Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Thank you.
Yes they are ok physically. I do not know what is going through their minds but I can tell that both the hens and Big Rooster (me) are still very sad.
And I hate dryer vents. I wish they did not have to have them. Maybe a ventless dryer is my next crazy idea.

They exist. Condensing dryers I think they are called.
I line dry either in the house or the back yard.

 

[notabitail]

Are you sure you want to think about this right now?
Maybe tomorrow or in a few days?

I just want to know.
It is something that is pestering me and those don't leave my mind.

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

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No! Not Abigail! I feel very sorry for you.

 

[notabitail]

They exist. Condensing dryers I think they are called.
I line dry either in the house or the back yard.

You are now making me wish we did that instead of stinky heat dryers.
Once I had to sleep in a garage with a dryer. The vent was messed up and the garage was hot. I could see how it killed my chickens (and the garage dryer was on at night)

 

[notabitail]

No! Not Abigail! I feel very sorry for you.

Thank you.
It is so hard not counting 4 brown and three black and white. I may just count Abigail even if she isn't here.

 

[rural mouse]

babies, horses, chickens and Happy are guaranteed to make me act like a idiot at times.

Correction: make you smile.

Whether or not others perceive it as acting like an idiot truly doesn't matter. (And the "dancing chicken" is guaranteed to cheer up anyone even if only for a moment) PRICELESS.

 

[lightm]

Thank you.
Yes they are ok physically. I do not know what is going through their minds but I can tell that both the hens and Big Rooster (me) are still very sad.
And I hate dryer vents. I wish they did not have to have them. Maybe a ventless dryer is my next crazy idea.

I do what RC does: putting my clothes on a drying rack.

About your detecting heartbeat question, I have no idea. But I assume they will still pass eventually even with weak heartbeat if they are not able to become conscious?

 

[rural mouse]

I wonder whether they are wild or belong to someone with a hive who sells honey.
I always worry about someone selling honey because they spend a lot of time here - currently on the mint and later on the garlic chives. They love both, and neither seems like a good flavor for money!

I would hope not! Do I want to know how you know this? Please tell me you sanitized first!

 

[RoyalChick]

I just want to know.
It is something that is pestering me and those don't leave my mind.

A few ways.
You can listen for breathing - or watch if they are making breathing movements.
You can shine a light in their eye and see if the pupil constricts.
You can brush a feather on the surface of their eye and see if they try to blink.
You can feel the tone in their muscles - e.g. move their legs, lift their eyelid, or open their jaw. Rigor sets in very fast in chickens - if there is any stiffening they are dead.

Finally if you see flapping movements of the wings or jerking movements of the head that typically means the chicken has died. They have reflexes in their spinal cord that will cause those movements in the few minutes after they die.

I am so sad that you feel the need to know this and I hope I am doing the right thing by answering your question.

What is most important at this moment is that you celebrate her life - which was undoubtedly a wonderful one - and remember that she is not suffering now.

I am just so sorry she died.

 

[notabitail]

I would hope not! Do I want to know how you know this? Please tell me you sanitized first!

I need to go see if my money has any mint in it.
Lemme go taste some.
(I'm only joking. Don't worry).