Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Epic!
Here is a small chicken (Piglet) coming in to land.
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Perfect!!! Love it!

 

[Ponypoor]

I missed a day of giving Kasumi a calcium pill and she laid a soft shell egg. She refuses to eat the oyster shell every time I offer so I guess I just need to give her calcium pills in cheese every day. On the plus side all the girls love cheesy snacks.
It's nasty outside so here are fluffy butts from earlier this week.
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Are you feeding a layer feed?

 

[Ponypoor]

Let me see what I have here.. View attachment 3766949
A baby Lavender Orpington! I can't tell which, as I had 4 that were identical. Maybe Sissy. Yes, a lot of throwbacks lately, my birds were left with neighbors when I moved, and I am currently planning a new flock for this spring.

AWWWWW!!!! Ok I accept - seeing as how babies would likely top wattles and stripes

 

[Ponypoor]

Yes! It’s the hen who feels crappy- but will eat worms if I dig them up for her I found out haha.

Have you wormed her? Or tried some antibiotics?

 

[Ponypoor]

Subtle but serious complaint: my chickens are making me crazy today. Squawking everywhere, fighting and screaming at each other. BoPeeps is walking around with the penguin stride and I hope she’s ok.
Ps. Jaffar bit me twice and Xzit once.

Well I hope BoPeeps is ok

As for the squabbling mine have been doing that this week, today Rose and Sue got into it - all the older ladies ran to break it up, Mr P was out with the young hotties

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Rodeo was supposed to start at 7, but now it’s starting at 8 because hardly anyone who bought tickets is here.

 

[BeastBaby]

Have you wormed her? Or tried some antibiotics?

Good options, thanks for trouble shooting with me

I had chosen to not worm Albert early on, which turned out to be the right choice because the fecal float came back negative for everything.

She has not had any antibiotics, but I fall on the conservative side of antibiotic use if there is no known infection. Besides, there are hoops to jump through to purchase antibiotics these days. Gah.

So I went down the worm hole of infectious diseases last night looking for an answer! For like nine hours was convinced she had Wet fowl pox. Well, no, I checked this morning for telltale mouth lesions and there was nothing.

She’s up there now, waiting for me to bring her food, but I’m all tied up with a baby (who turned 1 yesterday!) on a nap strike. Ugh, so cute

 

[SimpleJenn]

I gently squeezed Kasumis cheeks and she opened her beak for the calcium today. I tried putting it in bits of sausage from the pizza we had for dinner, but she tore them apart haha. No fight or struggle from her though! Tomorrow's dose will be wrapped in cheese again though!

Those chickens were all lined up nicely, then the toddler got to them.

And my mother in law requested a keychain of Shep.

 

[Ponypoor]

Good options, thanks for trouble shooting with me

I had chosen to not worm Albert early on, which turned out to be the right choice because the fecal float came back negative for everything.

She has not had any antibiotics, but I fall on the conservative side of antibiotic use if there is no known infection. Besides, there are hoops to jump through to purchase antibiotics these days. Gah.

So I went down the worm hole of infectious diseases last night looking for an answer! For like nine hours was convinced she had Wet fowl pox. Well, no, I checked this morning for telltale mouth lesions and there was nothing.

She’s up there now, waiting for me to bring her food, but I’m all tied up with a baby (who turned 1 yesterday!) on a nap strike. Ugh, so cute View attachment 3767301

Happy Birthday sweetie pie

Oh I know all about the rabbit hole of trying to find info online

 

[rural mouse]

Well, I can say with certainty that my Rose is HEALTHY. Doing the nightly handling/working with Sherlock. Pulled each one (at a time) out for some cuddles/standing on the lid (have to keep it on or they start getting out, moving to the coop as soon as I can get a 2nd heating pad set up for outside the tote) for wing flapping, etc (while keeping Sherlock from getting wound up). Rose annointed my hand...with one of those thickish paste poops. Managed to tuck her back in without dropping her. She was last on the handle list, so went to wash hands (before Sherlock could volunteer to "help").