Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

I should probably rephrase that: As kids, has anyone ever considered taking your pet to school?

I just had a vision of my budgie flying around home room hahahaha

Wish I had chickens way back then

 

[RoyalChick]

OK got some more information, but do the "nm" numbers in the "photoreceptors" section in the table below correlate with light frequency that we think they can see?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5653414/
@RoyalChick

Table 1​

Comparative Anatomy

​	Gallus gallus Chickens​	Humans​	References​
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Relative Size​	50% of cranial volume occupied by orbit	5% of cranial volume occupied by orbit	(Waldvogel, 1990)​
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Cornea​	Diameter: 9.1mm Thickness: 405µm 5 layers with true Bowman's layer Assists with accommodation	Diameter: 11.5–12.5mm Thickness: and 518–558µm 5 layers with true Bowman's layer Does not assist with accommodation	Chicken: (Fowler et al., 2004; Glasser et al., 1994; Jones et al., 2007; Kanski, 1994; Richey et al., 2011)​
Human: (Grewal et al., 2010; Rüfer et al., 2005)​
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Sclera​	Scleral ossicles present Contains hyaline cartilage 2 layers, fibrous and cartilaginous	No scleral ossicles No hyaline cartilage layer	(Coulombre and Coulombre, 1973; Koch, 1973; Rada et al., 1991)​
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Choroid​	Multi-layered, loosely cellular, and highly vascular tissue 250 µm mean global thickness	Multi-layered, loosely cellular, and highly vascular tissue Approx. 200 µm peripapillary thickness	Chicken: (Jones et al., 2007; Koch, 1973; Nava et al., 2016; Wood, 1917)​
Human: (Ho et al., 2011)​
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Iris​	Striated muscle	Smooth muscle	(Koch, 1973)​
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Lens​	Thickness: 3.5 mm Anterior Radius of curvature: 5.9 mm	Thickness: 3.9 mm Anterior Radius of curvature: 10.5 mm	Chicken: (Iribarren et al., 2014; Samuelson, 1991)​
Human: (Schachar, 2004)​
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Photoreceptors​	LWS (571 nm), RH2 (508 nm), SWS2 (455 nm) SWS1 (415 nm), cone opsins* RH1 rod opsin Double cone present 3:2 cone to rod ratio overall Oil droplets present in cones Rod-free area centralis for highest visual acuity with highest cone density (approx. 15,000 to 36,000 cones/mm2) Approx. 350 µm thick at area centralis	2 LWS (L (558 nm), M (531 nm)), and SWS1 (419 nm) cone opsins** RH1 rod opsin No double cone 1:20 cone to rod ratio overall No oil droplets Rod-free fovea centralis for highest visual acuity with highest cone density (approx. 140,000 and 188,000 cones/mm2) Approx. 190 µm thick at fovea	Chicken: (Bowmaker, 2008; Bueno et al., 2011; Dartnall et al., 1983; Hart, 2001; Headington et al., 2011; Kram et al., 2010; Meyer and May, 1973; Nava et al., 2016; Okano et al., 1992)​
Human: (Bowmaker, 2008; Curcio et al., 1990; Jonas et al., 1992; Kashani et al., 2010; Okano et al., 1992; Wells-Gray et al., 2016)​
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Optic Nerve and Inner Retina​	Pecten oculi limits optic nerve head visualization Lamina cribrosa present Approx. 2.4 million ganglion cells in inner retina NIRG*** cell Bullwhip neuron	No pecten oculi Lamina cribrosa present Approx. 700,000 – 1.5 million ganglion cells in inner retina Unknown if NIRG cell (NIRG is present in nonhuman primates) Unknown if Bullwhip neuron	Chicken: (Fischer et al., 2005, 2010a, 2010b; Morcos and Chan-Ling, 2000; Rager and Rager, 1978)​
Human: (Curcio and Allen, 1990).​
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Vasculature​	Retina is avascular Pecten oculi supplies nutrition and oxygen to inner retina via diffusion through the vitreous Choriocapillaris supplies outer retina	Retinal artery supplies the inner retina No pecten oculi Choriocapillaris supplies outer retina	(Jones et al., 2007; Waldvogel, 1990)​

Wow! I have bookmarked all the IR posts and articles and will look at them all in a day or so.
I came back from my trip and became really sick - temperature of 103F (or 39.4C, which sounds so much less scary!).
I am tentatively going to try sipping some soup and then going back to bed.
The feline nurses have been working round the clock - by which I mean they take turns on which one will sleep on my head, my shoulders and my knees. With support like that I am bound to feel better soon!

 

[RoyalChick]

Does this mean if I get the urge to comment on a old post it's fine to?

Yes! I enjoy the reminders.

 

[BY Bob]

Happy Caturday

Éowyn sunning herself

 

[BY Bob]

Wow! I have bookmarked all the IR posts and articles and will look at them all in a day or so.
I came back from my trip and became really sick - temperature of 103F (or 39.4C, which sounds so much less scary!).
I am tentatively going to try sipping some soup and then going back to bed.
The feline nurses have been working round the clock - by which I mean they take turns on which one will sleep on my head, my shoulders and my knees. With support like that I am bound to feel better soon!

I'm sorry sorry to hear you are ill. I hope you are feeling better soon.

 

[Ponypoor]

School spirit week: cowboy and Indian day. DH rode his horse to school. Principal was pissed. Had to figure out where to put the horse and provide water for the day (law, still on the books).

Hahahaha

Not a school story, but… I loaned a POA to my neighbour for his daughter to use in PPG (Prince Phillip Games), Lily was almost 14hh so a big pony, and my neighbour would use her to ride fencing and check his cattle.

One day I was in town and image my surprise at seeing Lily being ridden across the busy roads from the Fair grounds to Tim Hortons (donut and coffee place).

Curious as to what he was doing, I turned into the parking lot and watched as he went through the drive through hahahahaha

He is a crazy man, vexed me many times with his antics

Tax for memory lane
Three tiny chicks

 

[Ponypoor]

Happy Caturday

Éowyn sunning herselfView attachment 3476894View attachment 3476895View attachment 3476896View attachment 3476897

Cats know how to relax and sunbathe just as well as chickens

 

[Ponypoor]

Wow i haven't seen hail in awhile. Was gonna go feed the chooks. I'll let hubby do it lol.

It hasn’t stopped raining here all night, the chickens are mad they can’t go out - let me rephrase that - they won’t go out!

It’s just pelting down, and I scared the crap out of them and the horses with my bright yellow slicker hahahaha been a while since I wore it.

 

[Ponypoor]

We got that yesterday....in the form of snow (as usual), mostly melting on contact.

Indigo doing some exploringView attachment 3476864

Better perspective View attachment 3476865
And she jumped/flew down.

Wow hahaha that’s a silly hen

 

[Ponypoor]

Black Copper Marans

Hahaha darn yes again another acronym I have heard before silly forgetful me — thanks!