Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

Nancy has her trainer coming this morning. We both have a busy day.
Have a good Sunday everyone

 

[Marie2020]

Big Scare

We has a near miss today. I nearly lost Hattie to the high heat.

This happened today when the temp was around 90°F (32C). The coop at the time was 92°F.

I heard this sound in the backyard and I have never heard a chicken make this noise before. It took me a while to determine it was coming from the coop. The nestbox to be specific.

I went around and opened the nest box as I was trying to see her face. I actually caught her laying the egg. If you listen close you can hear it hit the nestbox floor.

She left the nestbox and went out into the yard.

She was walking with her head held high and her tail down with her wings stabilizing her.

Sadly, Aurora saw her and decided now was the time to rid herself of her long term enemy. She helped on Hattie and started pecking her in the head.

Fortunately, I was not to far behind Hattie and got there quickly. No time for video. I scooped her up and brought her into the house.

This was her state when I got her into the house.

She sat in my lap for a while and then she wanted down. So I put her down and she wandered over to the sink and laid down on the coop floor. The air-conditioning blows right out across the kitchen floor so I let her go.

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She would not drink or eat any watermelon. She just lay there panting.

Since she was comfortable, I went out and got the dog crate. I set it up in my office and she is resting there now.

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I have decided to keep her inside all night in the coop air-conditioning.

I am very concerned about reintroducing her tomorrow. I am hopeful that with her feeling better Aurora will leave her alone. I hope i don't need to intervene.

You are one of the best Bob.
Can you find a way to keep them separately? It's so sad seeing Hattie in such distress

 

[Ponypoor]

Good morning / afternoon everyone - have a great day!

For Pony Sunday we had a Beaver dam collapse which cause road damage on Friday. They are incredible builders but even they have engineering failures it seems!

https://www.ctvnews.ca/barrie/article/beaver-dam-collapse-forces-emergency-closure-on-muskoka-roads/

 

[RoyalChick]

Good morning / afternoon everyone - have a great day!

For Pony Sunday we had a Beaver dam collapse which cause road damage on Friday. They are incredible builders but even they have engineering failures it seems!

https://www.ctvnews.ca/barrie/article/beaver-dam-collapse-forces-emergency-closure-on-muskoka-roads/

Wow. Did the district of Muskoka repair the road or the beaver damn I wonder (it says they rushed to repair). I am thinking that they likely didn’t conduct repairs to the beavers’ liking so they might dismantle and rebuild!

Tax: plucked beard!