Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Your support! Edit has failed me so has my spelling. Oh well, it's all Bob's fault

Hey!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I can't believe this is happening to you CB. I feel awful. I am sending millions of hugs and prayers for you and Butters.
Are Buckeyes (that's their breed, correct?) Known for having problems?
Oh my God, I feel awful. Between losing Peanut, and now (NOT) losing (hopefully for a long time) Butters, this is awful.
I'm tempted to just leave BYC for a while just because of all if the loss and death going on.
@TX Noob Chick lost her beloved Ms. Z (correct?) @RoyalChick lost Eli, @BY Bob lost Betty, @ChicoryBlue lost Peanut and now poor Butters is ill. And @Ponypoor's bird Tuff is sick.
And of course my BBQ is losing all of her feathers, and she is extremely underweight and skinny.
Being a poultry keeper stinks. We love our birds, but they live such shirt, sad lives. And the poor production birds live short and miserable lives. Us humans have ruined the health of poultry.
-Sigh- Yet there is nothing we can do about it. We can talk to people about how much of an outrage it is, but most people who don't own beloved chooks won't care.

I wish the world was a bigger and better place. Hundreds of animals lose their homes and lives every day. Poaching, hunting, logging, Global warming, pollution, cities growing etc.
Humans lose their lives every day. Cold, warmth, murder, kidnapping, abuse. It is a slightly brutal world we live in unfortunately.

I do realise that I got off topic, so tax is coming

I know what you're talking about. It's not off topic imo, loss is part of chicken-keeping ,among other things. I've been in tears for others' losses here too. Take care of yourself; sometimes stepping away is the perfect thing to do to help yourself cope.

BBQ may be molting, do you think? Hazel, when she went through a normal molt, really went off her normal diet and wanted nothing but worms, bugs and dandelion greens. She loved unsalted sardines.

To add to what @Ponypoor said about life-

1. People have sayings that refer to the unpredictable and unfair way life can be, that basically either make religious or games of chance references. These serve as reminders to us that there's lots in life that is not really under our control. Recognizing what is and what isn't, is a big part of managing your way through it. Peanut was on her way to an early death, and the vet and I think there is nothing I could have done to prevent it except to have found a chick with better genetics. She thought it was most likely not her feed or any other conditions I have control over. What I could do was prevent a great deal of further suffering, by euthanizing her. Ultimately, a long life was not "in the cards" for her. Her sibling Popcorn is apparently healthy as a horse (are horses healthy? Hah!), Hazel is fine, and we don't know what's up with Butters. Same conditions for all four.

But in the meantime, Peanut had a really very good and definitely not a miserable life, in the majority. And three years is short but not insanely short like poor Eli.

2. Then, being able to carry on during and after bad things happening is the other part of getting through life. That is something that definitely takes practice. Which you are probably realizing you are getting these days. It might help you to remember that psychologists say we make a bigger deal out of bad things than good things, and that probably this is hard-wired into us from the beginning of being human. You know, avoiding eating that one poisonous plant is way more critical than looking for one good edible plant. Good plants don't make the same impression a bad one does! This is wired into our natures.

I'm not trying to minimize the bad things you experience, but to give you a bit of perspective on maybe your own natural reaction to the bad things. This may be why a lot of self-help guides recommend practicing gratitude as a counter to the natural emphasis we put on bad things. People do this through prayer and spiritual connection, or listing the good things they encountered each day in a diary, or singing or drawing or painting about it, or thinking about what they appreciate about their friends and family.


One of the Buckeye gang in December 2020, either Peanut or Butters, probably Peanut by her coloring.

 

[Ponypoor]

Chilly Babies

It’s a cool damp day today, Truly is back to normal, I am keeping all the horses inside tonight, it’s supposed to be only 9C brrr!

The chicks were taking a break and warming up under mama - and one roosting on top of her.

@BY Bob I tried to get her going for a pony ride earlier

 

[Ponypoor]

I know what you're talking about. It's not off topic imo, loss is part of chicken-keeping ,among other things. I've been in tears for others' losses here too. Take care of yourself; sometimes stepping away is the perfect thing to do to help yourself cope.

BBQ may be molting, do you think? Hazel, when she went through a normal molt, really went off her normal diet and wanted nothing but worms, bugs and dandelion greens. She loved unsalted sardines.

To add to what @Ponypoor said about life-

1. People have sayings that refer to the unpredictable and unfair way life can be, that basically either make religious or games of chance references. These serve as reminders to us that there's lots in life that is not really under our control. Recognizing what is and what isn't, is a big part of managing your way through it. Peanut was on her way to an early death, and the vet and I think there is nothing I could have done to prevent it except to have found a chick with better genetics. She thought it was most likely not her feed or any other conditions I have control over. What I could do was prevent a great deal of further suffering, by euthanizing her. Ultimately, a long life was not "in the cards" for her. Her sibling Popcorn is apparently healthy as a horse (are horses healthy? Hah!), Hazel is fine, and we don't know what's up with Butters. Same conditions for all four.

But in the meantime, Peanut had a really very good and definitely not a miserable life, in the majority. And three years is short but not insanely short like poor Eli.

2. Then, being able to carry on during and after bad things happening is the other part of getting through life. That is something that definitely takes practice. Which you are probably realizing you are getting these days. It might help you to remember that psychologists say we make a bigger deal out of bad things than good things, and that probably this is hard-wired into us from the beginning of being human. You know, avoiding eating that one poisonous plant is way more critical than looking for one good edible plant. Good plants don't make the same impression a bad one does! This is wired into our natures.

I'm not trying to minimize the bad things you experience, but to give you a bit of perspective on maybe your own natural reaction to the bad things. This may be why a lot of self-help guides recommend practicing gratitude as a counter to the natural emphasis we put on bad things. People do this through prayer and spiritual connection, or listing the good things they encountered each day in a diary, or singing or drawing or painting about it, or thinking about what they appreciate about their friends and family.


One of the Buckeye gang in December 2020, either Peanut or Butters, probably Peanut by her coloring.
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Beautifully and lovingly stated.

 

[Ponypoor]

Maybe the patches would be better they may conceal the smell

Catching up here…

For Truly warmth is better, she hates the cold (I don’t blame her), I blanket her starting in mid August when it starts getting chilly, she has a very short coat.

tax

Tuff out and about

 

[Ponypoor]

Look at this, looks just like Martina/Martin

One of those Pavlovskaya chickens I am smitten with.

 

[featherhead007]

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

I did. I’m home now. 1.5 hours by car and only 15 minutes by airplane flight

 

[Ponypoor]

I did. I’m home now. 1.5 hours by car and only 15 minutes by airplane flight

That’s spectacular

How handy!

 

[featherhead007]

That’s spectacular

How handy!

 

[featherhead007]

I did. I’m home now. 1.5 hours by car and only 15 minutes by airplane flight

I asked tower if there was any luggage cart to meet us at the runway. Some poor service, when they can charge $6.00 for 30 minute parking!