Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

Ugh!
Hope you stay well and everyone else gets well soon.
Good stuff bleach! Also Lysol.
Do you have a pack of those wipes. They are great to have at hand for wiping door knobs, faucet handles, hands etc.!

I have bleach, clorox and Lysol wipes and Lysol spray. All are my best friend at the moment. At this point it is too late to wear a mask around them, I have been exposed for several days now so there is no running from it.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

So far we’re safe, the tornadoes weren’t bad. I honestly don’t know what happened. I was in the bathroom with my pups and my mom, brother, and grandmother were watching the weather channel. I figured that we were safe and walked out but kept the dogs in the bathroom. My brother ended up letting them out a few minutes later.

I didn’t get any sleep last night. If a leaf fell down, my dogs would bark. The little idiots are trying to get us kicked out. They got whacked with a pillow a good hundred times last night. They were barking at midnight and later (or earlier)

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

I have bleach, clorox and Lysol wipes and Lysol spray. All are my best friend at the moment. At this point it is too late to wear a mask around them, I have been exposed for several days now so there is no running from it.

I’m so sorry that Rosie is sick

 

[rural mouse]

Rosie update.
When I took Rosie to the doctor Friday she was given a respiratory panel test. Her doctor was confident what we were dealing with was Rhinovirus and bronchitis. His words and I quote, "I have done a 1000 of these tests in the last 2 weeks, not 1 covid, all Rhinovirus". He told me if the hospital they sent the test to did not contact me by 3 Saturday she did NOT have covid. Rosie was sick, really sick, but I did not think covid as this mirrored the previous cases of Rhino she has had in the last 2 years. Monday rolls around, did not hear from the hospital so as instructed sent her back to school. She is not 100% over it, but had received both a antibiotic and steroid shot Friday, and started a z-pack Saturday so been on antibiotics several days. During this Sunday evening dad got sick again. Ok Rhino, highly contagious and figured it would get passed around. Monday afternoon it hits Mom like a ton of bricks and yesterday Grandma gets sick. At this point I am ready to start snorting clorox *kidding, I swear, although I am bleaching everything like crazy*. 5 yesterday evening her doctor calls me. He wanted to check to see how she was doing. I immediately thought that was odd but told him she was improving. Then he drops the bomb and wanted to confirm I had talked to the hospital. Umm....nope, nothing, why? He then goes, well my nurses called you yesterday? Again no. Well he is now angry, but goes on to tell me that Rosie in fact tested positive for both covid and rhinovirus. He was calling to let me know that he was adding on another round of antibiotics for her to take starting tomorrow when the z-pack is finished. Ok, I let a few curse words out and then informed him I had already sent her back to school, did I screw up. Nope, the new protocol for the school system is 5 days out from the onset of symptoms as long as they had been without a fever for 24 hours which she was. After I hung up with her doctor I go inform mom and she takes a at home covid test. The very same test that I had done twice with Rosie and got negative results on before she went to the doctor. Positive, strong positive. Wonderful, and now we are assuming covid is also what grandma and dad have as well. It is now just me, and my brother and his girlfriend who are not sick. They have to work as long as they do not get sick and have been essentially quarantining themselves to his room when home. I do not blame them, and thankfully picking up groceries or medicine as needed. What it really comes down to is I have 4 family members down and as the only healthy one at the moment it is all falling on me. I thought I was going to have to be up all night to listen for grandma but dad could not sleep so he told me to go to bed. If she needed something he could get it for her. He lasted until 5 this morning so I am very thankful for that. Please pray everyone that I do not come down with this as well. I am hoping my renewed obsession with bleach will help me out.

 

[Marie2020]

Good night.
Oh, and we want to see the moon!

My camera isn't good at all or I would have taken a snapshot

 

[Marie2020]

I have bleach, clorox and Lysol wipes and Lysol spray. All are my best friend at the moment. At this point it is too late to wear a mask around them, I have been exposed for several days now so there is no running from it.

White vinegar and baking soda wit some good essential oils works well too

 

[Marie2020]

Rosie update.
When I took Rosie to the doctor Friday she was given a respiratory panel test. Her doctor was confident what we were dealing with was Rhinovirus and bronchitis. His words and I quote, "I have done a 1000 of these tests in the last 2 weeks, not 1 covid, all Rhinovirus". He told me if the hospital they sent the test to did not contact me by 3 Saturday she did NOT have covid. Rosie was sick, really sick, but I did not think covid as this mirrored the previous cases of Rhino she has had in the last 2 years. Monday rolls around, did not hear from the hospital so as instructed sent her back to school. She is not 100% over it, but had received both a antibiotic and steroid shot Friday, and started a z-pack Saturday so been on antibiotics several days. During this Sunday evening dad got sick again. Ok Rhino, highly contagious and figured it would get passed around. Monday afternoon it hits Mom like a ton of bricks and yesterday Grandma gets sick. At this point I am ready to start snorting clorox *kidding, I swear, although I am bleaching everything like crazy*. 5 yesterday evening her doctor calls me. He wanted to check to see how she was doing. I immediately thought that was odd but told him she was improving. Then he drops the bomb and wanted to confirm I had talked to the hospital. Umm....nope, nothing, why? He then goes, well my nurses called you yesterday? Again no. Well he is now angry, but goes on to tell me that Rosie in fact tested positive for both covid and rhinovirus. He was calling to let me know that he was adding on another round of antibiotics for her to take starting tomorrow when the z-pack is finished. Ok, I let a few curse words out and then informed him I had already sent her back to school, did I screw up. Nope, the new protocol for the school system is 5 days out from the onset of symptoms as long as they had been without a fever for 24 hours which she was. After I hung up with her doctor I go inform mom and she takes a at home covid test. The very same test that I had done twice with Rosie and got negative results on before she went to the doctor. Positive, strong positive. Wonderful, and now we are assuming covid is also what grandma and dad have as well. It is now just me, and my brother and his girlfriend who are not sick. They have to work as long as they do not get sick and have been essentially quarantining themselves to his room when home. I do not blame them, and thankfully picking up groceries or medicine as needed. What it really comes down to is I have 4 family members down and as the only healthy one at the moment it is all falling on me. I thought I was going to have to be up all night to listen for grandma but dad could not sleep so he told me to go to bed. If she needed something he could get it for her. He lasted until 5 this morning so I am very thankful for that. Please pray everyone that I do not come down with this as well. I am hoping my renewed obsession with bleach will help me out.

I try to dose myself up with vitamins zink and vitamins d's to combat these strains. Plus flush my sinuses and gargle with salt and bicarbonate.

Honey lemon and cinnamon helps my chest problems too

 

[notabitail]

Is there any horrific rainy weather in America right now? It went from the worst heatwave to one of the worst rainstorms of the whole year in less than 4 hours here in Italy!!! Pancake got pretty wet so she hide under one of the larger feeders to escape the horrible weather.
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Sam is one of the Zebra finches who decided is was safer in the double door than the rain but he couldn't get out so I had to catch him and put him back with the flock.
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Skittles the Diamond dove had a ruptured air sac so I had to slowly deflate his crop. He is doing much better today! Here he was yesterday.
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I hope everyone is doing great and I wish you all a great week!

Us desert people are having lots of rain. You can send yours here if you want!
Those are very pretty and cute birds!

 

[notabitail]

Thanks!

You're welcome
Share with Mrs. BY Bob and your chooks please. I'm sure they'd love those photos.

 

[rural mouse]

Quartz update.

Took Sherlock for a walk, then to "help" feed he chooks breakfast. Sitting and watching is coming. Working on NOT jumping when they fly, run, squawk, and otherwise move suddenly.

Quartz has been out with Mama. Limp is still present, but much less pronounced. Whole lot is firmly in the stare down spat phase. Q perfectly willing to be in the midst of that. Storm still plenty protective of the littles. Still no signs of comb/wattles on any but Granite.

Sherlock was busy digging in the dirt during the baby spats.

Haven't been able to confirm Pear as Queen yet, either.

Aiming for more fresh pics across the day