Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

Just the way she stands and her comb flopping over - reminds me of Topsy with her floppy comb.

Little Grey flies effortlessly up 5’ or more she just zips straight up.


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Yeah, my chickens have a bad habit of jumping too, or chicken I should say because it's only the roo. He jumps on the roof and just crows. He's silly.

 

[Ponypoor]

Penalty for not taking the summons for jury duty selection is mandated by the individual (county) court judge, charging a possible contempt of court misdemeanor and Applicable fines.
I heard that they take away your birthday

I shall let him know; surprisingly he has done jury duty a couple times and enjoyed it. Pretty sure I would fall asleep in my chair!

Dutiful Tax

Muffy - wonder what sort of egg colour she will lay?

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm up at 5am....need the time to have coffee and feed critters before leaving for work...

I enjoy being up early, in the summer it’s just lovely, and in the winter when it’s crystal clear and cold the stars are twinkling.

And I have horses kicking the walls, and chickens clammering to be fed

Leghorn x Araucana hybrid - Azur Blue
Flopsy

 

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

I shall let him know; surprisingly he has done jury duty a couple times and enjoyed it. Pretty sure I would fall asleep in my chair!

Dutiful Tax

Muffy - wonder what sort of egg colour she will lay?
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Hmmm, I can't really see her ears. But I'm just going to guess a cream color as that is the case with a lot of chickens. She doesn't look like an easter egger.

 

[rural mouse]

I shall let him know; surprisingly he has done jury duty a couple times and enjoyed it. Pretty sure I would fall asleep in my chair!

Dutiful Tax

Muffy - wonder what sort of egg colour she will lay?
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I thought this was Butterscotch....

 

[Marie2020]

Marie never says have a good day to me anymore.

My sweet friend, you are always in my heart
I have mentioned you many times to my friends. I love your whacky humour and kind heart.

 

[Marie2020]

Yeah, my chickens have a bad habit of jumping too, or chicken I should say because it's only the roo. He jumps on the roof and just crows. He's silly.

My princess jumps at things, she doesn't like, my pony tail for one

 

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

My princess jumps at thing she doesn't like, my pony tail for one

I can't with chickens sometimes. They spook over the most random things. My roo pecks at my hand WHILE I'm petting him and he KNOWS it's me??? He's very strange.

 

[Ponypoor]

Invented by Henry French Flagg, Massachusetts. We simply call it a drain.

We call them Belgian fries.

The slang expression to design that type of kiss in French is the most ugly/funny thing.

Spoiler

Roll a shovel

Called english seam here

Nope. Our mustard stings.



I looked up the Campylobacter issue. Maybe others did too ?
The most interesting docs I found were in french. My understanding with my limited scientific background is that there is a strong concern for resistance development in Campylobacter Jujuni, the type that affect chickens, due to broiler ingesting antibiotics. It is a human health problem because eating sick chickens lead to enteritis and the resistant bacteria causes more serious symptoms, some long lasting like Guillain Barré syndrom. This does not concern enrofloxacin or fluoroquinolones specifically. I found a study that compared in European countries the percentage of resistant Campylobacter Jujuni to various type of antibiotics ; they vary greatly depending on the country and it's more intensive use of one type of antibiotics. In most of European countries enrofloxacin has actually a rather low issue regarding to Campylobacter resistance.
But I also came upon this Canadian document in french (it's probably in english somewhere as it's governmental) which mentions that resistance to fluoroquinolones in Saskatchewan and British Columbia has increased worryingly ; it is more about ciprofloxacin, but also mentions enrofloxacin stating explicitly that derogative use of Baytril for poultry is one of the cause. In a similar documents I saw vets were given instructions not to use it derogatively anymore.
I realize BC isn't that close to New York... but maybe similar causes led to similar effects.
So this could maybe explain the vet's excessive reaction, though it doesn't excuse it.

Sunday tax : See You, the stallion. After much human drama, it turns out old Gribouille will go live his last days with him ! Not a bad solution to a big conflict as See You’s owner already needs to do all the necessary care and check ups for her horse.
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So glad the old boy will be looked after, hopefully that stallion will not pester him too much

Here is the English version of the CIPARS bulletin

https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/p...c-aspc/cipars-picra/pdf/Campylobacter-eng.pdf

 

[rural mouse]

I can't with chickens sometimes. They spook over the most random things. My roo pecks at my hand WHILE I'm petting him and he KNOWS it's me??? He's very strange.

Are you petting his back like you would a dog? If so, you're trying to mate with him (his perspective).