Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Mother of Chaos]

Hi all posting this copy of my post on Shad’s thread. Anyone have ideas what I can do, or should? Please post over there if you do.

Hi friends, anyone with experience with possible emergencies involving chickens eating pointy things, could you please look at my thread? https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...let-just-swallowed-plastic-toothpick.1677467/

I’m scared out of my mind

 

[BY Bob]

Gosh she is so determined!

Can you lock her up early before she normally would roost? It might take a week or two for her to get the routine, but I have found that if I physically make them do something that in about a week to 2 weeks they have it into their system that they need to do it.

I could likely make the wall sitters go into the hen house if I spent time out there and put them in early. And I am about at that point now. Last night I was so frustrated with them, and trying to treat Twister.

Tonight I am thinking about forcing them to ‘go to bed’ early. Lock them in n the Hen House. I’ll let you know how long it takes for them to break me….

The plan is that when I release Tilly and Joy from quarantine all three will be enclosed together in the big run and cluckle hut for a period of time. This will limit the roosting choices to what is in the run and Cluckle Hut. I am hoping this will bring them together with Niamh in charge. They also need to learn where the nesting boxes are.

 

[BY Bob]

I got mine on Amazon.

Don’t ask me about what it is supposed to be for - I have no idea what it even means.
https://a.co/d/cPH8WjO

That's what I was hoping. That we could find one on Amazon or similar. Thanks so much.

 

[BY Bob]

Hi all posting this copy of my post on Shad’s thread. Anyone have ideas what I can do, or should? Please post over there if you do.

Craws are surprisingly tough. They hold rocks after all. I would think that it will simply be ground up and passed through. Many chickens survive having eaten metal screws as long as they are not galvanized.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Craws are surprisingly tough. They hold rocks after all. I would think that it will simply be ground up and passed through. Many chickens survive having eaten metal screws as long as they are not galvanized.

That's my hope. Not sure that plastic would get ground up though.

How does that work? Does food (or toothpicks) have to be ground down to a certain size before it can leave the crop? I'm not all that worried about(well, not as much) about it in the crop, just once it leaves

 

[featherhead007]

I got mine on Amazon.

Don’t ask me about what it is supposed to be for - I have no idea what it even means.
https://a.co/d/cPH8WjO

be quiet about that RC, or else everyone is gonna want one.

 

[featherhead007]

The plan is that when I release Tilly and Joy from quarantine all three will be enclosed together in the big run and cluckle hut for a period of time. This will limit the roosting choices to what is in the run and Cluckle Hut. I am hoping this will bring them together with Niamh in charge. They also need to learn where the nesting boxes are.

I agree, and concur, but that’s only my speculation

 

[featherhead007]

“Daddy, are you speculating again? You know it irritates me!!”

 

[RoyalChick]

“Daddy, are you speculating again? You know it irritates me!!”View attachment 4225539

That is a great photo!
You should submit it to photo of the week or maybe also the caption competition.

 

[bgmathteach]

@Grandma The Chicken this should be entered in POW! Also the calendar contest if it isn't too late.