Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

We lost Dana last night. She was 8-1/2 & fell asleep in DH's arms. She was eating & drinking right to the last day. She jumped off her perch at roost & DH kept checking on her every hour & finally at about 1:00 a.m, brought her in. DH was Dana's human so it was a bittersweet end. DH is really missing her. We'll miss how good she & all the other Dom's were w/ our littles over the years. We were preparing ourselves to eventually lose an older hen but it's still so sad when they're gone

We are now officially an all-Silkies flock remaining. This will be our last flock as we are no longer spring chickens ourselves any more!

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So sorry. I know you will miss her. She had a lovely and wonderfully long life with you.
Fly high sweet Dana.

 

[Marie2020]

We lost Dana last night. She was 8-1/2 & fell asleep in DH's arms. She was eating & drinking right to the last day. She jumped off her perch at roost & DH kept checking on her every hour & finally at about 1:00 a.m, brought her in. DH was Dana's human so it was a bittersweet end. DH is really missing her. We'll miss how good she & all the other Dom's were w/ our littles over the years. We were preparing ourselves to eventually lose an older hen but it's still so sad when they're gone

We are now officially an all-Silkies flock remaining. This will be our last flock as we are no longer spring chickens ourselves any more!

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[Marie2020]

We lost Dana last night. She was 8-1/2 & fell asleep in DH's arms. She was eating & drinking right to the last day. She jumped off her perch at roost & DH kept checking on her every hour & finally at about 1:00 a.m, brought her in. DH was Dana's human so it was a bittersweet end. DH is really missing her. We'll miss how good she & all the other Dom's were w/ our littles over the years. We were preparing ourselves to eventually lose an older hen but it's still so sad when they're gone

We are now officially an all-Silkies flock remaining. This will be our last flock as we are no longer spring chickens ourselves any more!

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I'm so sorry.

 

[bgmathteach]

We lost Dana last night. She was 8-1/2 & fell asleep in DH's arms. She was eating & drinking right to the last day. She jumped off her perch at roost & DH kept checking on her every hour & finally at about 1:00 a.m, brought her in. DH was Dana's human so it was a bittersweet end. DH is really missing her. We'll miss how good she & all the other Dom's were w/ our littles over the years. We were preparing ourselves to eventually lose an older hen but it's still so sad when they're gone

We are now officially an all-Silkies flock remaining. This will be our last flock as we are no longer spring chickens ourselves any more!

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I am so sorry to hear this - I know you loved her and she was a very sweet girl.

Would you mind if I named a chicken in her honor?
I have a Dominique that I got in a mixed group of chicks last year, and while she isn't super friendly like yours, she is sweet (note, I also don't spend the kind of time you and DH had with each chicken )- I am very confident she would become a 'human lover' if I had more time to spend with her.....she already looks for a quick snack at bedtime now when I have to get her down from her high outside roost....you can see her checking out each hand, looking for my treat container....I evidently trained her to this when I gave her scratch at bedtime when she was molting and not eating well...so she went to bed with something in her crop.....I have created a monster, LOL

 

[Marie2020]

Well, it happened again. I’m in hospital for a day or two. My breathing became very difficult. My balance impossible, and no appetite for any food for three days! Test results leaning towards kidney failure, liver disease and dangerously low blood pressure.
But I have high hopes for a complete recovery. I miss my birds terribly. And driving is out of the question, let alone flying.
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How are you today?
I'm keeping a look out for you

 

[Sally PB]

Fly high and free, lovely Diana. You will be greatly missed here at FBA.

 

[Ponypoor]

We lost Dana last night. She was 8-1/2 & fell asleep in DH's arms. She was eating & drinking right to the last day. She jumped off her perch at roost & DH kept checking on her every hour & finally at about 1:00 a.m, brought her in. DH was Dana's human so it was a bittersweet end. DH is really missing her. We'll miss how good she & all the other Dom's were w/ our littles over the years. We were preparing ourselves to eventually lose an older hen but it's still so sad when they're gone

We are now officially an all-Silkies flock remaining. This will be our last flock as we are no longer spring chickens ourselves any more!

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Oh I am so sorry to hear this, and so soon after your other wee gem. I am sending both of you a huge hug. 8.5 yrs is a good age. A testament to the good care she has been given

 

[knoturavggrl]

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Yup, I sure do very pretty birds!

 

[Ponypoor]

Jaffarra and her crop surgery

Today I opened up her crop and hauled out a bunch of smelly nasty stuff.

I first put out my supplies

Then I trimmed plucked and cleaned her skin over the crop.

I hauled all this crud out, I must have spent an hr digging stuff out. I would irrigate and loosen up things and the haul more out, just when o thougj I was done, there was more in there! But I think I got it all. The smell was grim, and it was impossible to keep the site clean.

When done I use a running suture on her crop incision which about 1/2” and three single sutures on her skin. I slathered antibiotic ointment on the crop incision and the skin, then a spray of Blu-Kote, and the Amoxicillin.

If she survives the night I’ll give her some Tylenol tomorrow morning. As I wasn’t sure how her crop was working I didn’t want to give her Tylenol. The trauma of working on the crop will have it sore and likely not working too well. I tried to put a bandage on her crop but she was agitated so I removed it. There are no shavings in her crate she is on an old sheet. I have Betty in with her.

I hauled about 10cc of putrid fluid from Betty’s crop and treated her with canestin. If her crop isn’t better by Saturday I will do her crop also and see what’s in there.

 

[knoturavggrl]

@Chickies21
You're going to love it here. Everyone here is nice, and some of us are quirky in some ways.
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