Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

I think I would need to go the 'in their water' route. Can you imagine me trying to dose each of nearly 100 birds 1 by one... AND keeping track of which ones were dosed versus not? It would be hard to get them one by one out of the coop without some escaping!

I was Thinking more along the lines of
Just the silkies

 

[Ponypoor]

No it's not. Trust me they laugh at you all the time.

Yep that’s true!

 

[rural mouse]

Well, the box trio are sleeping in those boxes tonight. Morning should be interesting.

 

[Ponypoor]

Actually - I usually 'dose' with pumpkin seeds. Chop them up some (food processor), weigh, and mix in feed daily for ?3 days?, the again 10 days later. I do that every fall.

Once i dosed with pellets - but I didn't like that at all - I was so uncertain each chicken would get dosed!
(mix 1 lb with 313 lbs of feed ....given how chickens will pick though and how little they eat - given the ratio- I was not very confident about it.)

I would love to have access to a liquid doser!!!! (But it needs to be over the counter - I don't have a poultry vet, so no one to prescribe for me.)

You should be able to get Panacur / fenbendizol at any livestock feed store, for goats / horses.

It’s 3ml in a gallon (3.7L) of water for 3 days, repeat in 2 weeks.

Here one can get a 500ml bottle of it, should be the same were you are.

I get mine from my Vet as he gets me small amounts (50 ml) as a 500ml bottle would last me forever!!!

I worm 2 times a yr, Spring (May usual) and Fall (Nov). If I see worms in poops I worm again.

 

[Ponypoor]

Safeguard for goats will work. It's over the counter at TSC. I just don't know if can dose their water. It is a liquid.

And here is the SHRA tax

Mr P and his ladies

 

[Ponypoor]

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Is this crossbeak? This girl was begging for some mealies and I noticed the beak deformity. I'll have to keep an eye on her

I would carefully file it to help it align better, but looks like it shouldn’t cause any issues.

 

[BY Bob]

Happy first of the month, everyone.
Not a chicken photo, but I did want to show you all this.
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What a cute kitty!

 

[TX Chick Noob]

I move Truly's out yesterday, they are disgusting and smelly, and they must weigh over 100lbs. At 5x7' and 1/2" thick they are not light!

Moving those mats is such a pain. We have a lot of them. Some are in front of the coop/kennel, and I always dread when to is time to dig them out from under the accumulated mud/dirt to get them back on top again where the do some good. I always have to try to flip one end over and then drag by the fold.

Great job on the chicken run! & the duck pond is too too gorgeous... how do you clean/drain it cuz ducks muddy new water in less than a minute?!

We use a portable sump pump to drain it, and use the water for the garden.

That looks GREAT! What did you use for the pond? A premade pond?

It’s actually a water trough that we buried. For a really good deal on one that was only 1’ tall and buried it. I just wish it was bigger around. We will probably end up having to replace it someday but I can’t find anything affordable that is about 5’ in diameter, no more than 18” deep, and not galvanized.

Here’s a picture before we buried it.

They seem to enjoy lounging on the new blocks.

 

[TX Chick Noob]

Well the purple gang is a week old now, so they got names and leg bands.

Heather, Lilac, Violet, Iris, and Orchid.

Heather

Lilac

Orchid and Violet

Iris on the left, Orchid in front, can’t see who the third one is.

Coco has been doing really well with them. This was “almost” an awesome photo. She had all five on her back, but she started to stand up and they moved right as I took it.

Here is another one of her with them

 

[Ponypoor]

Mugs Monday

BFTP

July 2023

Sophia with her chicks checking out the eggs laid in her nestbox

Ruth

Misty would like to let HRH that she thinks her beard and muffs might be better than hers