bound again now. She had a good day today running around outside, but yesterday she was in the nest box straining for 2 hours, and at 4:30 this morning she flew down from the rafters in the dark and spent another 2 hours straining in the nest box.

Having talked to multiple vets there is not really anything I can do for her except hope for the best.

Poor little Eli.

 

[featherhead007]

@featherhead007
Alex- you may have already found this, but here is a summary that @Ponypoor posted last week - it should help you catch up.
I will be posting another summary on Saturday coming for the week just gone.

Thanks RC.

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Well, tomorrow morning, I'm off to CT so you'll hear from me again on my other account (you all know what it is).
Poor Grandma. I wish she could come with us. Sorry, we can't let you sleep outside and they won't let you in the house.

 

[featherhead007]

I have to agree, you have something going on. I wish you the very best in your situation. I’m not feeling well either. BP medicine has been changed, and I guess I have that shingles infection again, also
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Don’t get me wrong. I can survive, as long as I have my cup of Coco, and my emotional support rooster with me. They both do a fine job of comforting me.

 

[Lilion]

Hair cut and nail trim

Poor Mr P such an indignity hahaha
And grabbed him up, he scream murder! Marty was ready to do battle with me haha. But I got him trimmed, and I think he can see better.

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Mr. MULLET!

Oh that second picture!

Poor fella. This is all I could think of.

The Marshmallows are now 7 weeks old.
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They are amazingly cute!!!

Madea turned 2 months old on the 7th. Let the crying commence, I was fooled.
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And Medea is gorgeous!

Little Eli has problems
Eli has been having issues this week and I keep delaying sharing here as I have spent most days unsure if she would pull through.
It has now been almost a week and it is unclear how this will resolve and I am sharing now so you know what she is dealing with and can send good thoughts her way.

About a week ago Eli became egg bound. I spent a day and a half giving calcium, inserting lubricant, and frantically calling vets. Finally she laid an egg and was much better for a whole day.
Then it happened again. This time she spent two days straining and crying out. I have put the video in a spoiler as it is a bit distressing.

Spoiler: Eli having trouble

Then on Tuesday, after a morning of straining, she laid two eggs. TWO eggs!
One of them was regular sized, the other weighed 3 ounces.
The 3 ounce one was a monster of an egg and had two yolks. These photos give a sense of the comparison of the two eggs - the smaller one is a regular size egg.

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Poor little girl. No wonder she was in distress!
As well as the straining I also noticed that her legs got weak. She couldn't jump up and spent 2 nights roosting down on the roost. Babs agreed to stay with her and Bernie was very well behaved.

I really hoped that the issue was resolved once that monster egg was out, but sadly she is egg bound again now. She had a good day today running around outside, but yesterday she was in the nest box straining for 2 hours, and at 4:30 this morning she flew down from the rafters in the dark and spent another 2 hours straining in the nest box.

Having talked to multiple vets there is not really anything I can do for her except hope for the best.

Poor little Eli.

The poor baby!

Im gonna say Im a little worried. My red and white blood count is high along with hemostatin and hemoglobin, I know I dont have an infection because I just finished 2 rounds of antibiotics last week. I felt fine this morning but threw up again this afternoon. My sides and gut hurt off and on. I feel like its been going on awhile and ties into my weakness and dizziness. I cant wait to hear from the dr tomorrow. I have a ct scan april 4th first thing in the morning. My hubby has been taking care of animals and making sure my chooks have food and water and are locked in at night. The baby chicks are doing ok. And the silkies will be hatching any day now. I have a lot of chickens to take care of and cant afford anything major.

Oh my! I'm so sorry to hear you're so unwell. I hate how people have to wait for tests! Surely they'll do something before April 4th!

I have to agree, you have something going on. I wish you the very best in your situation. I’m not feeling well either. BP medicine has been changed, and I guess I have that shingles infection again, also
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Oh I've had shingles...an extremely mild case...and it's no fun. I hope you feel better soon.

I never even saw my chickens today! I was at the office all day. I definitely prefer working from home...and cant wait to retire!