Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Pastel the Rooster]

I am afraid Honey is dying from reproductive issues. :-(
I may provide more details tomorrow. For now I just hope that she stays alive tomorrow morning for me to give her more treatment such as Baytril.

Aw no. Poor Honey and poor you. I hope that when she does pass, it is peaceful and painless. Sending hugs and prayers

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

50% mortality. Agathae needs to snap out of it. She is going to kill herself being broody.
How do I stop her?

Give her chicks so that she gets off the nest and eats and drinks. Worked for my Willow!

 

[LhickenChicken]

50% mortality. Agathae needs to snap out of it. She is going to kill herself being broody.
How do I stop her?

Sorry there have been no deaths, so no 50% mortality. I gave you a treatment, right?

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

No EE’s or Speckled Sussex can be found anywhere near me!

If I could I’d ship some Bolt eggs to you. She stopped laying a few days ago, and now that we have chicks no one is laying. At least today… Splotch laid yesterday.

Maybe you’d better order some of those two breeds from a hatchery.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

I live in northern Canada in a sub-arctic region, next to Alaska so our summers are much shorter than most on BYC. So many people have had crazy weather this summer. Ours was much warmer than usual, but we are into autumn weather now and leaves are changing colour.

Cesario is still doing well. He is fifteen and a half weeks old and hasn't started any mating behaviour yet, as far as I can see. The hens have taught him to be humble, I think! I have been watching closely as I don't want him harassing the pullets before they are ready, but he has been just fine. I am in no rush for him to grow up and the hens are still squatting for me, so they aren't seeing him as a viable option yet.

Yesterday I saw him rush from across the yard to try and break up a pullet fight. He managed to get them separated and then they took off after each other again, running toward me and it was quite humorous seeing him rushing after them flapping his wings to try and catch up! Poor guy, these ladies are going to keep him busy!

When I went to Alaska I’m late May and early June this summer, I was shocked by how cold it was. I’m used to south Georgia’s awful heat. High 90’s to low 100’s. In Alaska it was low 50’s during the day, sometimes in the 60’s. At night it was 40’s and 30’s. Of course that didn’t stop me from swimming in our cruise ship!

 

[LhickenChicken]

A Bit of a Scare

We have a had a scare with Hattie but the outcome is not real bad. Last Wednesday I noticed her limping. I decided to give it a day and see if she recovered. When she was still limping on Thursday, I decided to bring her in that night and check her out.

So I picked her off the roost Thursdsy night. Her weight was on target, 6.5 lbs, 2.95 kg. There was no bumblefoot and her legs seemed uninjured. Everything moved as they should. A puzzle then.

Her bum was full of poo so we decided to bathe her. Here she is having a good soak.

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Once we got her cleaned up, a quick towel dry and some TV, then it was time for her blow dry. While blow drying her we saw this for the first time.

Spoiler: Something Unnerving

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This was located just below her chest. Immediately I am thinking cancer. She been laying around a lot. Now she is limping. I'm thinking that she has a progressive cancer.

Of course the vet is closed, Fri, Sat, and Sun. I can't even try to get an apt until Monday morning. So I emailed a photo of the wound to the vet Sunday night and called first thing this morning. We got an apt for late this afternoon.

Off to the vet her and I went. She was 0.1 kg lighter than Thursday night. I think I can blame that on a full craw Thursday night. Here she is in the vet's arms for her exam. Right after this photo Hattie popped on the vet. A nice wet runny one.
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After a full workup the diagnosis is arthritis of all things. The scabs on her belly are from her laying around so much. We need to get her up and moving again. So she is on CBD oil for 2 weeks. If she does not improve then on to metacam she goes.

So much better than I expected. In fact I did not even bring another chicken along because I was worried about that hen having to come home alone.

Interesting Note
Because of bird flu, birds are no longer allowed in the clinic. The vet saw Hattie in the back of my car. I get the need to be safe but the odds of a bird getting loose are pretty high. Aurora would have very tough to keep under control in a situation like that.

Oh no! I hope Hattie is okay.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Happy Mugs Monday!

Crystal the EE says hello new friends!

Ruby the BR (NOT BSL) says greetings Fluffy Butts!

 

[Ponypoor]

You have ice in the waterers ALREADY?!

Sept 1st up here is start of winter!

 

[Ponypoor]

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Crystal the EE says hello new friends! View attachment 3628355
Ruby the BR (NOT BSL) says greetings Fluffy Butts!

Oh I am so far behind! They are adorable

 

[LhickenChicken]

50 Cornish X chicks are now at DVC.

What are these guys' setup? Do you have a heat lamp? Cornish X chicks are very hard to raise, also are as dumb as a sack of hammers. During the first month, they can eat chick starter and it doesn't have to be withheld. I had some losses, started out with 51 chicks and ended up with 44 chickens. But after a month you have to give 12 hours food, then take the food out for the next 12 hours.