Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Be careful with the horse nippers. The spur can be somewhat brittle with that type of a strong tool - it can split the spur (which is a hard coating with thick quick/core in the center.

Ha, ha, ha...I see what you did there...file 'drawn out',

Seriously, though, it only takes 4-5 'strokes' back and forth to give it a halfway decent 'file'. AND it doesn't really make noise, which is probably what scares your cat (plus will make the chickens nervous, too - a strange noise and the vibrations of the machine. Honestly, manually filing is much easier!!! Hold the toe and gently swipe!!

I will be prepared with all tools if I end up needing to trim Bernie!
I don’t think the cats are scared of the trimmer, they just want to hold on to their weaponry.
From their perspective, you never know when you might feel the urge to kill something!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I almost killed Gumbo today, and not on purpose.
So, I let him free range for a while today and just left the door to his coop open and I told myself that I would put him away and close it. I never did.

It’s 9:00 PM and I just remember that I left him out. I run and tell Mom that we have to get headlamps and make sure he’s alive and lock him up for the night, because I don’t want to clean up a pile of feathers tomorrow. So we go out there and he is roosting on a pole that’s resting on the ground… he was alive. I closed his door, grabbed the eggs that I neglected to grab earlier, and realized that Pastel was in his time out coop because the girls escaped earlier and I didn’t need him attacking me when I was chasing them.

I open the door to his coop and he comes down the ladder very slowly and I grab him and put him in with his ladies.

And that’s the story of how I almost killed the rooster that I want dead/gone. That’s the first time I’ve ever done something like that.

Lots of things going on for you right now. Remember you are recovering from the trauma of seeing that accident. One aspect of that is routines that you usually don't have to think twice about can get all discombobulated (is that a word?) because there's a bigger load than usual on your brain. So slow down, and take it easy on yourself. A "to do" list can help. Doesn't have to be specific, something like "check the chickens before dark".

 

[Ponypoor]

Truly is colicky

Came out late to feed and do chores and found Truly down in her stall, I wasn’t sure what was going on but just wanted to watch her, she got up after a about a minute.

So I did chores and fed as usual, but Truly just didn’t seem right, so I have her some pain meds figuring she was achy with her arthritis.

She wouldn’t eat her hay but I figured I would just keep any eye on her.

Back at the house I logged back on to the camera and she was down again and rolling - so back to the barn I went. I got her up and started walking her a bit to stop her rolling. Horses can get a twisted gut if they have gassy distended bowels.

So here I sit now in the dark with Truly standing quietly in the alleyway me on my lawnchair watching over her. As long as she is quiet she can stand there calmly.

Meanwhile I will sit here freezing!

Yep that’s Truly and I in the alleyway.

 

[Ponypoor]

I just love him. You did the right thing borrowing him, rather than the white one.

Wonder what ‘colour’ he is - I call it sticky toffee cake…..

 

[Ponypoor]

I wrap Goliath (& his father before him) in a towel and sit him in my lap. I like it best when my daughter is here to help. I've gotten bit a couple of times.

Yep they bite hard!!

 

[Ponypoor]

Well she got the last laugh today because she got special treats that nobody else got because they chased her and she hid in the inside of the Chicken Palace and I happened to wander by with some cheese.

Awww that’s good, she will remember that

 

[Ponypoor]

Lots of things going on for you right now. Remember you are recovering from the trauma of seeing that accident. One aspect of that is routines that you usually don't have to think twice about can get all discombobulated (is that a word?) because there's a bigger load than usual on your brain. So slow down, and take it easy on yourself. A "to do" list can help. Doesn't have to be specific, something like "check the chickens before dark".

 

[BY Bob]

That was Sophia - I had to remove her - even with that she became so depressed and despondent- the minute I gave her those chicks she perked right up! Next morning she was a proud mama - I told her she could raise kids again this year if she likes

For never being broody before she was an amazing mama

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It's funny how they react. I've seen chickens display a lot of emotions. It's part of what makes them so special.

 

[BY Bob]

Betty

@BY Bob

Betty sure is looking like a grown lady these days

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I am having trouble telling her and her egg mum apart! But Betty is taller and leaner than Curly who is more round and squat. And wow can Betty run and fly!

Gosh she is beautiful.

 

[BY Bob]

So I wonder if Éowyn truly would ‘love horses’?

I had meant to ask in the past

She would love a barn. So much to explore!

Horses, I can't say.