Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Okay, I’ve heard that polishes have a hole in their skull when they are chicks. Is that true? Does the hole ever fill in as they get older? I don’t want them to get hurt or anything. What if they peck each other in the head? Could that kill them? What about if they do that as adults?

This is a fact. I lost a Polish chick whose hole never closed. Her brain popped through the hole and she passed.

The reason they have poofy heads is because their skull is vaulted. It pushes the feathers up into the air. Because of this there is a small hole at the back of their head which usually closes as they grow.

The chicks will not peck each other in the head hard enough to cause a problem. It is adult chickens which you need to worry about.

This is Legertha who passed because the hole did not close.

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

I can’t find a toad for pony Sunday

Did you look deep in the grass?

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

SET!
The eggs are set for 21 days in the incubator! Now I just gotta wait for.......
BABIES!!!!!!!!
(And post candlings of the eggs, refill the humidifier, and mark the eggs)


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Yay!!!

 

[SimpleJenn]

Pony Sunday!
Fenix Beanix is full of beans today


Waiting to go check nest boxes.

Kasumi laid an egg with only a very thin shell so...

He got a scrambled eggy! Shell and all, it's so good for his magnificent fluff.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

This is a fact. I lost a Polish chick whose hole never closed. Her brain popped through the hole and she passed.

The reason they have poofy heads is because their skull is vaulted. It pushes the feathers up into the air. Because of this there is a small hole at the back of their head which usually closes as they grow.

The chicks will not peck each other in the head hard enough to cause a problem. It is adult chickens which you need to worry about.

This is Legertha who passed because the hole did not close.
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I’m sorry about Legertha. She was stunning.

So the hole never closes? I’m not ever going to put them in with my original chooks, but should I be worried about them pecking each other?

Edit: I just saw that you said HER hole never closed. So their holes do normally close?

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Pony Sunday!
Fenix Beanix is full of beans today
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Waiting to go check nest boxes.
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Kasumi laid an egg with only a very thin shell so...
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He got a scrambled eggy! Shell and all, it's so good for his magnificent fluff.

Lucky pupper! He’s so pretty.

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

I’m sorry about Legertha. She was stunning.

So the hole never closes? I’m not ever going to put them in with my original chooks, but should I be worried about them pecking each other?

Edit: I just saw that you said HER hole never closed. So their holes do normally close?

He meant that their holes normally do close, but Legertha's didn't.

 

[The Chick Addict]

I skipped about 20 pages, but
Happy Pony Sunday!
Willow with her new kid, Rilian!

 

[RoyalChick]

Princess and puss catch some Ray's
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Those two really seem like they are buddies. I think that is great so Princess isn’t lonely.

 

[RoyalChick]

@RoyalChick I believe yours have swallowed mice whole, right? Nothing like a good mouse steak, even dry aged.

Absolutely. Swallowing whole may not be the preferred approach, but it is the only way of ensuring that your sisters don’t snatch parts of your prize away from you!