Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Yes. Very smelly.
I don't know where she got a head injury though - I mean I saw the event on camera. One minute she was fine and the next she lost her balance. More like a stroke than an injury.

Well I say let well enough alone, if she is getting better that is spectacularly wonderful and I am just giddy with relief as I know you are too!

If she is going broody I wonder what to odds would be if she would take on your chicks??

Has anyone ever fostered older chicks onto a broody?

 

[RoyalChick]

I am so glad to hear that Eli's mysterious imbalance issue is almost gone. It does sound like she is broody.

Inky has gone broody May 1st. I took a video. It looks very much like the video from Rebecca of her Ducky. I knew she was going broody since half a month ago with all her pre-broody's signs.

Thank you. Both your and @RebeccaBoyd's video have the same tut-tut-tut sound and Eli is definitely making that noise. She also flared up when I took Babs' egg from under her.
Not a good picture because it is almost dark - but she has now moved into the middle bay, effectively blocking access to the boxes on either side and she seems to be quite fluffed up.
I am not sure exactly what to do - because of her weird illness I am worried about nutrition. Vet said to keep supportive care with food and vitamins in case any kind of deficiency was making her worse.
My plan at the moment is to make her get up and eat a couple of times a day and to keep that little pot of chick starter food right by her. I notice she will eat ravenously from that but only if I come and touch her and stroke her. She doesn't seem to like me doing that but it stirs her up and she eats.
Does anyone else have any suggestions on how to handle it? I mean I could direct dose her with Nutridrench each day but it feels like it would be better if she ate of her own accord even if I need to pull her out of the box to make her do so.
What do you all think?

 

[RoyalChick]

Well I say let well enough alone, if she is getting better that is spectacularly wonderful and I am just giddy with relief as I know you are too!

If she is going broody I wonder what to odds would be if she would take on your chicks??

Has anyone ever fostered older chicks onto a broody?

I was wondering the same thing. I have been watching her reaction to their noises. They are right above her head in their brooder box. She is very alert and interested in the sounds (unlike Bernie who seems entirely uninterested) but when one of them was crying she had no instinct to go investigate or help.

 

[featherhead007]

As of right now Philomena and Beetov-Hen have been appeased with some Beethoven music (sorry Alex-the name was too good for me to pass up the opportunity to name a chicken that.

I’m flattered. Remember though, Beetov-Hens never go to freezer camp!

 

[notabitail]

“I like Texas people, give us a kiss ”:
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I'm a California person. You can take the boy out of California but you can't take the California out of the boy.

 

[notabitail]

Allergies most likely - like me right now - sniffle sniffle sniffle… cough sniffle…. Sneeze!

Forgot the fluffy butt!

A snoozing fluffy butt
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I have a cold right now. But that's better than a hurt eye. I hope yours gets better.

 

[notabitail]

I’m flattered. Remember though, Beetov-Hens never go to freezer camp!

They learn music instead.
I think that chicken was Petra in the photo. I picked the wrong one up, but one is named Beetov-Hen.

 

[lightm]

Thank you. Both your and @RebeccaBoyd's video have the same tut-tut-tut sound and Eli is definitely making that noise. She also flared up when I took Babs' egg from under her.
Not a good picture because it is almost dark - but she has now moved into the middle bay, effectively blocking access to the boxes on either side and she seems to be quite fluffed up.
I am not sure exactly what to do - because of her weird illness I am worried about nutrition. Vet said to keep supportive care with food and vitamins in case any kind of deficiency was making her worse.
My plan at the moment is to make her get up and eat a couple of times a day and to keep that little pot of chick starter food right by her. I notice she will eat ravenously from that but only if I come and touch her and stroke her. She doesn't seem to like me doing that but it stirs her up and she eats.
Does anyone else have any suggestions on how to handle it? I mean I could direct dose her with Nutridrench each day but it feels like it would be better if she ate of her own accord even if I need to pull her out of the box to make her do so.
What do you all think?

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You got a broody monster!

I would take her off the nest at least twice a day to make sure she eats, drinks, and poops.

Inky is now a reliable broody who goes broody every May. Poor baby, we don't have the capacity to have more babies at this point. Hopefully next year she can.

Inky also got pecked by multiple chickens when I brought her out of the nest in front of food bowl :-( Hopefully she won't be gang bullied later when she's out of broody phase.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I still have trouble with PITA and Blanche (they're 2 at the end of the month) unless I can see their combs....and they have splash marks that differ. Lark and Indigo are just as bad and they're a year old. Nox and Mera are a little easier, and Belladonna and Primula I don't mix up at all....watch that change when they moult...

I have a flock full of black hens and white teenagers. They all have names and I can tell them all apart. Except the Marshmallows, I give up with them. I have 5 peeps.

 

[RoyalChick]

I have a flock full of black hens and white teenagers. They all have names and I can tell them all apart. Except the Marshmallows, I give up with them. I have 5 peeps.

I think when the Marshmallow combs come in you will be able to tell them apart that way. One will curve to the left, one to the right, one both left and right etc.
I can't wait to see them with full on Leghorn combs - I love a big floppy comb!