Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

So are mine View attachment 3656110

Looks like pin feathers coming in though, in a couple weeks she should be back to bee a bit fluffier

 

[Ponypoor]

Flash’s crop was empty yesterday morning! Woohooo!!! She is in a second stage of molt and didn’t want to be touched today, so I let her be. I remember it taking a looong time to help her through a slow crop before.

This time, over several days before I left on my trip, I did tons of massage with frozen coconut oil, at least two molasses flushes, enzyme capsules, several rounds if tubing fluid with massage. I would give her private feedings of baby bird formula treat since she was getting skinny, and provided damped feed (more like mash) alongside the dry feed. While I was gone, my wonderful neighbor friend provided baby bird formula and made sure she got some daily. I seriously think that probavly kept her from starving.

A couple days after I got home, her crop seemed to be getting worse, so I did LOTS of frozen coconut oil and massage in the morning and tubed a full 60cc of fluid at night, along with more massage (which I did quite carefully since her crop was so full).

Fingers crossed her crop keeps moving! I felt it tonight and it seemed full, but not firm.

Oh that’s a good sign! Well done! My Sophia has a tricky crop, and when she moults it goes all squishy and is slow to empty. Moulting seriously has a detrimental efff cut on them

 

[featherhead007]

I do have one in the garage. In the barn I usually have saw-horses, which are also at the garage, so I just use my wheelbarrows to cut on.

They are a perfect height- unfortunately my uncle sawed through my one barrow! Good thing it is plastic and not metal ha!

Nice thing about the barrow is I can put the tools in it and they don’t roll away anywhere.

I have metal wheelbarrows all around my yard. Old metal ones that were left behind. I only use one to keep the yard clean.
I’m not sleepy yet tonight. It’s hot and humid outside. Like Georgia weather.
Mosquitoes are abundant, some are in the house, but damn the mosquitoes, full sleep ahead!

 

[featherhead007]

Looks like pin feathers coming in though, in a couple weeks she should be back to bee a bit fluffier

But for now, poor BoPeeps is miserable

 

[featherhead007]

Oh that’s a good sign! Well done! My Sophia has a tricky crop, and when she moults it goes all squishy and is slow to empty. Moulting seriously has a detrimental efff cut on them

I hope nothing bad happens to Flash, because she’s exactly like my Rocks-Anne (armpit warriors)
Rest In Peace my princess

 

[rural mouse]

Cumulo is very similar to Eli-too, that topknot and her sleek shape is she one to fly up onto things?

They ALL fly. Storm has them roosting on top of the nest boxes. She is with them or in the box just below them (I suspect due to her moult).

 

[rural mouse]

2fers

Cheetah and Blanche

Quartz and Cumulo

Cardhu and Nimbus

Whiskey and Jessica, under Pear's watchful eye

 

[BY Bob]

Flash’s crop was empty yesterday morning! Woohooo!!! She is in a second stage of molt and didn’t want to be touched today, so I let her be. I remember it taking a looong time to help her through a slow crop before.

This time, over several days before I left on my trip, I did tons of massage with frozen coconut oil, at least two molasses flushes, enzyme capsules, several rounds if tubing fluid with massage. I would give her private feedings of baby bird formula treat since she was getting skinny, and provided damped feed (more like mash) alongside the dry feed. While I was gone, my wonderful neighbor friend provided baby bird formula and made sure she got some daily. I seriously think that probavly kept her from starving.

A couple days after I got home, her crop seemed to be getting worse, so I did LOTS of frozen coconut oil and massage in the morning and tubed a full 60cc of fluid at night, along with more massage (which I did quite carefully since her crop was so full).

Fingers crossed her crop keeps moving! I felt it tonight and it seemed full, but not firm.

This is great news. Thanks for the update.

 

[BY Bob]

Learning to Count Down with Glynda
For you @bgmathteach. This all happened in one day.

Glynda has 3 tail feathers

Glynda has 2 feathers

Glynda has 1 tail feather

Glynda has 0 tail feathers

 

[Ponypoor]

They ALL fly. Storm has them roosting on top of the nest boxes. She is with them or in the box just below them (I suspect due to her moult).

Oh dear, this moulting business is miserable for the poor chooks, poor Storm wish they would have done this a month ago when it was warmer. I guess the chicks are doing their first moult by now also. Poor pookies.