Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

TERROR AND PANIC

That is the only way I can describe how I felt this morning.

Petunia is dead. She died in the Hen House on the roost ledge with the others in the wee hrs of this morning. Well before I got out there at 4:30am.

I'm so sorry Kelly. That yellow thing bothered my girls. I really never worked out what that was.

Why?! That’s what terrifies me and makes me panic. Was she not feeling well? Yes - she had been I’ll for about a week, had yellow poops, Sunday I started her on amoxicillin. Yet she died. Why? Did she have health issues? Yes - she was plagued with soft eggs last summer, and then an impacted crop, but once she moulted she blossomed. But she became ill again. And now has passed away rather suddenly.

Now I play the watching game with the rest of the flock, see if anyone else becomes ill. Meanwhile I think I will worm and treat for coccidia, just to cover all bases.

And then there is this in the News:

AI has now been detected here in Ontario, the Rouge is not far from me…

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7452738

 

[Marie2020]

I didn't catch it on camera because I was so shocked - but the sight of her running with a whole dinner roll in her beak was pretty awesome.
I was trying to use the dinner roll to train them to catch treats in the air but that strategy failed when Tassels took the whole thing.

gosh the visions I had in my head on reading that

 

[Ponypoor]

Do you have any mint at hand for the collick? It worked for a lady horses that I once knew

She is likely full of tumours - she has them all over her - grey horses are extremely prone to melanoma, and I know she has one under her tail that bothers her a lot.

She likely has them inside her abdomen and will likely be causing more issues as she gets older.

Her mum went bonkers when she got really old, and she was dangerous, my Vet theorized she likely had one near or on her brain. I had her euthanized as she was just not a happy horse.

Truly may be headed that way, I won’t let her suffer that would be very cruel.

I wonder if some chooks (colour wise) are more prone to tumours etc. but I guess they aren’t outside like horses are in the sun all the time.

Maybe Petunia was born with some predilection to a disease process, heart issues etc. but I cannot afford a necropsy so it’s wait and see.

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm so sorry Kelly. That yellow thing bothered my girls. I really never worked out what that was.

I would think it’s coccidia if it were Spring or Summer, but winter and being inside I have no idea.

The only new chooks here are the dumplings, and one would think is they carried anything then Georgie Girl would show it. I worry less about incubator hatched chicks than hen hatched chicks at this point.

 

[Marie2020]

I would think it’s coccidia if it were Spring or Summer, but winter and being inside I have no idea.

The only new chooks here are the dumplings, and one would think is they carried anything then Georgie Girl would show it. I worry less about incubator hatched chicks than hen hatched chicks at this point.

I hope it all comes right for you Kelly. Follow your gut instincts. You are usually right

 

[Ponypoor]

Oh Kelly. I am so sorry.


We are living in a very scary world for our chickens (and cats). Only time will tell, but meantime to reassure, Bernie was poorly and then got better and seemed to be thriving and then died suddenly. It was clearly something specific to her and not a danger to the whole flock.
Fly high Petunia and more hugs for Kelly

I cringed when I asked my mum ‘how much room do you have in the freezer’.

She actually plugged in out of fridge downstairs and we put Penelope in there, no other food stuff are in it, and I double bagged her. Guess Petunia can join her.

I’ll have to wait until the ground thaws to bury them in the Spring.

Had visions of shoving Truly in a huge freezer if she passed away! But we can’t bury horses here without a permit. I have dead stock removal come and take them horses away. Used to not cost anything, then it was $75, then $100. And now it’s over $800 for them to remove horses.

Environmental fees etc. someone’s making money off my dead horse and it isn’t me!

 

[Ponypoor]

I didn't catch it on camera because I was so shocked - but the sight of her running with a whole dinner roll in her beak was pretty awesome.
I was trying to use the dinner roll to train them to catch treats in the air but that strategy failed when Tassels took the whole thing.

And now you see my dilemma in trying to train up my gang!

I can just see 40 odd chooks all rushing me tripping me up grabbing the food and running away with it

 

[Ponypoor]

I hope it all comes right for you Kelly. Follow your gut instincts. You are usually right

Unless I’m wrong

 

[Marie2020]

I cringed when I asked my mum ‘how much room do you have in the freezer’.

She actually plugged in out of fridge downstairs and we put Penelope in there, no other food stuff are in it, and I double bagged her. Guess Petunia can join her.

I’ll have to wait until the ground thaws to bury them in the Spring.

Had visions of shoving Truly in a huge freezer if she passed away! But we can’t bury horses here without a permit. I have dead stock removal come and take them horses away. Used to not cost anything, then it was $75, then $100. And now it’s over $800 for them to remove horses.

Environmental fees etc. someone’s making money off my dead horse and it isn’t me!

it's all money and no heart anymore
Hateful people controls everything

 

[RoyalChick]

I cringed when I asked my mum ‘how much room do you have in the freezer’.

She actually plugged in out of fridge downstairs and we put Penelope in there, no other food stuff are in it, and I double bagged her. Guess Petunia can join her.

I’ll have to wait until the ground thaws to bury them in the Spring.

Had visions of shoving Truly in a huge freezer if she passed away! But we can’t bury horses here without a permit. I have dead stock removal come and take them horses away. Used to not cost anything, then it was $75, then $100. And now it’s over $800 for them to remove horses.

Environmental fees etc. someone’s making money off my dead horse and it isn’t me!

She isn't dead yet. Hang in there. Hoping everything turns out for the best.