Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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chicken art. remind me of @Ponypoor 's fluffy

 

[Marie2020]

Everyone! Look at the featured content on the homepage! My mealworm article is on there!

Brilliant

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Only four babies running around this morning. They all seemed fine last night. The fifth is alive but wanting to sleep under the plate in the warmest spot and I think I may lose her. I’ve given her drops of the electrolyte solution, and a bit of straight nutridrench. Maybe a third of a ml. Then drops of nutridrench diluted with warm water every fifteen minutes. She drinks but then wants to sleep.

 

[RoyalChick]

Only four babies running around this morning. They all seemed fine last night. The fifth is alive but wanting to sleep under the plate in the warmest spot and I think I may lose her. I’ve given her drops of the electrolyte solution, and a bit of straight nutridrench. Maybe a third of a ml. Then drops of nutridrench diluted with warm water every fifteen minutes. She drinks but then wants to sleep.

No pasty butt?

 

[ChicoryBlue]

No pasty butt?

Not readily visible but you know I didn't check this morning, thanks!

 

[RoyalChick]

Not readily visible but you know I didn't check this morning, thanks!

That and just failure to thrive is the extent of my understanding of sleepy chicks.
Hope she pulls through.

 

[Marie2020]

Kinda PO'ed at Amazon. For the first time ever the hosed my order and sent sodium pills instead of the Selenium/vitamin E paste. Ordered a replacement and am fighting for a refund. In the meantime I found a supplement for goats at tractor supply that has the almost correct dosage of selenium. The pellets are the same size as the all flock pellets but with a slightly different smell. Mixed in a small amount per serving today and hope the chooks actually eat them. I've named the sick BR girl Betty. Betty gets more active and alert slowly but surely so waiting a couple more days for the paste isn't worrying me too much.

Keeping my fingers that you get all you need and it works

 

[ChicoryBlue]

That and just failure to thrive is the extent of my understanding of sleepy chicks.
Hope she pulls through.

Thank you for reminding me to check that again! Her butt looks fine, she did poop at one time, there's a tiny dried bit on her fluff. A good sign was she seemed more lively and even peeped softly. So I went ahead and gave her a little more nutridrench with warm water, in a smaller 1 ml syringe not a dropper. She was jumpy and then was also trying to bury herself between my palm and my belly and be in warm darkness, and I could feel her feet pushing this time, so she seems stronger rather than the listless little thing she was before.

I understand failure to thrive, I picture the heart or other organs just not developing right , and there's nothing one can do about that.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I hope she let's you have Mazzie back.

At least you know not to give in next time, stay strong my friend

I will not push the issue any further. Yes I would love to have her back but I am trying to be positive and look at it another way. I guess we could say by letting Mazzie go I have installed the love of silkies into more people. I have to look at that as a good thing.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Thank you for reminding me to check that again! Her butt looks fine, she did poop at one time, there's a tiny dried bit on her fluff. A good sign was she seemed more lively and even peeped softly. So I went ahead and gave her a little more nutridrench with warm water, in a smaller 1 ml syringe not a dropper. She was jumpy and then was also trying to bury herself between my palm and my belly and be in warm darkness, and I could feel her feet pushing this time, so she seems stronger rather than the listless little thing she was before.

I understand failure to thrive, I picture the heart or other organs just not developing right , and there's nothing one can do about that.

Checked everybody else too, to keep them straight I set them down on a patch of sun on a floor rug after checking. All clear on the butt front!