Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Red and her big bad butt

Well I cleaned up her butt, removed all the old shavings stuck on her, clipped the feathers back some more, applied a bit of antibiotic ointment to any soft moist spots, stuffed 250mg of amoxicillin into her, she ate a handful of dried soldier fly larva and some scratch grain, and I gave her abdomen/butt a spray of bug spray I use on the horses.

Right now she is “oot-n-aboot” for a bit. It’s wet raining so I really don’t want her outside too much but she is lonely and depressed looking otherwise.

The black tissue will need to debrided, and that where I might use honey.

But her tail is up and she is now looking a bit more perky, just need to monitor for additional maggots and any further infection.

 

[RoyalChick]

A day late twofers
View attachment 3617271
View attachment 3617272

I love both of those pictures - submit to POW!

 

[Ponypoor]

I am so sorry. It never does get easier to lose them. Sending lots of

How are you feeling today? Hope this time around it was a bit less miserable for you.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Yes, they sent a syringe but I already had some here

Just a note FYI that I’ve found syringe feeding a bit more dicey than tube feeding for avoiding getting stuff in their trachea. That gurgling may be some got in there. You have to do it very slowly, get the syringe pretty much sticking into the top of the crop tube opening, plus not overfill the opening or it will back up and potentially go into the trachea. Once I did it by doing it a drop at a time into the very front of her beak, so she had it as if it were a regular drink. I had to open her beak a little for each drop.

 

[Ponypoor]

Feeling sorry for the neighborhood deer. Last night at sunset they were trying to eat from the bird feeder in our front yard. There's very little to browse on thanks to the heat. Fixing to go get 100 pounds of corn and get the deer feeder going. 1 deer was brave enough to jump into our backyard a few days ago. Fortunately he's faster than our dogs and he escaped unharmed. I will get a food block also to help em out with needed minerals.

Has to be hard on all the wildlife, and livestock - one wonders how cattle and horses manage in that heat.

 

[Ponypoor]

A day late twofers
View attachment 3617271
View attachment 3617272

That second photo is awesome

 

[featherhead007]

So I found some possible hope!!! I think I could make a coop for Darcy like in the photo I will attach! That way he has something big enough to also get some ladies! If I do keep him and the getting him a coop plan works I will get him 3-4 hens and their names would be

Debbie
Deborah
Deny
And Diane

I want to build something kinda like this. I will add two together so the can have some room to be in if it rains and I will make a run do there is no problems between flocks. I do want them to be off the ground so I might need to build a ramp and edit the design for the run attachment but this should be a good reliable and much cheaper solution!
View attachment 3617112

Maximum security prison?

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Red and her big bad butt

Well I cleaned up her butt, removed all the old shavings stuck on her, clipped the feathers back some more, applied a bit of antibiotic ointment to any soft moist spots, stuffed 250mg of amoxicillin into her, she ate a handful of dried soldier fly larva and some scratch grain, and I gave her abdomen/butt a spray of bug spray I use on the horses.

Right now she is “oot-n-aboot” for a bit. It’s wet raining so I really don’t want her outside too much but she is lonely and depressed looking otherwise.

The black tissue will need to debrided, and that where I might use honey.
View attachment 3617288View attachment 3617291
View attachment 3617290View attachment 3617287

But her tail is up and she is now looking a bit more perky, just need to monitor for additional maggots and any further infection.

Tail up is a good sign! Neck looks scrunched in that lower pic though

 

[featherhead007]

A day late twofers
View attachment 3617271
View attachment 3617272

Cheek to cheek so to speak!

 

[RoyalChick]

Just a note FYI that I’ve found syringe feeding a bit more dicey than tube feeding for avoiding getting stuff in their trachea. That gurgling may be some got in there. You have to do it very slowly, get the syringe pretty much sticking into the top of the crop tube opening, plus not overfill the opening or it will back up and potentially go into the trachea. Once I did it by doing it a drop at a time into the very front of her beak, so she had it as if it were a regular drink. I had to open her beak a little for each drop.

Same experience for me. Tube feeding much less stressful. And for small volumes the drop at a time or soak a piece of bread works well.