Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ikslo]

After months of huddling in the run despite the gate being open, I have successfully been able to introduce the flock to the shaded area behind the house and all 16 chickens are happily free ranging during the day in the cool shade. Which is great! Except they are right outside my office window now and making quite a din

 

[SimpleJenn]

 

[SimpleJenn]

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Quick update from me. Had a bit of a health event requiring a 911 call (always high drama in a small town - the cops always show up before the volunteer first aid squad have got out of bed), ER then surgery, then hospital for a couple of days. Back home though will have to return for more surgery. All fine but feeling a bit beaten up.
Spent my time on the ward watching the chickens on camera. But just 4 days and the chicklet’s have grown a lot.
With enough of a running start Geronimo is able to get pretty much anywhere now!
Cookie has ridiculously fuzzy feet. I hope she grows into them. She is also a sun bather. I can’t get close enough to see what that pink is on her top knot. I don’t think it is an injury.
The hawk or goshawk or whatever it is has a mate and the two call and circle the skies around the coop constantly. It is very concerning. Tassels keeps an eye open for them at all times.

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I am so thankful you are ok. I am sorry you will have to have a follow-up surgery. Here, let me pull you up a seat beside me. There, now all the 2 of us have to do is sit, watch chickens and sleep when we feel like it oh and heal.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I had the follow up with my surgeon this morning. The bandage that was driving me crazy is off. It was not a pretty sight that greeted me, but that is ok. I have also been released from the sling. The order is in for physical therapy, just waiting on them to call and set it up. Looking like I will start that next week. The first round ordered, 1 month 3 times a week. After that they will reassess and see if I need more. The tear was not on the rotator cuff, it was on the tendon and muscles around the rotator cuff which is a good thing. It is also the reason I was not kept in a sling for 6 weeks. The tear was pretty bad though and there was a bone spur that was further fraying the muscles and tendons that they shaved off. We talked about pain control and I was given the go ahead to take 1 tylenol in between pain pills and extend the time. I've had 1 today, first thing this morning. I took my tylenol a hour ago. I'm going to try to make it until 9ish or 10 tonight so I can take it before bed. She did tell me that physical therapy would be bad and I would need them for those days. We will see.

 

[RoyalChick]

I am so thankful you are ok. I am sorry you will have to have a follow-up surgery. Here, let me pull you up a seat beside me. There, now all the 2 of us have to do is sit, watch chickens and sleep when we feel like it oh and heal.

Thank you and yes! The weather is really great right now so a chair in the chicken yard with a bottle of water is really all I need. A bit of a snooze now and then. Perfect!

 

[Ponypoor]

Happy Tuesday!
Somebody started laying while we were gone!

It's Astrid! She came in the coop as I was posting that someone layed...lol I knew she was getting close. She's 15 weeks, so since I have 3 eggs and another coming today, she started right at 14 weeks.

I just put down fresh straw, she wasn't sure at first, they've only had shavings, but she figured it out.

Congratulations on the first egg! Marvellous!

 

[Ponypoor]

You read my mind. Before my emergency I was happy to see the crows being very assertive and I was about to line up my crow caller and bin of peanuts for them. Will do that later today.
Reassuring on crest pin feathers - she certainly isn't acting in any way either injured or bullied - actually she is with Geronimo in being a daring adventurer - but she is just a bit too little to get everywhere Geronimo can. Cookie is a funny little thing - she is so small and fluffy she sort of floats. Tassels sometimes bowls them all over when they get too near her digging. The others tumble and pick themselves up off the ground, but Cookie usually gets sent up in the air and lands a long way away. She doesn't seem to care though.

Gosh I can just visualize that! Holly sent one of the Noirans girls for a toss the other day! There was quite a bit of shrieking and stampeding (from me of course), all was ok though, quick as a flash baby ran back into the fray, lots of goodies in the dirt I dare say!

 

[RoyalChick]

Gosh I can just visualize that! Holly sent one of the Noirans girls for a toss the other day! There was quite a bit of shrieking and stampeding (from me of course), all was ok though, quick as a flash baby ran back into the fray, lots of goodies in the dirt I dare say!

I have bought way too much chick feed. I only bought one small bag but Tassels it seems doesn’t approve of chick feed so they are mainly eating whatever she finds for them.
Logically I know that should be fine, but it still makes me a bit anxious about their nutrition.

 

[Ponypoor]

Old Red has passed away, I am rather relieved, poor old girl. Now the only hen of my BIL’s left is Raven. She seems hearty and hale so far.

Blanche is also the same age I would say, she is moulting at the moment.

And it’s been just pelting down rain all afternoon, I had hoped it would stop but it’s now 7PM and still pelting down. I need to bury the old girl, I guess she isn’t going anywhere and can wait until tomorrow. But I wanted to put her to her final rest.

Bye Red, you are with your sisters now.

Red and Raven - June 2024