Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ValarieF]

Unfortunately Clydes wry neck came back yesterday and I started treatment again. How long should I treat him? He is doing much better today.
I looked up the silkies birthday and they hatched March 18-22. So they are almost 3 mos. old.

 

[LhickenChicken]

For pony Sunday. I don't have any ponies/horses.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Coop upgrade: ramps and automatic door installed!!!

Tweens running about while building occured:

 

[knoturavggrl]

I need more Jaffar. I need more Mr. P.
I need some news on Twiggy. ”I’m in the mood for… Roosters….. simply because they are near me . Funny but when they are near me,… I’m in the mood for.. Roosters!”

Does a baby roo count? Lore says he hopes he does and is currently crossing his toes.

 

[GregnLety]

My ponies (puppies)

 

[Ponypoor]

I need more Jaffar. I need more Mr. P.
I need some news on Twiggy. ”I’m in the mood for… Roosters….. simply because they are near me . Funny but when they are near me,… I’m in the mood for.. Roosters!”

And just like that a new song pops into my head…..

Just a well I think mum was annoyed at my singing ‘what you doing on my chair’

 

[Ponypoor]

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Hey kiddos! You are lovely! Estrella is a sweetie

 

[Ponypoor]

I was only concerned because they got mites last year (first time ever) probably from wild birds....and a couple of the older roos - their legs looked....best way I can describe it, was it looked like they could use a bit of lotion! They didn't look like they show in pictures (or maybe that is because the pictures tend to be bad cases????) But, you can't see the leg mites, only the damage they cause/poop they leave around the edge of the scales - at least that is my understanding. So, I decided to treat them just in case, since it is a benign treatment if they don't. So every Sat for the past 3 weeks, 2rds of the chooks I dunked their legs in oil. It was just too time consuming to do all at once - I took them out of the coop one by one dunked each leg, made sure the oil was up to the top of their 'ankle', and set them down, got another from the coop. I should have started the remaining 1/3 today, but I decided to take a break from that and work on other things and spend some time with hubby (our 10 yr. anniversary was this week) So, next week will start the weekly dunking of the remaining chooks. (I used linseed oil for this)

Ah! I see, ok well I don’t see any strange things with their legs/feet so long won’t worry.

But when my nieces birds come here I am treating with ivermectin and oil. And a month quarantine for any critters, not worried about disease, but critters yes.

 

[Ponypoor]

My coop is 2 feet off the ground, and when done, I will put the legs on thick pavers/formed stones to help keep it from rotting longer. They are Embden Geese, considered a mid size goose. I raised it off the ground mainly because of rats, but both the ducks and geese have been laying in the shade under it! My geese are about 2.5 feet tall. The coop is 4.5 feet in the front and 3.4 feet high in the back (inside) It will have a ramp when finished

Can’t wait to see the finished results, it looks great. And maybe some baby geese some day?

 

[Ponypoor]

So many little beaks to feed. But they aren’t even my chooks!

Seems they are now!