Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ChicoryBlue]

Oh hope all will be ok for you, if not I am thinking good thoughts and sending well wishes to you, your family and pets

Thank you very much, Pony!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Hen-Rietta, 7 years old (SEVEN YEARS OLD)!!! Laid an egg today. It was the only white egg in the coop. She’s my Leghorn.
The egg was small but she is way past POL. I’m amazed at this!

You know it was the chicken and rice combo that did it!

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Such a great photo!

Here's some more wings. How did she do this on one leg?

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Woahhhhhhh...... All of those colors......

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

So, as some of you might know, Tony is afraid of just about anything. So, it wasn't a surprise when the camera shutter went off that she wanted to run away. I turned it off and I was able to get photos of her. Even close up ones.
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I have a BR with that exact same personality. I can't get anywhere near her most times.

Onaga

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Oh no keep it! you said ‘he’ so I was wondering! I thought she was a she!

Toni is the girls spelling if that helps

To everyone who said I should name her Toni, that's not a bad idea. Toni is turning 7 this year and since she seems old for a chicken and the name Toni seems old to me, this is perfect.

 

[BY Bob]

Hi folks. My flock, too, is aging. Bridge will be eight this month. She has a bum leg, but here she is ranging today:
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Little Mill has a bad leg, too, but has since she was a pullet. She’ll be seven in May. Since days are lengthening and Spring is threatening to come early, her hormones are kicking in. Darn! Can’t she be done with that already? The hormones caused her to bloat right up. However, here she is being gorgeous after low-dose aspirin:
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Buttercup, Minnie Minnie and Roxy also say hello:
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Unfortunately, I don’t have any current photos of the “babies,” Flo and Flash, who are 3 1/2. They both just started laying again.
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I hope everyone’s doing well. Sorry I haven’t been active on BYC nor this thread. I just got really busy at work focusing on my personal health. It’s always nice to pop in!

You have been greatly missed! I love seeing all the girls again. 8 years old is very impressive. Way to go Bridge! You have done very well by them all.

 

[BY Bob]

Sorry to misrepresent you.

You did not. You made your best guess on how I would respond. I will say with the difficulty of getting antibiotics at this point I am even more conservative regarding their usage.

Since they are concerned about salpingitis, I will revise my previous statement to say they should treat quickly. I did not interpret the "meaty" stuff as a lash egg. If you do, then you should treat.

 

[BY Bob]

Hello FBA!
I haven't been posting in a while but almost always following along. It's nice to see the younger ones growing and all starting to lay, and senior hens still doing well.

How exciting that queen Aurora turned five !
Although I have to say my heart is with those who have known misery and wandering, more than with the kings and queens. Momma hen will forever be my senior chicken hero.

@Sally PB I'm hoping the best for Pip and wanted to add that while it's certainly difficult to heal completely from salpingitis, I and others have had experiences of long remissions, for many months and even years. Pip is young, healthy, and it seems you caught this very early. Had she stopped laying for a few days or did this follow right away after normal eggs ? Healthy eggs not long before would indicate this had not been brewing for much time.

I'm still dealing with some chicken health issues also. Two of my older ex-batts are very unwell, Blanche and Cannelle. It has happened before and they made it through but now they are four and four months, so that is not young for production layers. Cannelle has ascites, like @Ponypoor 's Red. But they're both still fighting so I'm trying to support them without imposing invasive treatments. Chipie, my tiny crazy bantam, has been having strange neurological issue manifesting like a seizure with wry neck, though it happens only every now and then. Lilly's abscess between two fingers is stubborn and still not healed. And we had a big hawk land yesterday right next to Piou-piou, who is quite upset at being the target twice to predators in two months !
In better news we have made our run bigger and more secure and it's now completely covered, and while it's not big enough to let 17 chickens contained for a whole day, it would allow us to lock the two roosters together for a few hours if we really needed to.

A few mugs :

Lulu. No clue why she looks so angry at me.
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Laure next to her
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Mélisse
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Gaston
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And little Théo who still believes hands are meant to be pecked and destroyed.
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Thanks for the updates. I wonder how yours are doing from time to time but I just don't have time to try and follow your thread as well as this one. They are beautiful chickens.

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Hello FBA!
I haven't been posting in a while but almost always following along. It's nice to see the younger ones growing and all starting to lay, and senior hens still doing well.

How exciting that queen Aurora turned five !
Although I have to say my heart is with those who have known misery and wandering, more than with the kings and queens. Momma hen will forever be my senior chicken hero.

@Sally PB I'm hoping the best for Pip and wanted to add that while it's certainly difficult to heal completely from salpingitis, I and others have had experiences of long remissions, for many months and even years. Pip is young, healthy, and it seems you caught this very early. Had she stopped laying for a few days or did this follow right away after normal eggs ? Healthy eggs not long before would indicate this had not been brewing for much time.

I'm still dealing with some chicken health issues also. Two of my older ex-batts are very unwell, Blanche and Cannelle. It has happened before and they made it through but now they are four and four months, so that is not young for production layers. Cannelle has ascites, like @Ponypoor 's Red. But they're both still fighting so I'm trying to support them without imposing invasive treatments. Chipie, my tiny crazy bantam, has been having strange neurological issue manifesting like a seizure with wry neck, though it happens only every now and then. Lilly's abscess between two fingers is stubborn and still not healed. And we had a big hawk land yesterday right next to Piou-piou, who is quite upset at being the target twice to predators in two months !
In better news we have made our run bigger and more secure and it's now completely covered, and while it's not big enough to let 17 chickens contained for a whole day, it would allow us to lock the two roosters together for a few hours if we really needed to.

A few mugs :

Lulu. No clue why she looks so angry at me.
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Laure next to her
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Mélisse
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Gaston
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And little Théo who still believes hands are meant to be pecked and destroyed.
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Your chooks look amazing!

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

I need tax photos!
Tax.
TAX
TAXES!!!!