Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Skyewatcher]

Thirsty Thursday- running water on the ground for them.

 

[Ponypoor]

Dawn is broody. Yes, this little chick, that was a pullet, is now broody. In her first year.
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Uuuahhhhggghhh I already had a broody! I don't need another one!

Many of us on here feel your pain

At the moment I don't have any other broodies other then Sophia with her chicks, thankfully!

 

[Ponypoor]

They really love going into the garden. As soon as I could manage it, it's bad when you're held up because of bad assistance.

They are back near their coop now and I've thrown them some treats around

I brought everyone inside as I had an online meeting, Mr P kept crowing - sheesh!

 

[Ponypoor]

Ok so Perdita has 4 eggs with the potential to hatch. More likely 3, 1 developed and looks like it got pretty far along but I am iffy on it. I left it just in case. I will check them again tomorrow but as of now, I doubt any early hatchers. With the 4 eggs I left there is a shot for 1 white and 3 black chicks. Fingers crossed for at least 1 pullet. I am not going to ask for miracles and them all be pullets, just 1. Preferably a black pullet. My lovely mother already jinxed me. Not even internally pipped yet and predicting I hatch out a white pullet and black boys.

I am thinking more positively - 2 pullets (one white, one black) and two boys (both white - hahaha just kidding! both blue ok still kidding...).

 

[Ponypoor]

There's got to be something wrong with BYC. I can't even get to Forums. It does something weird where it shows all the stuff, spread out and not very even. It happened when my stupid inverter decided to not work even though it was new. I'm having issues with the new inverters. The battery it telling me one thing and the inverter is telling me another.

Or, could someone provide a link to Forums? Is anyone else experiencing this? it's just looking all weird.

All good on my end...

 

[Ponypoor]

They are Buckeyes. I don't know the line or lines that My Pet Chicken uses, but that's where they're from, and they are three years old

Such beautiful colouring - a rich chestnut colouring, does lightm also have those? some of hers also have that lovely chestnut colour.

 

[Ponypoor]

Good Morning Fluffy butts and all!
It's Thirsty Thursday!
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And watch the big chooks eat their lunch!

Awww babies

Are those from your eggs?

 

[Ponypoor]

I'M A CHICKEN GRANDMA!

Sooo hard to make out, but there's a chick there! I can't believe I had to go to work and I'm not there! My hubby doesn't take a good photos. But I'll get more when I get home!

Awesome! Congratulations! Hoping for a couple more for you!

 

[Ponypoor]

Flying was fun to get here, but this airport is a pain in the yeehaw ! Made my clients walk. No shuttle service to private planes

Hopefully you are back in the air now, and on your way home - if so fly safe!

 

[RoyalChick]

My big worry was not being able to get her up it was so slippery - as it was she was just floundering about trying to get her legs under her, sliding around - I was supplying a steady 'pull' on her head which is a risky thing if she pitched forward she could trample me or fall on me - and I am not moving the best anymore, apparently I am not 19 anymore! (mind says I am - body laughs and laughs and laughs..).

Anyways, she finally got upright - I worried she would just flip over when she was floundering around - it's a scary situation. She couldn't put weight on her left hind leg as she was laying on it for who knows how long - and that is another worry - if the nerve gets compressed from laying on too long then the nerve can die and that is an instant death knell for a horse (or cow). I was a bit freaked out, and we stood there in the pelting down rain for about 10 minutes, I just held her head steady with my arm wrapped around her head while she got a bit more stable, she was freezing cold, shivering so hard. She is not good in the cold and wet as it is, but laying in the muddy water (and we are just flooded here) is enough to give one hypothermia. Poor Truly

Then I noted that the other two 'b!#$%s' had run to the back door and pushed the door open and went into the barn. I didn't want Truly to get even more freaked out being left all alone so I asked her to 'walk on' and she was able to walk forward, I watched her hind leg and she was putting weight on it thankfully - but limping, very stiff.

I got her in the barn, wrapped a polar fleece blanket around her, shutting the stall window, I gave her some hay to see if she would eat - which she did so I let her eat some hay and then after about 15 min, gave her some Phenalbutizone (Bute), a hot mash left them inside after breakfast as it is just miserable here, cold and drizzly - just like early November. We were under a severe thunderstorm warning but that has ended thankfully, I am guessing the 'hot humid' weather they were predicting is not going to happen.

So I guess I will go back to bringing them in at night, I have a tough decision to make with Truly, if I am going to away working for extended periods of time I don't want others to have to deal with these situations and heaven forbid if Truly fell and broke a leg in the stall. I have my cameras but sometimes when I wake during the night I feel so miserable (I know how Truly feels as I also don't sleep well) I just don't want to open the phone to check the cameras. Like last night and this morning. And of course where I board the horses the wife wont let me put cameras in the stalls. So I need to decide on Truly's fate. It would be easier if I could get a job working remotely from home - which I am actively looking for, but which are extremely slim pickings for!

Need to win that lottery so I can stay home, take care of Truly and my Mum!

Meanwhile the chooks were having a blast running around out back in the mud and muck - no takers on Wild Water though haha - ewwww!
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The youngsters were running amok
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And Truly’s back to normal, she is shaking her head at mosquitoes on this photo
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