Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Oh no, it looks like we’re having a power ou

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Over the weekend Dirt developed a cough. He did this around this time last year as well and was prescribed antibiotics in a powder form. Mom started him on it and went to both TSC and Rural King looking for Penicillin. Neither place sold it and of course Dirt waited until after 2 on Saturday to let out the first cough. The vet is not in on Sunday or Monday. We called yesterday and talked to a receptionist requesting a farm call and to talk to our vet. He was in surgery but she told us he would call us after he got out. He did not and Dirt got really bad last night. He scared us thinking he was choking. Mom called again first thing this morning only to find out our vet Joey did not get the message yesterday. Mom explained what was going on, what she had already been giving him and she was standing outside beside a hacking Dirt so he heard the coughs over the phone. He was out this afternoon as soon as he finished his surgery rounds. He told mom over the phone he suspected heaves from the sound of the coughing. Dirt's breathing is terrible right now. Heaves has been diagnosed. He was given a injection of Dexamethasone. He has to have another Friday afternoon and weekly there after. His hay now has to be soaked for a minute to remove dust and after work tomorrow dad is running to either TSC or Rural King for a hay rack. No more dropping hay on the ground for him, it needs placed about head high for him. We are hoping the Dexamethasone alone can help him. If not we already talked about albuterol treatments as well. Before anything else is added though we need to give this medication time to work. He will be back out in 3 weeks to re-evaluate and adjust medication plans. Well, 3 weeks officially, he told us he would probably stop by a couple times before then while he is up the holler after work.

I know nothing about heaves, never saw it personally before now. All evening I have researched it. It is not curable but manageable.

 

[Sylvester017]

“Is Belt Hatchery our mama? We thought it was only daddy who was there for us?”

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Oh, Wow! Look at those tiny fluffies! So that was Jaffar? How did you come up w/that name? I love stories about pet names

 

[fuentemoon]

I wish I could get her colors to show better in photos

Lumi's came out a bit better

i love her white feather

 

[Sylvester017]

Over the weekend Dirt developed a cough. He did this around this time last year as well and was prescribed antibiotics in a powder form. Mom started him on it and went to both TSC and Rural King looking for Penicillin. Neither place sold it and of course Dirt waited until after 2 on Saturday to let out the first cough. The vet is not in on Sunday or Monday. We called yesterday and talked to a receptionist requesting a farm call and to talk to our vet. He was in surgery but she told us he would call us after he got out. He did not and Dirt got really bad last night. He scared us thinking he was choking. Mom called again first thing this morning only to find out our vet Joey did not get the message yesterday. Mom explained what was going on, what she had already been giving him and she was standing outside beside a hacking Dirt so he heard the coughs over the phone. He was out this afternoon as soon as he finished his surgery rounds. He told mom over the phone he suspected heaves from the sound of the coughing. Dirt's breathing is terrible right now. Heaves has been diagnosed. He was given a injection of Dexamethasone. He has to have another Friday afternoon and weekly there after. His hay now has to be soaked for a minute to remove dust and after work tomorrow dad is running to either TSC or Rural King for a hay rack. No more dropping hay on the ground for him, it needs placed about head high for him. We are hoping the Dexamethasone alone can help him. If not we already talked about albuterol treatments as well. Before anything else is added though we need to give this medication time to work. He will be back out in 3 weeks to re-evaluate and adjust medication plans. Well, 3 weeks officially, he told us he would probably stop by a couple times before then while he is up the holler after work.

I know nothing about heaves, never saw it personally before now. All evening I have researched it. It is not curable but manageable.

Oh you poor thing ~ it's been some week! Poor Dirt ~ heaves sounds like some type of allergy. Who knew pets could have allergies? cats, dogs, horses, even chickens. So glad you finally got vet assistance finally. I know how it feels to have a sick pet on a weekend. Even all-night pet hospitals are slow to respond as their vets are on-call basis & just as difficult for the hospitals to get hold of a vet too!

A decade ago our Silkie "Mini" started wheezing as she breathed ~ it was 6 p.m. on a Sunday & our vet didn't open till 9 a.m. Monday morning. We sat up all night w/ Mini in my lap as we were sure she'd die before morning. We rushed her to the vet 1st thing in the morning to squeeze us in between other appts ~ bless our vet, he was raised on a farm w/chickens & knew right off what to do ~ a Baytril injection into her chest & metacam prescription. That Metacam worked like an energy elixir ~ by the time we got back from the vet she was acting like she never was at death's door the night before! What these pets put us through!

 

[Sylvester017]

Flopsy update

Sorry @Royal Chick I wasn’t able to get any video it was so darn windy and cold and then my phone battery was running low.

But! She seems to be doing better today. She was being very naughty though flapping/hopping up onto the ledge in the Summer House. I gave her a bit more Tylenol and 1/4 of a calcium tablet (Incase it is a fracture).

She is able to move her leg forward and she also (silly bird) put her bad leg forward and tried step up onto the 4x4 - she managed to get up onto it but that freaked me out so I put her back in the crate.

My call to my Vet was not good, they couldn’t get her in to be seen this week, they are short staffed. But seeing her get around today was a relief, I will keep her on ‘stall rest’ for a few weeks and gradually increase her time out and about. She can stay in with Mr P and his ladies where she won’t be molested by the bratty Roos.

How will her joint, hip, or tendon heal if she's jumping/leaping about? Tylenol will only mask pain & make her keep bouncing around doing more injury she can't feel. Keep her in a crate for a while but then you know all that already. They're like toddlers to keep an eye on them all the time! Grey hair time

 

[Ponypoor]

Over the weekend Dirt developed a cough. He did this around this time last year as well and was prescribed antibiotics in a powder form. Mom started him on it and went to both TSC and Rural King looking for Penicillin. Neither place sold it and of course Dirt waited until after 2 on Saturday to let out the first cough. The vet is not in on Sunday or Monday. We called yesterday and talked to a receptionist requesting a farm call and to talk to our vet. He was in surgery but she told us he would call us after he got out. He did not and Dirt got really bad last night. He scared us thinking he was choking. Mom called again first thing this morning only to find out our vet Joey did not get the message yesterday. Mom explained what was going on, what she had already been giving him and she was standing outside beside a hacking Dirt so he heard the coughs over the phone. He was out this afternoon as soon as he finished his surgery rounds. He told mom over the phone he suspected heaves from the sound of the coughing. Dirt's breathing is terrible right now. Heaves has been diagnosed. He was given a injection of Dexamethasone. He has to have another Friday afternoon and weekly there after. His hay now has to be soaked for a minute to remove dust and after work tomorrow dad is running to either TSC or Rural King for a hay rack. No more dropping hay on the ground for him, it needs placed about head high for him. We are hoping the Dexamethasone alone can help him. If not we already talked about albuterol treatments as well. Before anything else is added though we need to give this medication time to work. He will be back out in 3 weeks to re-evaluate and adjust medication plans. Well, 3 weeks officially, he told us he would probably stop by a couple times before then while he is up the holler after work.

I know nothing about heaves, never saw it personally before now. All evening I have researched it. It is not curable but manageable.

No worries - have had it lots here, it’s manageable. I’ll PM you so as to not bore everyone

Meanwhile here are some BFTP thirsty Thursday chicks from May 2023

Silkie chick pullets

 

[Marie2020]

I’ll get video tomorrow night- it’s supposed to be 15C !!!

She certainly isn’t sound by any means, she is very extremely lame. But the fact she is eating drinking and pooping is a good thing. And the fact she was trying to dig and scratch around is also good - but I don’t want her to do that!

I haven’t been giving aspirin as I want any swelling the help with keeping the site immobile. Swelling is a great help with ‘splinting’. But I’m a few days I’ll start her on some aspirin to help with reducing the swelling and pain control.

The first 72hrs are the worst for any injury, the swelling will peak at 72 hrs and then should start subsiding, pain is generally also going to subside around then. That is the heard part then, keeping them quiet and not moving too much. Thankfully she is a very calm and rather tame hen.

I was so worried when I got those Azur that they would be bat crap crazy wild being raised in a ‘factory’ setting with no handling as a chick. But they are really docile. I would love to get more, but I am so worried about them laying too much and not living too long. Such sweet lovely hens.

Flopsy
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How is your arm today?

 

[Marie2020]

Mine smell like horse poop they love digging through the horses stalls poop

 

[Marie2020]

“Is Belt Hatchery our mama? We thought it was only daddy who was there for us?”

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Wow. What a beautiful family