Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

Little Butterballs keeps coming to mind. Trying to not think of the meat bird store version though! Maybe Spuds, they look like small new potatoes (peeled) too.

Sounds like a name theme: Spuds, Frenchie, Idaho, Latke

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Congrats!

Thanks!

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

You must be the only one eggcited for a broody right now

But I will be looking forward to seeing some chicks other than my own! Right @RebeccaBoyd ?

You're eggsactly correct. Im actually turning this into a last mission to get some light Sussex chicks as I'm selling my main rooster Herry my only light Sussex rooster. I also got some of the Darcy Giant eggs under her!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Yes. Thanks. I was thinking along similar lines of congenital defects but hadn't thought of how hens can monitor the progress of their eggs. I had been thinking of an old friend many years ago who horribly lost her newborn at one week because the heart did not close a special valve or something they have while in utero, so the baby suddenly died.

This little one did have seemingly one good day here, she had at least that. She mostly got very sleepy, so you may be right about not suffering too much. Thank you.

I am very sorry you lost one of the little ones. I want you to know that there was nothing you could have done differently to have a different outcome. I have had a few years of relatively good luck with very few chick losses. This year I have more then paid up for it. It is a hard pill for me to swallow that no matter how hard you try you are going to loose some. If you have a weak chick the best thing you can do is keep it warm, offer nutridrench, save-a-chick or even sugar water to it. If all it needs is that little boost it will do the trick. If it does not know that nothing you try will have prevented the outcome, instead you ended up prolonging it. The one this year that took me by surprise was the silkie, and the final straw where I just need a break from chicks. It acted totally fine. It was active, it ate, drank and pooped. It appeared to be growing, but it was tiny just being a silkie. If I had any warning that something was off it was that last night and I chalked it up to nothing. When I moved it and Perdita to their nest that night and it got under her it did not immediately quiet down. It peeped, but not loudly or like it was in distress for a few minutes. I actually did not leave until it stopped. The next morning it was gone. No sign of truama, it literally looked like it was passed out sleeping. Poor Perdita looked and called for her chick for 5 days and chased me around the house thinking I had it a few times. Deep down I know this will not happen with every hatch and things will get better, but right now it still hurts.

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

I just found a new favorite hobby that involves my chickens! So I recently have had a problem with extra eggs and now that I have four more layers! I was looking at what I can make to get rid of extra eggs, and that's when I realized that to make a small batch of pasta dough it only takes 8-10 eggs! So for anyone who has extra eggs I'd 100% suggest you make some pasta dough and go make some cool pasta.

 

[fuentemoon]

Omg i caught up! I have been 50-100 pgs behind for weeks. Whew.

No bums yet today, but here are a few pics from the last few weeks.

Tank

Junko

Merlin

Bat

Bat, Tank, Merlin and Angel

 

[notabitail]

I am very sorry you lost one of the little ones. I want you to know that there was nothing you could have done differently to have a different outcome. I have had a few years of relatively good luck with very few chick losses. This year I have more then paid up for it. It is a hard pill for me to swallow that no matter how hard you try you are going to loose some. If you have a weak chick the best thing you can do is keep it warm, offer nutridrench, save-a-chick or even sugar water to it. If all it needs is that little boost it will do the trick. If it does not know that nothing you try will have prevented the outcome, instead you ended up prolonging it. The one this year that took me by surprise was the silkie, and the final straw where I just need a break from chicks. It acted totally fine. It was active, it ate, drank and pooped. It appeared to be growing, but it was tiny just being a silkie. If I had any warning that something was off it was that last night and I chalked it up to nothing. When I moved it and Perdita to their nest that night and it got under her it did not immediately quiet down. It peeped, but not loudly or like it was in distress for a few minutes. I actually did not leave until it stopped. The next morning it was gone. No sign of truama, it literally looked like it was passed out sleeping. Poor Perdita looked and called for her chick for 5 days and chased me around the house thinking I had it a few times. Deep down I know this will not happen with every hatch and things will get better, but right now it still hurts.

 

[featherhead007]

Fluffy Butt Earth Works Inc

Need tunnel boring? Or excavation work? Landscape levelling? Hire one of our highly trained earth movers, get the job done right! These workers work for chicken feed!

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Wonderful to see hard work being accomplished. Our chooks here are unionized workers

 

[featherhead007]

Sounds like a name theme: Spuds, Frenchie, Idaho, Latke

and Russets!

 

[notabitail]

and Russets!

You forgot Tater and Tot.