Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Run Little Chicken!

Chicken version of soccer!

 

[BY Bob]

You forgot stripes!

Stripes?!

 

[BY Bob]

I was thinking the same but wasn’t confident. I love how you know this stuff. Never tire of learning from you!

@rural mouse makes me smarter all the time. That is one smart cookie!

 

[Debbie292d]

Since feeding honey to chickens (or human babies) is a no-no I wonder if its taboo for other birds as well?

I've never heard of that as actually it's recommended in lieu of electrolytes in especially a sick chick or chicken. I don't use it because I have all the powders for chickens but would in a pinch. Manuka honey is also excellent for healing wounds. For humans, I can speak to how great it is for a toothache or sore throat.

 

[RoyalChick]

Run Little Chicken!

Chicken version of soccer!

Epic!
Little chicken is tiny, but fast!

 

[Ponypoor]

This lady says they are not even chickens. Call them what you want, just don't call them chickens.

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But your Majesty,

If they cluck or crow, and lay eggs, are they not a chicken?

“What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;”

(Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliette)
Or if you prefer the Merchant of Venice
“If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh?”

Are they all but chickens in the eyes of the mighty Chicken Creator?

 

[BY Bob]

Run Little Chicken!

Chicken version of soccer!

Poor little chickie. I was rooting for it.

 

[Sylvester017]

Where did you learn that about chickens ? I have given small amount of our honey to sick chickens in water with no issue. It's what people do here.
I don't think they are in danger of botulism as human babies.

One of those controversial pro/con benefits I read years ago re DE, honey, apple cider vinegar, tomato leaves, and the lists go on.

For instance, tomato leaves are listed as toxic to humans/living things -- insects and hummingbirds avoid tomato plants like the plague (except tomato worms and spider mites seem to love the plants) -- but I can't keep my chickens away from our garden tomato plants even when we bird-netted the plants. It hasn't killed or sickened our birds eating the leaves they manage to reach so how iffy are the toxic vs safe lists chickens can eat? All depends on the info one wants to believe? Also, peanuts supposedly aren't a safe chicken food yet our Dominique hen seeks them out specifically if she gets into the wild bird seed mix. And she's 7 yrs old now -- not dead or sick.

I suppose I would depend keeping NutriDrench in supply as a picker-upper for any weak or ailing bird rather than guess at a home-remedy unless advised by my vet. We've been so spoiled having him for all our indoor parrots, budgies, cocktiels, & chicken needs for the last two decades.

 

[Debbie292d]

Well, 3 times already I've drug Mera out of a nest box. I held her feet in the sprinkler so her belly is soggy but her back is mostly dry. Each time I've packed her farther from the coop. Most recently she headed into the pea shrub hedge. She's not happy with me but until I can build some sort of broody breaker roost system, she's going to have to deal with it. I'm just as soggy.

I have a 42" wire dog kennel/pen we put on bricks in the large fenced dog kennel, which is gravel. I use a twist tie to tie an icecream bucket of water to one end, and a smaller jar feeder next to it. There's a 2x4 on it's side on the other end so they can perch off the wires. That usually takes 3-4 days.

However, I learned sometimes there's a cause. I have a breeding pen with 4 hens and a roo. One was broody going over a week, then another was with her and neither were breaking. I got an idea and removed the rooster. Another rooster was standing right there. I opened the door and let him jump in. I put those two hens back in the pen. Magically, they were over being broody! Blueboy is tickled he gets to finally be in there, and the ladies are all out every morning for the first time in weeks!

 

[Ponypoor]

Since feeding honey to chickens (or human babies) is a no-no I wonder if its taboo for other birds as well?

The feeding of honey and other foods to babies has been tempered of late, it has been going that introducing babies to all food types reduces the incidences of food allergies.

They found, for instance, that children in societies that are lots of peanut products did not have peanut allergies.

In our family we always gave the kids lobster and crab claws to knaw on when they were teething, as a Newfoundlander family fish and ocean products were always eaten; we never worried about allergies. They were given anything we ate, it was never a worry about allergies.