Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[notabitail]

Unless you’re building a rocket ship, yah that’s hoarding!

Nope. Not building a rocket ship.
They're for historical purposes

 

[notabitail]

“I’m still not speaking to you! “
“Get over it already!”
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"Not until you give me the BeakBerry!"

 

[featherhead007]

Sometimes you have to go out of your way to get what you want!
But flying is kinda difficult at the drive thru!

 

[notabitail]

What did you end up getting?

These birds :

 

[featherhead007]

Sometimes you have to go out of your way to get what you want!
But flying is kinda difficult at the drive thru! View attachment 3634294

Yoshinoya was an hour away by car, but 15 minutes in my plane. That beef is delicious!

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Well, between the new phone and the chicks, you must realise they have been trying hard to make you happy. Maybe they just know you have more important things to do, than spend four hours on the phone .

@RebeccaBoyd I’m hoping to hear reassuring news from and for Grandma.
@ChicoryBlue i’m very happy to read Butters seems to be improving somewhat and that the confrontation between the spuds and the bigs is going quite well.

I have some twofer and a bunch of questions also.

Petit Blanc tries to tidbit for Alba on the other side of the netting. She seemed very surprised, like she noticed for the first time there was another white chicken . And a male!
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Annette and Pied beau
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Merle and Piou-piou
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Now here are my questions. Sorry, i’m a bit long !
First a small rant. I had a follow up with the vet for Nieva’s bumblefoot, as it wasn't healing like it should. She asked me to drop her at the clinic when we could, saying she would debride her abscess between two appointments. Then, they called back to say we should bring her in today, as it's their planned surgery day. And my partner who took her just called me to say they are putting her on full anesthesia! I’m a bit upset the vet didn't mention that from the beginning, she made it sound like it would be just what I do for her, taking the scab off and emptying the gunk, but by a professional. Does it seem normal to you that they should do a complete anesthesia for this ? I feel like it's just confort for them so she doesn't struggle. (Which unfortunately she does a lot).

My second question relates to chickens social issues. Léa’s young chickens are now three months and a half, fully integrated, though they spend 3/4 of the day on their own outside the chicken yard on our property. One of them, Laure, is having real difficulties at roost time. She is rejected not only by the adults, but also by her siblings, both cockerels and pullets. No one will let her sleep next to them, she gets pecked hard at best, and sometimes thrown off the roost. With 19 chickens in the coop there are no free roost left and the one place where she could sleep alone is already occupied by another pullet. Usually I don't intervene directly, there is no blood drawn as she always fly off the roost before getting wounded, but sometimes I actually have to move around one or two chickens so she can finally find a safe space on one of the roost. She jumps around a lot and i’m afraid she will end up hurting herself. She has no issue whatsoever during the day, she’s more shy than the others, but she hangs out with her siblings all the time. Do you think it's just a phase and I should let them ride it out? Or should I try adding yet other sleeping commodities so they have more choices ?

Laure
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And last question : entering molting and i’m really not looking forward to it if it's as bad as last year, especially for my older ladies. Do you use any supplements? Last year I fed them scrambled egg and sardine weekly but it didn't seem to help the hard molters.

Yes, I do think that they try to make me happy. Slightly annoying at times, but I love them and that they do a lot for me. They feed me every night (thank gosh, I would survive without food.) and they let me horseback ride.

 

[SimpleJenn]

My view while making dinner a bit ago...

 

[RoyalChick]

Reassurance needed
I know I shouldn’t worry so much. I know that new egg layers take a while to get into their groove and that mistakes happen.
But I still need you to reassure me.
This is what Sylvie laid.
It is small - about 1.5oz - like two others she has laid. But it is pale brown (like the shell I found under the roost) unlike the dark brown she laid before.
Also it is strangely shaped and covered with bumps.
I am mostly sure it is Sylvie. It could be Piglet though hers are supposed to be blue and I think she is just checking things out still.
It is only the 3rd or 4th egg Sylvie has laid. There is some ambiguity about the shell under the roost as well as the middle two brown ones in the egg box - one is Bernie, but it is rare for Bernie to lay two days in a row.
OK. I am worried!

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

These birds :
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Real lookers!
Amazing birds!

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Reassurance needed
I know I shouldn’t worry so much. I know that new egg layers take a while to get into their groove and that mistakes happen.
But I still need you to reassure me.
This is what Sylvie laid.
It is small - about 1.5oz - like two others she has laid. But it is pale brown (like the shell I found under the roost) unlike the dark brown she laid before.
Also it is strangely shaped and covered with bumps.
I am mostly sure it is Sylvie. It could be Piglet though hers are supposed to be blue and I think she is just checking things out still.
It is only the 3rd or 4th egg Sylvie has laid. There is some ambiguity about the shell under the roost as well as the middle two brown ones in the egg box - one is Bernie, but it is rare for Bernie to lay two days in a row.
OK. I am worried!

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Back a few years back, I saw an egg with discoloration, and a few bumps. I think it's just a mistake, but it's probably nothing bad. I'm not an expert but maybe a bit more of Calcium would work? Do you have calcium available for your chooks?