Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Gosh. She just always looks SO put together. None of my chickens has that perfect of a comb, that neat of a beard.

Wow, you sure know how to suck up to the Queen!

 

[featherhead007]

I would not trade Branch for anything in the world. Momma Hen is not broody yet, she has only been back laying for right at a week now. So far she has laid 5 eggs in Russ's stall. I have caught her really scoping out some new hidey holes on the hillside. If she follows her pattern she will start trying to hide her eggs sometime this week. That is what the bat does when she starts up laying. The first week she lays them out in the open with everyone else, then starts hiding to build up a clutch. If I do not find them and disturb that nest as soon as she gets at least 5 or 6 eggs laid she starts setting. If she were to hide them right now, I would have no clue where to find them or even have the time to really search for a nest. Grandma is nearing the end of her journey through life. She has stopped eating and drinking. Last Monday she had her last actual meal for breakfast. Since then we have managed to get a few sips of water down her a day and a spoonful or two of applesauce when it is time to give her a valium. Wednesday the call was made to stop all of her medications except the morphine and the valium. She was taking nearly 30 pills a day, a struggle to get them down and they were no longer working. She wanted to stop taking her meds a month ago. Me and mom are doing everything we can, constantly turning her, keeping her clean but her body is shutting down and bed sores are popping up on her heels, legs and bottom. Right now they are small but it seems every time we change or turn her there is a new spot. Her siblings have came and visited with her a few times this weekend. She was aware of them Saturday, but yesterday she did even know they were here. Mom hurt 1 of their feelings yesterday. Saturday she kept insisting she eat, offering to fix her whatever she wanted, with us telling her she cannot hardly swallow she will get choked if it is more then applesauce. Yesterday she demanded to know why she did not have a feeding tube and a IV for hydration. She has spent 2 years since the stroke ignoring her and now at the end she wants to be a hero. Mom snapped and pulled her outside and had a talk with her. Informed her this was grandma's wishes. She has documents signed by grandma through hospice that no iv', feeding tubes or life saving measures are to be taken. I would love to have a iv of fluids hooked up, but, we cannot. It kills me inside worrying if she is hungry and not able to eat. I am not ready for her to go but her body is failing her and no other way to put it but now she is suffering. Rosie sits with her every chance she gets. She did not want to go to school this morning but she needs normalcy as well. I am not god, we do not know how much longer she has left, but education was very important to grandma. She would want her going to school.

The God I serve, knows exactly what he’s doing with her. I have been praying for her (so has my church friends) and she is in very good hands now. But she’ll be in excellent hands soon.
Love you for being so strong Rebecca

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Mugs Monday

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Bert is turning into a handsome roo!

 

[RoyalChick]

I would not trade Branch for anything in the world. Momma Hen is not broody yet, she has only been back laying for right at a week now. So far she has laid 5 eggs in Russ's stall. I have caught her really scoping out some new hidey holes on the hillside. If she follows her pattern she will start trying to hide her eggs sometime this week. That is what the bat does when she starts up laying. The first week she lays them out in the open with everyone else, then starts hiding to build up a clutch. If I do not find them and disturb that nest as soon as she gets at least 5 or 6 eggs laid she starts setting. If she were to hide them right now, I would have no clue where to find them or even have the time to really search for a nest. Grandma is nearing the end of her journey through life. She has stopped eating and drinking. Last Monday she had her last actual meal for breakfast. Since then we have managed to get a few sips of water down her a day and a spoonful or two of applesauce when it is time to give her a valium. Wednesday the call was made to stop all of her medications except the morphine and the valium. She was taking nearly 30 pills a day, a struggle to get them down and they were no longer working. She wanted to stop taking her meds a month ago. Me and mom are doing everything we can, constantly turning her, keeping her clean but her body is shutting down and bed sores are popping up on her heels, legs and bottom. Right now they are small but it seems every time we change or turn her there is a new spot. Her siblings have came and visited with her a few times this weekend. She was aware of them Saturday, but yesterday she did even know they were here. Mom hurt 1 of their feelings yesterday. Saturday she kept insisting she eat, offering to fix her whatever she wanted, with us telling her she cannot hardly swallow she will get choked if it is more then applesauce. Yesterday she demanded to know why she did not have a feeding tube and a IV for hydration. She has spent 2 years since the stroke ignoring her and now at the end she wants to be a hero. Mom snapped and pulled her outside and had a talk with her. Informed her this was grandma's wishes. She has documents signed by grandma through hospice that no iv', feeding tubes or life saving measures are to be taken. I would love to have a iv of fluids hooked up, but, we cannot. It kills me inside worrying if she is hungry and not able to eat. I am not ready for her to go but her body is failing her and no other way to put it but now she is suffering. Rosie sits with her every chance she gets. She did not want to go to school this morning but she needs normalcy as well. I am not god, we do not know how much longer she has left, but education was very important to grandma. She would want her going to school.

Stay strong.

 

[featherhead007]

My rooster loves me! How many people can say that?
Granted He ain’t much, but neither am I!!

 

[featherhead007]

My rooster loves me! How many people can say that?
Granted He ain’t much, but neither am I!!

I have decided to only use bottled water for my chooks drinking stations. If it’s not wild water (rain water) then it’s not worth poisoning my kids with tap water. I’m filling hundreds of gallons of purified water from town. (Summer is gonna be a long hot one! I’m not crazy, it’s just that I won’t drink (even filtered) tap water from here, so why should they?
My tax:

 

[janiedoe]

My rooster loves me! How many people can say that?
Granted He ain’t much, but neither am I!!

I can, and will say, my big boy rooster loves me, as did his father before him. (I may be delusional, but I believe they love/loved me.) I think one of my bantam roosters loves me too, but it may just be my yellow boots that he's crushing on.

 

[knoturavggrl]

A mug for Monday:
Flour

 

[Gigachad poultry]

MY SILKIE HEN IS GOING BROODY!!!!!!!

 

[Gigachad poultry]

MY SILKIE HEN IS GOING BROODY!!!!!!!

Well technically two of them are going broody!!!