Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

Tina has had her second penicillin this morning. I hope I've done the right thing. She's had her usual feeds with a few cranberries and blackberries the latter locally available for now. She and Princess both love mango and cucumber.
They have been very nervous these past couple of weeks and the clay shooting going on daily is not helping

Here they are with a little cucumber as I've enticed them into the garden for an hour.

 

[Ponypoor]

Tina has had her second penicillin this morning. I hope I've done the right thing. She's had her usual feeds with a few cranberries and blackberries the latter locally available for now. She and Princess both love mango and cucumber.
They have been very nervous these past couple of weeks and the clay shooting going on daily is not helping

Here they are with a little cucumber as I've enticed them into the garden for an hour.

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Don’t give too much fruit and veggies it gives them the runs and a mucky butt. If you have any meat or fish left overs you can give that as treats and supplements.

They sure look like they are enjoying themselves, we have the weekend warriors here also target shooting and dirt bikes - all very noisy.

 

[bgmathteach]

She has not been dna sexed yet. This spring though she exhibited all the hormonal changes and breeding behaviors of a female. For 3 months she was a angry biting demon. Thankfully that has passed and she is back to her sweet loveable self, who wants scritches. You have to be careful of those scritches though, she is now molting and pin feathers hurt her and she bites in retaliation if you hit one. My brother is the only one she will let help her with the pin feathers, but they have to be a certain length before she tolerates them being touched.

Oh, you mean she turned into Momma Hen for 3 months, then returned as Happy?

 

[HarmonyHorsey]

Introducing the current residents of Fluffy Butt Acres

As you can see from the front of the coop, we currently have 4 residents. Patsy, Lilly, Hattie & Jabber.
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Patsy & Lilly have been here the longest and we ar enot really certain what kind of birds they are but they are likely Black Sex Links. Hattie and Jabber have just joined the flock this summer as they were chicks we got back in April. Here are their individual photos.

Patsy
She is our alpha hen and is extremely friendly. While not a big fan of being picked up she comes right up to you and will talk and visit.
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Lilly is currently #2 in the pecking order and intends to stay there. She has become our little enforcer and she defends the flock from such terrors as squirrels, rabbits, doves, and most importantly, ducks.
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More to come on our newbies.

Cute! Cool stories

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I'd say he absolutely does NOT have enough hens. One of the reasons we let Eenie hatch, hoping for more pullets. But they take time to grow. And that won't happen if he kills them. I don't know that he WILL, just that he was aggressive toward them.

He wouldn't be separated to the point of not seeing the others, next to them. The small coop is portable and we could put it right by the run.

There are no older roosters or hens to teach him a lesson. I got four "pullets" and one ended up being Manny instead. They were all hatched more or less together.

He's not a bad boy. He doesn't peck or spur me. He wants to take care of the girls...but I can't let him hurt the chicks.

If he were a pure-blooded something, I might find him a home. But he's a mutt. If I give him away he'll be in a stew.

I have to do something though. The triplets are just too big to keep out of the flock much longer.

Have you set up a few hiding shelves or cages that only the little ones can fit under or through all around the run? Like a little side table top set on bricks they can scoot under, or a doorway propped open they can squeeze through.

 

[RoyalChick]

Have you set up a few hiding shelves or cages that only the little ones can fit under or through all around the run? Like a little side table top set on bricks they can scoot under, or a doorway propped open they can squeeze through.

Oh yes. I forgot. I put a load of that kind of ‘only a chick can fit’ stuff around.

 

[bgmathteach]

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

It should have some, after all, it was minted!

 

[RoyalChick]

Cute! Cool stories

Welcome to the best (and most out of control) thread on BYC!
We love pictures of chickens and stories about chickens (particularly if accompanied by pictures of chickens).
Will you introduce us to your flock?

 

[ChicoryBlue]

A birds heartbeat would be extremely difficult to detect as it beats so fast, but you would need a stethoscope to hear it anyways.

I would say it is best she has passed, you wouldn’t want her to linger and suffer, that would be cruel.

Maybe you can redesign the coop so that it’s away from the dryer vent, a piece of wood to redirect the air flow is dangerous, I suggest if you can’t move the run then get more venting to redirect it away from the coop/run. Any heated air, or CO2 emissions, and even the scented heated air are toxic to not only the birds but people. Venting should always be at least 3’ from windows or doors for a reason - so the air dissipates and doesn’t harm people. So it stands to reason keeping it at least that from pets and livestock.

Spend the next few days making up some drawings doing so research on how to make it better, and see if your dad and you can fix it better.

@notabitail flexible pvc ducting exists, not too expensive. I would also consider that maybe it wasn’t the heat, or heat alone, but those dryer sheets people use. The chemicals in there for anti-wrinkling might be toxic for a chicken, even the scents might be toxic to them. Bird lungs are very sensitive, much more than peoples’ are. So something that passes government regulations for human use might injure a bird.

 

[HarmonyHorsey]

Welcome to the best (and most out of control) thread on BYC!
We love pictures of chickens and stories about chickens (particularly if accompanied by pictures of chickens).
Will you introduce us to your flock?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/3-roosters-8-hens-my-flock.1592914/page-4#post-27080640