Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

Should I expect Aliss not to lay eggs while she's healing?

Probably depends on how much trauma she suffered. Is Aliss pronounced Alice or Uh-LEES?

Edit: So very sorry you lost her .

 

[Sylvester017]

I was about to go get a photo of Twister digging in the dirt…

Here she is…. Bad Twister, I filled that hole in and you have dug it out again!
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I don’t want her digging there as I have Penelope and Petunia buried were those bricks are.

They are down quite a ways but still….

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I use bricks & paver stones to cover areas I don't want chickens digging up ~ especially around my tree roots.

 

[Sylvester017]

@Ponypoor ~ TY for synops made me smile

 

[Ikslo]

@TOMTE

 

[Ponypoor]

That is pretty light, still. Black sex links are usually a cross between Barred Rocks (hence the sex link) and Rhode Island Reds (some hatcheries use NHR). Aliss might just be on the small side for her 'breed' (actually not a breed, a hybrid - but you know what I mean...I hope.)

Raven is a black sec link and she is a good hefty girl. Now Red and her sisters were Red Sex-links but were very light weight. All feathers if you know what I mean.

I am hoping that the BR cross with Raven makes her more hardy, she does seem fairly fit. We’ll see how she does after she finishes moulting with regards to laying eggs. She’s been laying soft eggs which have been mucking up the other eggs. I have been noticing that they start to lay brittle and soft eggs when they get nearer to moulting.

 

[Ponypoor]

Best wishes on your health.i almost passed away last week. Thank GOD I was healed .

Thanks for jet plane song everyone!

That song was stuck in my head all week and now again great song.

 

[Ponypoor]

Pony Sunday

Today I present to you the Golden Eagle. Interesting fact: they have feathered legs! So, I would say that Silkies are related to them, no wonder silkies are such good hunters of snakes and such (eyeballs, fingers…).

https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en...ntre/featured-species/birds/golden-eagle.html

Have a lovely day everyone!

 

[featherhead007]

That song was stuck in my head all week and now again great song.

I’m home now, so you can stop singing it.

 

[TOMTE]

Probably depends on how much trauma she suffered. Is Aliss pronounced Alice or Uh-LEES?

Edit: So very sorry you lost her .

Like Alice. Thank you

 

[drstratton]

Oy vey... Well... Let's see if I can hold myself together.

About an hour ago Aliss fell asleep. Within minutes she was gone. I don't know what happened. She was doing so well today. I was about to give her a piece of my dinner and she was just lying there, her comb was starting to turn pale, she was still warm. She must have just passed. I held her and rocked her and kissed her over and over and cried. I had to bury her by myself, my dad is sleeping. I'm just stunned, and my heart is broken. I don't know what happened. I'm just glad she went in her sleep. I hope she wasn't in pain. And I'm happy her last day was good. I'm just so... More than sad. I don't know how else to put it, just heartbroken. I didn't expect it. I didn't think it would hit me so hard.

I'm so sorry, her real injuries were just unseen. You did everything you could for her and gave her the best life and love she could have hoped for.