Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

Nope

No rhyme nor reason. Fluffy my white silkie is moulting but unless you look close you wouldn’t know. She is full of pin feathers, under her fluff.

Henny Penny is starting a hard moult it looks like. She is shedding feathers everywhere!

None of our Silkies ever went bald ~ like your Fluffy we never knew a Silkie was moulting till we see pin feathers on the crest! However, our smooth feathered birds lost neck or tail feathers very noticeably.

Moulting tails & necks 2019

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

"Whoa, yeah
Kickstart my heart, give it a start
Whoa, yeah
Baby
Whoa, yeah
Kickstart my heart, hope it never stops
Ooh, yeah
Baby, yeah"

 

[Sylvester017]

Interesting on the compu-mice. I'm going to have to investigate for me.

2 sistersView attachment 3970811

Awww! I once had sisters.

If/when I get use of my broken arm again I'd like to order the Evoluent angled mouse next

Evoluent comes in left or a right hand style, different hand sizes, wired or wireless, & I like the pinky finger resting on the mouse rather than rubbing on the desk as the mouse slides. The Meetion brand I have now ($30) has the nice pinky & thumb rests too but the Meetion so far is left-hand only.

Evoluent $100 price range. Our IT friend recommends it highly

Mouse tax

Come on, this one's even cuter!

 

[BY Bob]

Any clue why some moult hard while others don't?

Nope, other than mine have always had the same style molt every year. Hattie always hard molts. Sydney kind of has a medium molt. Phyllis always had a slow easy molt.

 

[BY Bob]

"Whoa, yeah
Kickstart my heart, give it a start
Whoa, yeah
Baby
Whoa, yeah
Kickstart my heart, hope it never stops
Ooh, yeah
Baby, yeah"
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I love that face.

 

[BY Bob]

He has such a darling face. And looks like an imp! Does he get away with a lot?

Always into trouble. Then he crawls into my arms and all is forgiven. He is the classic imp cat.

 

[Sylvester017]

I trim back Mr P’s every so often, I keep taking them back hoping to get them to a more manageable length, but they grow so fast and they are hard as cement!

When we treated our Dominique Dana for Bumblefoot last year she had long spurs on her legs. One foot was treated & after weeks of Epsom soaks & antibiotic foot wraps the spur scales softened & came off totally unexpected w/ each bandage change. Now she has one spur half the size of the other.

I don't believe I would ever trim a spur w/o a 1/2 hour foot soak first to make trimming easier on us & the hen. Dana is very calm & relaxed in the foot soaks. She's so relaxed she'll rest her tush on the edge of the soak pan.

Foot soak time we sit w/her

 

[BY Bob]

I got three.

 

[BY Bob]

She is a fascinating young lady!

A mystery wrapped in an enigma

 

[Sylvester017]

"Whoa, yeah
Kickstart my heart, give it a start
Whoa, yeah
Baby
Whoa, yeah
Kickstart my heart, hope it never stops
Ooh, yeah
Baby, yeah"
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She let you get really close!