Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[GregnLety]

The children of Viajito plus the son of Big Boy

 

[Ponypoor]

I am checking in with an update on Eli and it makes me very sad.
She is seriously ill - probably terminal though I haven't given up hope.
You may remember she was poorly before she went broody and has been fine through her broody period and adopting the little Pentagonists.
On Friday afternoon however she took a sudden turn for the worse.
I could not get a vet appointment earlier than Monday afternoon and I am not certain she will last that long.
She is comfortable and has chosen a secluded spot in the Chicken Palace. Babs and the little ones have all stopped by to visit and sit with her.
Poor little flying chicken, she is sadly grounded right now.

Oh no! What’s her symptoms? Poor wee gal. I sure hope your Vet can assist you.

 

[Ponypoor]

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Oooo fuzzy legs They are all lovely.

 

[Marie2020]

Princess is complaining and Tina is loving her life

 

[ChicoryBlue]

WHY THE FAVORITES???!!!

Poor Lhicken. She is at the bottom of the pecking order, and got bullied so much she wasn't able to even EAT or DRINK. She laid an egg on the floor and is very lethargic. She has had some mash, dandelions, and water, and seems a bit better. But WHY. The. Favorites. Alllways. Get. Targeted.
Those darn hens

Multiple feed and water stations might help there with bullying around that, also may need to station them out of sight lines one from the other (via a barrier if necessary).

 

[rural mouse]

This update does not surprise me although saddens me. I lost the very tiny silkie mix. I have been worried about this chick since the moment it hatched. I have never had one hatch that tiny, even a pure silkie. It ate and drank and I even treated it since day 1 with save a chick. At 5 days old it never grew. Yes it was sporting wing feathers instead of down but it was clearly failing to thrive. This past week has just sucked. I am very close to being mentally done with chicks this season.

 

[rural mouse]

For those of you with Barred Rocks, should their legs be that color?

Yes. yellow skin, black wash.

 

[rural mouse]

I am checking in with an update on Eli and it makes me very sad.
She is seriously ill - probably terminal though I haven't given up hope.
You may remember she was poorly before she went broody and has been fine through her broody period and adopting the little Pentagonists.
On Friday afternoon however she took a sudden turn for the worse.
I could not get a vet appointment earlier than Monday afternoon and I am not certain she will last that long.
She is comfortable and has chosen a secluded spot in the Chicken Palace. Babs and the little ones have all stopped by to visit and sit with her.
Poor little flying chicken, she is sadly grounded right now.

 

[rural mouse]

From the in-laws yesterday

 

[bgmathteach]

So, chicken update from Mathematical Acres (note that, abbreviated, it is MA? ha, ha)

So far, my broody BR has stuck to sitting, and with me taking her off the next every morning and locking her out (thanks to @RebeccaBoyd 's suggestion with my WR), she poops, eats drinks, and when I leave her long enough (most days), she sits & preens. She has 5 eggs under her (I put six, but she kicked one out with in 48 hours. ?How do they know so quickly?!? Now, one of my DC is broody. I set eggs with her Friday night, but Hubby forgot and collected her eggs yesterday. I had her last laid egg under her - she hasn't laid since Thursday.... I will 'reset' her tonight with some eggs from today. (he collected and washed all the eggs, so I couldn't rescue hers) So, I should have more chicks hatching next weekend, and then some in 3 weeks time. I must say, I really am upset about hubby collecting the eggs because I like to set them on Thursday night or Friday, so they hatch on the weekend when I am around.

And, my WR chicks are growing like weeds! They are about 3 weeks old (tomorrow & Tuesday). One is cross-beaked, but seems to still be thriving atm. I make sure there is a 'deep dish' of feed so it can bury its beak in it and eat. Of course, the Cross beak appears to be a pullet.

@rural mouse & @RebeccaBoyd here are some pics from this morning: Who is Roo & Who is Pullet?

#1 & 2 (1 in front - light color, #2 in back, dark/barred)

#1 front and center, #3 back left. #4, headless (moved too quick!)

#4

#5 # 3 & 5 are very similar in coloring - I can only tell them apart if they are together (i.e. if you took one of them out, and I couldn't see the other, I wouldn't be sure which one it was.) One of them has a slightly smaller comb.

Spoiler: What I am guessing for R/P

I think #1, 3, & 4 are Roos. #2 has the cross beak. #5s comb is more pea like than #3s, so being a bit smaller but wider is not necessarily a tell. I think in another week I will have a better idea. #1 & 4 ACT like Roos, though!