Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

Ick. I do but don’t want to become an adult.

It's inevitable....


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[Marie2020]

Chickens don't have lips. They can't make "m" sounds.

Princess can when she's eating something tasty

 

[Marie2020]

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[featherhead007]

Xzit needed a bath. Her muddy feet, her sweating feathers. And that awful chuk chuk chuk, of broody attitude. I had to do something to her off. She can’t stay in the laying box forever! And the temperature outside during the day is hot and getting hotter.
She didn’t cooperate well with her bath. .

 

[Sylvester017]

Why why oh why do these courts and prison sentences fail the good people all of the time

Because govts & courts are man-made & then the interpretations of law and twisting of the execution of the law are done by imperfect self-serving mankind. And are humans in govt or the courts inherently good deep down to do what is right? This is what 1 Corinthians 6:5 says: Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? and Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

The newest littles

 

[featherhead007]

I’m a church elder, and I don’t consider myself righteous in any way. But Xzit still loves me and that’s plenty good for me!

 

[Marie2020]

Xzit needed a bath. Her muddy feet, her sweating feathers. And that awful chuk chuk chuk, of broody attitude. I had to do something to her off. She can’t stay in the laying box forever! And the temperature outside during the day is hot and getting hotter.
She didn’t cooperate well with her bath. . View attachment 3853863

They never do. I have to say princess has improved when I'm washing her legs and fluffy

 

[Sylvester017]

If anyone wants to see the church yard where my beloved rooster is buried, let me know and I’ll take pictures of the church lawn.

YES!

 

[BeastBaby]

Our chickens are not house chickens except when they are brooder babies or need care when ill/injured. But we do let them in for visits in the kitchen. Here are a few visitors over many years:
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If there are storms or high Santa Ana Winds we'll let them hang out in the kitchen with us.
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Such lucky chooks! I love this glimpse into your kitchen visitors.

 

[Sylvester017]

I use a pair of dog trimmers, then file them smooth. She is only 6 years old and this will be her 2nd trim.

When we treated our Dominique hen for Bumblefoot (she gets it once a year, why? we don't know) we treat her daily for a couple weeks with 20-30 minute warm Epsom salts foot soaks and then vet-wrap her foot w/ triple antibiotic ointment on a round cotton cosmetic makeup pad over the wound. Eventually the Bumble scab peels off the bottom of her foot. To our surprise a bit of her spur daily came off w/ the soiled cotton pad. She now has one leg w/ a shorter spur. We never cut any of the spur -- it just melted off from the Bumble treatment!

"Dana" calmly relaxes in her foot soak (2023).

She gets to be a house chicken for the duration to treat her Bumblefoot -- this was in 2022 when she was 5 yrs old.