Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

She seems like a very accomplished driver!


Oh no - don't abandon us - we need you!

She learned to steer by trying to run me down. I walked in front her and challenged her to hit me. That's how she learned to turn left and right.

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[BY Bob]

Yes this thread has no soul without you. @BY Bob

What a nice thing to say.

 

[BY Bob]

Oh no - don't abandon us - we need you!

I can't keep up. I just can't. I haven't gone anywhere. I will keep popping in but I don't have enough time to keep up. You are stuck with the Chatty Kathies.

 

[BY Bob]

Spud shots tonight, they're getting into the great fugly stage, baby fuzz getting all loose and feathers coming in! Hatchday July 31, so 3 1/2 weeks old.
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They are so adorable!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Butters is hanging in, but seemed like she felt pretty crappy this morning. I gave her almost 35ml of Exact gruel, because we were expecting to go and play a gig late this afternoon and wouldn't be around enticing her to eat later. She didn't seem perked up until late in the day. Gig rescheduled due to rain, so went out with them all and we dug worms. Butter ate three and no more. One blueberry. Then later, for the first time in a long time, she ate some collard greens, nipping off pieces, and also eating bits from my hand. We'll see how her poo looks tomorrow. She's been very interested in corn on the cob, and much appears to be going through undigested. I think she's eating more of it than I'm seeing in her poo though. Maybe some is getting digested. Would it help to put some through a food processor for her and she eat it like a gruel?

Read about bacterial infections of the gut, she doesn't have diarrhea though. But wondered about the gas from it apparently pushing against the gizzard making it very uncomfortable for the hen described. Butters used to have a lot of gas, now I'm not hearing that before she poops.
Last week she weighed 2 lbs 12 oz.

 

[rural mouse]

She learned to steer by trying to run me down. I walked in front her and challenged her to hit me. That's how she learned to turn left and right.

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[bgmathteach]

Like Eve's Barbie Lamborghini?

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Hmmm, something is wrong with Eve's cars. It needs a couple more gears- - Lamborghinis are supposed to be fast! Ha, ha, ha.

I suspect she would be very dangerous in that car if it was fast.....a cutie pie in a fast car...watch out world!!!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Popcorn will be merciless. She is not going to lose her position to newcomers. Be ready as she will try your patience.

Yes it won't surprise me, I hope I can make lots of hidey places. They don't seem big enough yet to hold their own although I think they grew a week in two days!
DH asked how everyone will take the newcomers, I said it will be a disruption but it must be a natural thing that in their bones they'll know it's the Way of the Chicken, and that for Popcorn it will in a sense be a promotion! I'm sure she will do or die to maintain her place behind Hazel and Butters. Merciless is the word for sure.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Popcorn will be merciless. She is not going to lose her position to newcomers. Be ready as she will try your patience.

PS Popcorn is a tank of a chicken. She weighs 6 1/2 lbs or so and she knows how to use it.

 

[featherhead007]

I made way too much shrimp and pasta tonight for dinner. I wonder where I can find some help eating it? .