Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Even failures such as that CAN be a lesson - IF anyone bothers to follow through on it. A very hard learning experience for all, especially the chicks...but that horrible experience SHOULD be used as a learning one so it doesn't happen again and so children become more aware of different social/non-social animals and the impact it has on their ability to thrive. I have to say, that is the teacher in me coming out - if we don't learn from our failures, we are doomed to repeat them. That said, my personal reaction to that story was both:

I am just astonished that someone would take on the task of bringing life into this world without understanding the responsibility that then entails. To do so without any of the basic knowledge associated with the "life" in question shows a complete lack of basic understanding. In short, I wonder how we can trust our children's education to someone who will not educate themselves.

Please know that I am not convicting all teachers, just this one.

For me, seeing such callous disregard for living things is frightening. If chicks are disposable and not worthy of care, what else is?

 

[BY Bob]

I see that the Queen and the 'aspiring to be queen' are both on the throne - high above the underlings!

They spend a lot of time together those two. It could be a burgeoning friendship or it could just be because they are both extremely food motivated.

 

[BY Bob]

I brought my emotional support rooster inside just now, so he can get some food and rest.

Has he fully recovered yet?

 

[BY Bob]

She has been on Clariton for a couple years now. For a long time it worked really well. Then she started having to take the 4 hour chlortrimeton on top of it during the spring and fall. Now we have to have a inhaler to the mix. I think they are getting worse as she is getting older. We go back next Tuesday for a follow up with the dr and discuss if meds need to be changed. Allergy shots were mentioned by the nurse who performed the test. I hope that is not the case, but, if she needs them she will get them. I just am extremely thankful she is not allergic to cats, dogs and her horse. Grandma kept insisting she was allergic to the cat and dogs. Rosie kept telling her she did not care if she was, they were staying.

My oldest daughter went far away to University in Kansas. There a was a tree there that she had never encountered before. The first spring she was there that tree tried to kill her. She was to the ER several times because her allergic reaction was so severe. We wound up getting her the shots. They worked beautifully. She never had the problem again.

 

[BY Bob]

Did the teacher know it was a failure? If no one lets them know then it’s a missed opportunity for learning.

Meanwhile chicken math will need coming to this place, apparently the teachers incubator hold 24 eggs

There is no need to fill it up. Just because there are 24 slots it does not mean you need to hatch 24 chickens. This is about a learning experience. The same experience cane be had with 6 as 24.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I went out to get some 2 for Tuesday photos and for once my chickens were mostly paired up and co-operated.

Sun worshiping Buff Orps. Butter is front and center there.

The other 2.

Truthfully all 4 were resting together. I think it was the weekly Buff orp meeting as no one else was around them.

These next ones I love. Let's call them a "contrast in black and white."

This one is my favorite.

2 Marshmallows. They are little stalkers I tell you. One is always watching.

Well, I tried to get Twig and Perdita. Instead I got a wonderful photo of wild onions.

Branch and Ducky

 

[featherhead007]

I know what he can and can’t handle

Has he fully recovered yet?

Today he needs some more rest and medication to his comb. The poor guy has been through a terrible ordeal and gets tired easily. I’m caring for him the best I can. This feathered cantaloupe needs my attention!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Gryffyn hard at work. She had managed to steal another egg that I had to remove from her. This will probably be a daily occurrence now.

Louis cleans up all his hay except the small amount she has made her nest out of.

 

[featherhead007]

I went out to get some 2 for Tuesday photos and for once my chickens were mostly paired up and co-operated.

Sun worshiping Buff Orps. Butter is front and center there.
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2 Marshmallows. They are little stalkers I tell you. One is always watching.
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Well, I tried to get Twig and Perdita. Instead I got a wonderful photo of wild onions.
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Branch and Ducky
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That song comes to mind “Ebony and Ivory, living in perfect harmony “

 

[lightm]

Last time I gave amoxicillin I dissolved it and syringed it into Patsy. The amoxicillin dose I use is 200 mg/kg orally, twice per day. You should give electrolytes or provide gatorade with Amoxicillin as it can lower potassium levels.

So, you can break the coconut oil (frozen or room tempt) into smaller bits and feed it that way. I do not know if the capsule dissolves quickly enough in a chicken's digestive system or not; maybe @BY Bob or @RoyalChick would know that.

When I gave my girl antibiotics, the capsule was dosed for humans, so I opened the capsule, mixed it with some H20, and syringed it into her. (I mixed it with water to help being able to meter out the correct dose, and it wasn't much, so I could easily give it a drop at a time onto the tongue and she swallowed it on her own. If you don't have a needle-less syringe, Walmart's pharmacy will give them out for free (cheap disposable plastic ones, but I keep, sanitize & reuse) Just tell them you have liquid medicine you need to dispense - they will ask the volume (cc s) and will give you an appropriate sized syringe.

I use capsules. I ordered some online and they sucked. Our pharmacy will sell you empties, which I have DH pick up every time he gets his meds, if we tell them it’s for giving chickens a powdered supplement. They are pretty cheap but better quality than anything I’ve found online. The online ones tend to stick in the chickens mouth and not go down easily but the pharmacy ones are good. I am sure between the gizzard and other digestive processes that the chickens can take them effectively.

Thank you!!

I will continue using capsules then. But now I realize that use syringe is also a good option. I do have many needless syringes.

The trouble with coconut oil is that Wendy is not taking any food at the moment. We've never had a hen fought so much I suppose there is still plenty of life in her.

Not sure if it's due to medicine, but Wendy is slightly more active. I saw her scratch a bit, and again ate some grass. When I let the whole gang out, she followed them. Nobody bothers her cause she is the alpha. (since we rehomed our super genius + aggressive hen Ginger)

edit: needless = needleless ...