Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[notabitail]

Did they get any greens? Grass? Sounds like something long stuck in her crop that needs rearranging.

They haven't had greens. Everything is dead here for the winter.
Except lettuce.

 

[Ponypoor]

Get more of the blue stuff? I used Blukote for when Vulture got scalped, and to its credit nobody picked at her wound when she did get brought back around.

Although I’m curious what they’re pecking at in the first place. Is it the bases of his cut feathers that look like they need to be groomed out? Or wound picking? For the original peck, was he just dirty? Yea maybe keeping him with the old girls for a week or so to help him heal could help.

Originally someone picked one of his pin feathers and it bled like a stick pig!!! Blood everywhere, and since then they have pecked at his head constantly. Poor old man

We cannot get blucote here it is banned as a carcinogen (ya don’t go there), so I don’t have anything but an aluminium spray that is shiny when coated on a wound - oh yes yummy for chickens to peck at I am sure!

I about busted gut laughing when the feedmill suggested this foolish ‘redcote’ . I told them “oh ‘yis bye now’ (say that with a Newfoundlander accent), that’s going to go down well with the little savage beasts, I spray that on a bird all that will be left are the bones!”

Guess they don’t know chickens love the colour red!

So I don’t have anything to coat the beast with. Sheesh! If I weren’t so far a drive to the border I would make a run to the TSC down in Niagara and pick up a whole slew of stuff. Oh well….

 

[Ponypoor]

My property and buildings, have seen a couple of scrapes and scratches. Like an old man who has been living a long time. Bumps and bruises are certainly present.
I just can’t do everything that I used to be able to do, and it’s getting harder every year

I hear you on that.

The youngsters are needed to take over and help out.

 

[Ponypoor]

They haven't had greens. Everything is dead here for the winter.
Except lettuce.

Yea sounds like something stuck in her crop, you can try some gentle massage of her crop to try moving stuff along. Very gentle like you’re feeling for a full crop.

 

[BeastBaby]

Originally someone picked one of his pin feathers and it bled like a stick pig!!! Blood everywhere, and since then they have pecked at his head constantly. Poor old man

We cannot get blucote here it is banned as a carcinogen (ya don’t go there), so I don’t have anything but an aluminium spray that is shiny when coated on a wound - oh yes yummy for chickens to peck at I am sure!

I about busted gut laughing when the feedmill suggested this foolish ‘redcote’ . I told them “oh ‘yis bye now’ (say that with a Newfoundlander accent), that’s going to go down well with the little savage beasts, I spray that on a bird all that will be left are the bones!”

Guess they don’t know chickens love the colour red!

So I don’t have anything to coat the beast with. Sheesh! If I weren’t so far a drive to the border I would make a run to the TSC down in Niagara and pick up a whole slew of stuff. Oh well….

Sad you can’t get the stuff you need, but the laughter was for the accent.

How about a homemade concoction for his head. Blue food coloring diluted with water and/or alcohol/aloe juice and sprayed using a regular spray bottle. You can add a bit of your favorite topical antibiotic to the concoction if it suits your needs, as well.

 

[rural mouse]

Thanks, but how am I supposed to mow my lawn with that contraption?

Creatively...

 

[BeastBaby]

@Ponypoor

Check out who heard us this morning. The three youngsters are all on their own perch together tonight!! And the four OGs are scrunched up on their roomy digs.

Edited to change out the photo for one where the pests are more visible.

 

[rural mouse]

Their butts aren't clean? That's weird. Maybe @rural mouse may know something about that. That really is new to me.

Not a clue. Happens here too. They mostly seem to get better about clean bums, but there's always 1 who NEVER figures out how to keep it clean and always 1 who NEVER mucks it up. With 20 +/- a bit hens I have a decent sized pool for observation any given year. Twirp, Pear, and Cardhu have never had mucky butts from laying eggs. Silver, and Pippa always seemed to have a mucky butt. The rest....

 

[Marie2020]

I can tell you absolutely, unequivocally, that it wasn’t me laying it!
But I have my suspicions (suspects)

You sound guilty to me
What do you think guy's do you think we need an investigation

 

[Marie2020]

Sir Jaffar accompanied me to the post office. No events to report. He just like car rides.

Postman Jaff