Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Hattie seems a bit stiff in her effort to 'walk the chick off'. Have you given up on the daily dosing of ?metcam? [Sorry, I don't remember the exact name of the pet pain med.]

I suppose it was hard with her fighting you - I wish they could understand it was in their best interest to take the meds!

I was waiting for someone to notice that. Until about 2 weeks ago Hattie was moving great off of the meloxicam. She has definitely gotten stiff lately. I need to put her back on for a while.

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Sir, you forgot to take your clothes out of the dryer. Perhaps, I shall do it for you and while I'm at it, a shoe to go with it to punish you for being lazy. You fell asleep and leave me to other endeavors. I'm being very close to let you know you are not fooling me and I cannot have such tomfoolery. I hate the taste of cloth in my mouth. Sensitive skin laundry detergent and a hint of lavender that has been dried tastes awful. Please remember the laundry so I don't have to taste cloth next time? Thank you. I can't help it if I taste cloth, it just happens. I can't avoid it and putting the clothes under my wing will just make them fall out and I'm not willing to hold clothes in one claw and hop on the other. You know how much torture that is? It's like trying to fit in XS capris you know you fit in only to realize that you don't actually fit in them.

 

[BY Bob]

She’s fluffy already she will be a nice lavender Orp.

She's a real beauty.

 

[rural mouse]

No idea but she’s a beauty. I thin Rural Mouse will have an idea.

Now that I see her full on sideways I am wondering if she is a silkie x Cochin or polish, her tail is all wrong for a silkie. With her fuzzy legs I am thinking Cochin cross, but I have no experience with them, Alex do you know if Cochin have an upright straight tail feathers like Morinth has?

She has some lacing....cochins don't have an upright tail, I think....hmmmm...laced breeds: wyandotte, Barnevelder, cochin, orpington, polish....in standard sizes...not sure in bantam sizes and silkies could breed either way. The tail: wyandotte, Polish, not sure on the barnies, but think so...feathered feet: cochin, silkie....

Hmmm. Now I'm wondering if both parents are silkie mixes and there's both cochin and wyandotte or Polish there. Both parents get the fluffy feet, the one also gets the tail and in crossing for her, she gets the tail and the extra fluffy feet. The parent mixed with the non-feathered feet would likely be light feathered, while the cochin-silkie mix likely have extreme feathered boots.

Honestly, I really don't know, but she's a beauty.

 

[rural mouse]

Oooo you get pelicans?! Nice!

Aw what’s with the poor horse, is he very old?

Not sure how old, but likely upper teens-low 20s.

 

[Themellowyellows]

Sir, you forgot to take your clothes out of the dryer. Perhaps, I shall do it for you and while I'm at it, a shoe to go with it to punish you for being lazy. You fell asleep and leave me to other endeavors. I'm being very close to let you know you are not fooling me and I cannot have such tomfoolery. I hate the taste of cloth in my mouth. Sensitive skin laundry detergent and a hint of lavender that has been dried tastes awful. Please remember the laundry so I don't have to taste cloth next time? Thank you. I can't help it if I taste cloth, it just happens. I can't avoid it and putting the clothes under my wing will just make them fall out and I'm not willing to hold clothes in one claw and hop on the other. You know how much torture that is? It's like trying to fit in XS capris you know you fit in only to realize that you don't actually fit in them.
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Haha! You made my day for sure!

 

[BY Bob]

I much prefer giving a pill than liquid meds to chickens. Freaks me out !

I've gotten very good with liquids.

 

[BY Bob]

Here are the pictures of the littles first trip outside. They did great today. They were scared at first but when I came out to bring them in they were zooming all over the coop. I will have video's later on tonight. I will upload after everyone is in bed, I am not fighting over the internet.

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darlings.

 

[CCsGarden]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/please-help-cream-legbar-hen-having-egg-issues.1634166/

Please help me if you can!!!

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

I was shopping at Kohl's today and this song came on the speakers and has been stuck in my head since... it's a good song at least. Perhaps I'll have Grandma take a listen and let you know what she thinks. There will be other songs I'll speak about another time.