Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

I see your girls are off strolling the neighborhood again.

Was miss tattle tale yelling at them this time???

I think it is sooo adorable when they go for 'walks in the neighborhood'. Makes me thing of a Mayberry type scene, where couples walk after dinner to 'digest' and discuss the day!

 

[Marie2020]

I think winter makes no difference for a determined hen. Especially if she feels she has a safe and sheltered place to nest.
Did you not think of getting chicks or eggs for her ? or maybe postpone to spring ?

I'm sorry Marie, I don't know how to bypass that. It's also on Instagram but I am not sure if it would be available to you still.

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No problem
I don't use Instagram or any soical media sites other than this one

Mugs for Monday, 3/5 of the free rangers.
Théo is convinced he's a lion like @SimpleJenn's tiny barky beast. I'm at my wit's end trying to stop him from attacking Gaston.
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Mélisse saucisse 's new trick is to jump on the table whenever we are not looking to steal whatever is in our plate, and she is very fast.
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Piou-piou is not happy to share her rooster with three other hens even though they now snub each other completely.
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[rural mouse]

I think winter makes no difference for a determined hen. Especially if she feels she has a safe and sheltered place to nest.
Did you not think of getting chicks or eggs for her ? or maybe postpone to spring ?

I'm sorry Marie, I don't know how to bypass that. It's also on Instagram but I am not sure if it would be available to you still.

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Mugs for Monday, 3/5 of the free rangers.
Théo is convinced he's a lion like @SimpleJenn's tiny barky beast. I'm at my wit's end trying to stop him from attacking Gaston.
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Mélisse saucisse 's new trick is to jump on the table whenever we are not looking to steal whatever is in our plate, and she is very fast.
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Piou-piou is not happy to share her rooster with three other hens even though they now snub each other completely.
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Little vs big rooster: Cheetah is currently chasing Hector every morning. Hector is more than twice Cheetah's size.

 

[bgmathteach]

A Caturday update
Some of you are already aware, but I wanted to use Caturday to let all my FBA friends know about what happened over the last week with my lovely Nightshade.

Friday night last week, Nightshade started choking on his dinner.
He was in a terrible state trying to breathe and swallow and pawing at his head like he was trying to remove the blockage in his throat.

I grabbed him to see if I could see anything and help him remove it. I couldn't see anything but he started drooling blood from his mouth so I realized he needed professional help.

I took him to the local emergency vet clinic. It was full on hospital drama. They rushed out and grabbed him and gave him oxygen while I was left pacing around the waiting room.

Six hours later (about 1am) they had him stabilized in ICU (who knew there were ICUs for cats?!) but he was still having trouble and the emergency vet said she didn't think she had the experience to operate on him, so wanted him to stay in the ICU until the surgical team came in.
On Caturday morning last week, the surgeons operated and removed a large (3x5cm) vascular mass from his nasopharynx.

Poor Nightshade lost a lot of blood in surgery and they were concerned about further bleeding and also swelling obstructing his airway, so he spent another night in ICU.
I brought him home on Sunday but had to wait until yesterday to get the report back from the lab.
I am so relieved that the mass was not invasive - just some kind of polyp.
Nightshade is recovering well - still on steroids but only for a few more days. He is also absurdly loving - he must have been very frightened because now he wants to be as close to me as possible.
I have been a nervous wreck all week but now we are both very happy!
Thanks for listening.
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oh, @RoyalChick I am so sorry both you and Nightshade had to go through this - but I am glad for a fairly happy ending!

I think it is not unlike my Crop Girl - she went broody the very next spring and raised some chicks for me - at 5. NEVER, EVER broody before, nor since. I think it had something to do with being 'near death' and surviving. So glad Nightshade recognizes that your quick action saved his life - and that he is clearly happy to be alive and with a GREAT Kitty momma (and chicken momma, but he doesn't care about that bit! )

 

[rural mouse]

Lady sentinel mugs. Giving the guys a break.

Blurr, Violet, Cardhu and Enigma behind the tree.

Lark and Enigma (she moved)

 

[RoyalChick]

Lady sentinel mugs. Giving the guys a break.
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It probably doesn’t qualify because it isn’t landscape, but you should submit that first picture to POW.
It is a gorgeous composition with the rocks and the steps and the chickens. Like a painting.
I really love it.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Théo is convinced he's a lion like @SimpleJenn's tiny barky beast. I'm at my wit's end trying to stop him from attacking Gaston.

Yes, the littlest guys have the biggest attitudes!

Ugh, she's committed to it. My parents said I should put some eggs under her but I have so many chickens right now. Spring...she will get to raise a batch of babies in Spring.

Cat is back. We have this one and one with white markings. They are very interested in our new griddle/grill because it has lard on the Blackstone.

Skunk most likely moved in under our shed. I believe we will try to trap it soon. We need to be able to use our shed and I don't want Fenix getting skunked.

 

[CCsGarden]

Wow that’s great! Very lucky! You must be very close to the air field

We are!

 

[featherhead007]

Heal soon. Please try to rub in and wrap in caster oil, it's said to help fasten up the healing process. It supposed to work better if you add the oil to a pad, leave for 20 minutes then wrap around the break

Don’t you have to say the words “Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble” whilst stirring the pot?

(Marie is gonna kill me for that one!)

 

[featherhead007]

Theo’s mane is magnificent!

Getting chicks for Tassels is complicated because of Marek’s in the flock. Eli’s diagnosis was confirmed by necropsy.

I could give her eggs or chicks and just accept that most will die.

Or, I could try some complicated timing logistics and pop 10 day old vaccinated chicks under her and hope she thinks they are newly hatched.
If she is like this in the spring I may try the 10 day old vaccinated approach.

RC, what ever you do try, to hatch chicks, I do sincerely wish you the best of cluck!