Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Last night I was so surprised to see little Goneril march into the hens' coop and settle herself on the roost next to Isabella! No more baby coop for her!
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Awwwww isn’t it wonderful when they get to that stage? They all look so cozy and comfy

Tell me, how is it up your way? Any fire danger? I am just gobsmacked about Yellowknife and Kelowna (cities being evacuated for forest fires - cities!!!).

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Twister saying hi She is a darling!

 

[Ponypoor]

Training day number two here. I have been working with Dakota for a while now. Here’s what I found:
1. I can raid the refrigerator and get steak at her beckoning call.
2. If she squawks, she wants in the house
3. Feet are to perch on, (when not in use)
4. Never touch her without her expressed consent.
5.I learned to lay down and let her perch on my legs ( on demand )
I’m glad she doesn’t demand that I put on a movie like Jaffar does!

Well done Alex!

That is funny! And you two are nearly neck-and-neck in the great Fluffy Butt chatty stakes!


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I need to play around with this site seems there are functions no don’t know about.

I wanna go flying no destination planned, no flight numbers registered, no flight checks performed (yet)
It takes a purpose to perform this hobby! It’s not like a car, where you can hop in and take a drive, unannounced.
Actually I don’t need a destination for taking off. I can do a systems check at the runway. Notifying the ground crew of my intention to do a circle and then landing check. OR… I could just stay home here with my chickens and go crazy!

Can you fly to the coast and circle back ? I guess the fuel would be outrageous though for just that.

Check the expiration date on your bottle of wine please

Hope it’s not the cbd-tnt ointment I was using!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Storm will let me admire hers....from a distance....but if I get too close or pay too close attention to the babies, she's calling then off into the brush and or attacking my shoes. The day she cam off the nest, she was attacking for looking at them, never mind that I was trying to help the babies follow her. Taming will have to wait until she abandons them. So far she isn't showing any signs that she's thinking about it. This morning she had them up by the garage door. They were pecking about while she peered in the door at me and the feed bin. Yesterday, she had them down almost to the neighbor's corral. She's keeping them close while showing them all the best forage and shelter places.

Congratulations, you have your very own Momma Hen! Do not worry, once she leaves them taming will be easy.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

It appears 4 is the magic number. She has settled down and it has been several hours since the last kitten. I have not checked to see how many boys or girls, will do that soon after we give her a clean bed.

 

[featherhead007]

Well done Alex!


I need to play around with this site seems there are functions no don’t know about.


Can you fly to the coast and circle back ? I guess the fuel would be outrageous though for just that.


Hope it’s not the cbd-tnt ointment I was using!

It’s not about the money, it’s about the preparation for the flight. All the regulations. The flight has to be approved and registered (DEA) and (FAA) has jurisdiction. Flight warnings over restricted air space change every day.

 

[knoturavggrl]

I will keep you in my thoughts on Monday! I would love to say 'hope the side effects aren't tooo bad', but if that is what you have been experiencing, I suspect it will continue as such. I really do hope that these immunizations are helping significantly, and that the surgery on the 31st goes really well.

Have they given you a timeline for when you will know if it has spread or not? Or do they think they will know when they do the surgery? That all goes really well and good news is forthcoming!

I would gladly hold the barf bag and your hair on Monday if I could - you are such a strong and brave woman!

Thankfully my stomach was okay, it was a high fever, chills, and muscle aches that got me but only for about 24 hrs afterwards. Not fun but there is much worse when it comes to cancer treatments.

Since it is a trial there are no guarantees it will help but I hope it does. It takes quite a bit of proof to get to the human trial phase @ least that is my understanding of the process.

During the wide excision surgery they will remove several lymph nodes closest to the lesion, they call these sentinel lymph nodes and they find them by injecting dye. They will send them to be biopsied and it could take up to two weeks to get the results from that.

After that if they are clear I will just go back for frequent skin checks. If they are not clear then lots more scans will be ordered PET scans, MRIs, basically all hell will break loose. I try not to think about that to much.

Thank you for the support, its felt and it means more then you know.

So well said.
@knoturavggrl I'm glad the vaccine is over. I will be thinking of you.

Thank you so much its not over quite yet Monday will be the last injection of vaccine. The good thoughts are welcome and appreciated.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Fluffy Butt Friday

 

[featherhead007]

It’s not about the money, it’s about the preparation for the flight. All the regulations. The flight has to be approved and registered (DEA) and (FAA) has jurisdiction. Flight warnings over restricted air space change every day.

And as far as going to the coast is, I don’t need to go there, there’s plenty of spineless jellyfish people right here in town!

 

[featherhead007]

Thankfully my stomach was okay, it was a high fever, chills, and muscle aches that got me but only for about 24 hrs afterwards. Not fun but there is much worse when it comes to cancer treatments.

Since it is a trial there are no guarantees it will help but I hope it does. It takes quite a bit of proof to get to the human trial phase @ least that is my understanding of the process.

During the wide excision surgery they will remove several lymph nodes closest to the lesion, they call these sentinel lymph nodes and they find them by injecting dye. They will send them to be biopsied and it could take up to two weeks to get the results from that.

After that if they are clear I will just go back for frequent skin checks. If they are not clear then lots more scans will be ordered PET scans, MRIs, basically all hell will break loose. I try not to think about that to much.

Thank you for the support, its felt and it means more then you know.

Thank you so much its not over quite yet Monday will be the last injection of vaccine. The good thoughts are welcome and appreciated.

 

[Lexicon]

From the looks of it, Isabella seems surprised too - she looks like she is giving Goneril the hairy eyeball.

Isabella: And just what do you think you are doing here, you young whipper-snapper upstart????

Goneril: Just minding my own business, you old, cranky bat!

Goneril: P.S. I love you, Isabella

Haha ! When Goneril jumped up on the roost, the three hens closest all stood up in surprise, but eventually settled down.

The littles are thirteen weeks old now and I am seeing more side by side dust baths and interactions instead of running as a main flock and a sub-flock. Goneril was even checking out the nest box today!