Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ikslo]

I... Am... So behind...

Aliss was bit by a dog today. She's resting now. There's a puncture wound clear thru the skin but not very deep into the muscle. I flushed it with epsom salt water. Tomorrow dad and I will recycle cans and pick up antibiotic ointment with the cash. She's weak on her right leg and just wants to lie down, but she's eating and drinking between naps. She's hanging out in the garage with us

I don't want to bother her right now so I'll get pics of the wound tomorrow when I flush it again. It hardly bled, it's just a hole in the skin and slight damage to the muscle. She's missing a lot of feathers. She had a prolapse when I first found her but it corrected itself almost immediately.

I'm not angry at the dog or her owner. I know the risks of free ranging, no less in a rural area with a lot of dogs and other predators. She's a good girl and she was just being a dog. Aliss is alive, sore but alive, and she has a good chance at recovery. That's what matters.

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Literal egg on her face...

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It's been a long day for poor, sweet Aliss.

to Aliss. May she have a speedy recovery!

 

[Ponypoor]

It's wise to bring a friend. Is she particularly close to one of the others? Who does she hang out with/dust bathe with/roost with?

Is this a SHRA

 

[rural mouse]

Is this a SHRA

No. I asked questions to think about when bringing the friend. No one else did.

 

[Ponypoor]

Egg update

2 eggs have hatched, s3 is one of them and appears to be white (or at least light), I had my red light turned on with my headlamp so colour was hard to see, the other one has chipmunk stripes! What’s that all about in a silkie?! I managed to salvage S3 egg, I think it’s from the light chick at least, as the chick was sort of snuggled in it.

P1 and the third silkie egg have yet to hatch, didn’t see any pipe when I checked but it was a very quick check so don’t know…. I shoved them back under mum the same way I pulled them out (same side up).

Whiskers is being a good mama, I am home early today, so I’ll check on her when I get home.

Have a lovely morning/day everyone.

 

[Ponypoor]

No. I asked questions to think about when bringing the friend. No one else did.

Still think I need some photos of chicks

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Egg update

2 eggs have hatched, s3 is one of them and appears to be white (or at least light), I had my red light turned on with my headlamp so colour was hard to see, the other one has chipmunk stripes! What’s that all about in a silkie?! I managed to salvage S3 egg, I think it’s from the light chick at least, as the chick was sort of snuggled in it.

P1 and the third silkie egg have yet to hatch, didn’t see any pipe when I checked but it was a very quick check so don’t know…. I shoved them back under mum the same way I pulled them out (same side up).

Whiskers is being a good mama, I am home early today, so I’ll check on her when I get home.

Have a lovely morning/day everyone.

Congrats on the babies. For me, chipmunk chicks have ended up being partridges. Let the pale one dry and look at it again in the daylight. You said buff was a slight possibility. Maybe, just maybe you have a little buff silkie.

 

[Ponypoor]

Congrats on the babies. For me, chipmunk chicks have ended up being partridges. Let the pale one dry and look at it again in the daylight. You said buff was a slight possibility. Maybe, just maybe you have a little buff silkie.

So then what colour is Marty and Georgie? Moorehead is that correct?

Which one of yours is partridge again?

Found this on partridge variety:

https://vjppoultry.com/2017/05/15/understanding-partridge-silkies-at-vjp-poultry/

It’s likely a Roo….. hahaha

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

So then what colour is Marty and Georgie? Moorehead is that correct?

Which one of yours is partridge again?

Found this on partridge variety:

https://vjppoultry.com/2017/05/15/understanding-partridge-silkies-at-vjp-poultry/

It’s likely a Roo….. hahaha

Marty is black and Georgie is I think Moorehead, or close enough to it.

I have Poppet who is a silver partridge. Patsy and Martina and now Bingo the mooreheads. Reba and Lorrie are black partridges. Lucky is a partridge, I thought black at first like Reba and Lorrie, now I see some silvering. Not sure what type she is to be honest. Ducky, I need a few weeks for the chick down to disappear. Partridge for sure, type to be determined. I have a hunch maybe silver like Poppet.

 

[WhoDatChick]

Ooooh a dalmatian chicken!! So pretty
(sorry, I didn't know what ermine looked like, and am just so run out that I didn't have the energy to look itup.)

Oh man! Missed opportunity! Perdita would’ve been a nice name

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Fish tank update.

A week after I got Rosie's guppies and cories, one of the guppies got ick and passed. I apparently did not find it and remove it in time because within 2 days everything got it and died, babies included.

So I scrubbed the tank, waited a bit and went for round 2. It has been over a month now and I say this time it is a success. We changed it up this time around. Due to light requirements for the plant which is thriving, I'm fighting algae. Rosie picked out 4 snails. She has a yellow, black, blue and a white one. They are her favorite in the tank. When we went to pick out the new fish we got there soon after a new shipment came in and they had the shrimp. The employee's were not exaggerating when they claimed the shrimp sell out fast. They had 5 ghost shrimp left which we got. They also had 2 Orange Bee shrimp and 2 yellow Amino shrimp. Well, they were more expensive but those beauties also came home with me. My shrimp are thriving and one of the Bee's and one of the ghosties are already berried up so babies soon. She also picked out the last 3 ember tetra's they had. The shrimp are bigger then the tetra's so they are a perfect size for her tank. The shrimps favorite place is the green ball thing and around the driftwood. They are very active when I feed them. I will get another video later when it is time to feed them to catch most of the shrimpies. I want more shrimp. I'm stalking petco. I need the red cherry shrimp and the blue shrimp. I will get them eventually.