Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

SHRA Tax:
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I hate to mention it as you posted so promptly, but...SHRA taxes are supposed to have 2 (or more) chickens in them..... other taxes have no such requirements (and she's truly a beauty)

 

[Bella the Chicken Lover]

I have left it to others who are far more knowledgeable than I am, I look at them and pray they are pullets!

Thats what I do

And my dad really doesn’t want two roosters. Once Gumbo reaches maturity, I don’t want him hurting Pastel or vice versa. Also, I have eight hens, and now two roosters. I can’t keep both.

Makes sense

My mom said to me many years ago that the heel of the bread and the crust, were the best part because of the extra vitamins. Yeah right, I didn’t believe that for a second. I mentioned that the exterior of the bread was only the toasted surface and that no additional vitamins were present in the heels.
I said that “yes I am young, but I’m not stupid!” She sent me to my room.

 

[rural mouse]

@rural mouse @bgmathteach @RebeccaBoyd

Ladies what do you think? Roo or pullet? I don’t see Roo in any of those BR - do you ?

Honestly, I would expect comb/wattles to be much larger. Tail feathers....terrible angle....Definitely need more pics on the ground: side (whole bird)... color is so close to the one front left....my thought is leaning pullet.

 

[rural mouse]

Those are really old pictures. He has curly tail feathers, he jumped on one of his sisters and tried to mate with her, he makes rooster noises, and he is twice the size of Eli. He’s almost the size of Pastel. If he’s not a rooster then I am terrified of him. I’d get rid of him if he was a hen I don’t need I giant hen strutting around!!

New pics would be great!

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Honestly, I would expect comb/wattles to be much larger. Tail feathers....terrible angle....Definitely need more pics on the ground: side (whole bird)... color is so close to the one front left....my thought is leaning pullet.

It’s just that he is the size of Pastel. His wattles and comb are bigger than my adult hens, and he is twice the size of his BR sister. Would a face comparison between him and his sister help, so that you can see the differences?

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Ruby:

Gumbo:

 

[BY Bob]

Kasumi was all fluffed out on her perch making hurt noises. I crawled into the run to grab her. Rubbed her all over to see what was injured and...pop
She does not lay the olive eggs I guess.
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Her egg is just as speckly and cute as she is though!
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How wonderful!

 

[BY Bob]

Gumbo is pretty! Too bad you’re so far away or I'd love to have a stripy chicken join my flock

Stripy hens are the best!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

And my dad really doesn’t want two roosters. Once Gumbo reaches maturity, I don’t want him hurting Pastel or vice versa. Also, I have eight hens, and now two roosters. I can’t keep both.

So your dad got straight-run chicks? Gumbo wasn't intentional, was he? That's the part I don't understand, unless you/he had thought through you'd be raising chickens for meat.

You don't need the proof that you can do it, I don't think. Doing it now won't make it easier later. If your chicken was suffering and you really needed to help them, I am positive you could do it because you care that much and take good care of your chickens. Haven't you been trained on the technical aspects of it also? In your Ag classes, or do I have you mixed up with someone? So you're ready.

I understand that two roos for eight hens is probably too many, and if he has to die then you're making the best use of his body.

Understand it's just hard for me to get to know a chicken here, and then find out he's doomed. We can agree though that he appears to have had a good life with you, as short as it is!
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[BY Bob]

In that case I can confirm same as @fuentemoon for 99% of the time. A friend did have it done twice in the same knee because of the glue issue; But I think the first one had been done in the 1980's or 90's. She's had no issues with it since the re-do. So I'd say a lot has been improved!

Remember all the stats and stories are past performance, sometimes very very old, and improvements are always occurring.

An elderly lady in her 80's felt her new knee (this was about 2014?) was wobbly to the sides and unpredictable. So she used a cane. She had no pain though. She may not have really committed to the physical therapy, she had the beginnings of dementia, her executive functioning wasn't really there, & that's what you need to make yourself work through it and continue to work it despite your (normal) pain.

It helped me (hip) to take a dose of pain meds before PT appointments, even after I didn't need to take them generally when doing the home PT. It helps. The PT appointments involved harder things.

Just be prepared for the long game. Commit to the therapy - and ask for it! Some institutions do not push it, hard to believe.
I heard from DH about a dental hygienist he saw who had their hip replaced a few years ago, there was no PT required and she didn't know to ask, and now she has pain while sitting and standing at work.

Finally, my experience (hip) taught me the patience needed with these things. Healing only goes so fast, and the PT has to work hand in hand with that.

Tax: Anna looking alert out the back of the coop while I cleaned it today
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Those Spuds really are handsome hens.