Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Pastel the Rooster]

I learned something rather interesting about feather colors recently. We've had the discussions about blue turning black to blue and about mottling hiding under black. We've talked about lavender functioning like mottling also where 2 copies are needed for it to show. Both ultimately affect black feathers and markings.

Dominate white ALSO affects black. (Recessive white requires 2 copies to show and doesn't affect black). Now, while I don't know how the Dom white affects blue as both hit the same color, I can say that the white marks in the ISA brown feathers ARE the laced/penciled marks. Ultimately they're BLACK, but Dominant White turns them white instead. Pippa has the same marks....without the Dom white.View attachment 4260541

FWIW, Silver (also looks white) affects reds and turns them white (buff brahma to light Brahma as an example).

Oh! I have an Easter Egger who looks almost identical to that.

 

[Sylvester017]

No more ISA’s

Hi everyone. I am once again several weeks behind in reading. I know several people have had losses lately, my deepest sympathies to all of you. And now I have also had a loss. Buffy, the last of my five ISA’s passed late Sunday or early Monday.

She was 3.5 years old, and has had reproductive issues for about a year. I had drained her abdomen a few times. The first was many months ago, the last a few days ago. When I drained it that time I could feel a hard lump in her abdomen. She had also started having crop issues that seemed to indicate that things weren’t able to pass through as well. When I did her abdomen I also used a catheter to drain her crop, because when I went to pick her up dark fluid gushed from her mouth. At least she seemed to be a little more comfortable her last few days.

Once she was gone I did a partial necropsy, mainly just opening her abdomen a little to examine the hard lump. It turned out to be similar to a lash egg, which I assume was from advanced infection in her abdomen.

She and Crystal, who I lost several weeks ago, will be laid to rest together. I kept having the feeling that as soon as I buried Crystal, Buffy would go too. So decided to just wait and bury them together when the time came.

Fly high my dearest ones. At least you will now be reunited with Goldie, Sassy, and Hazel.

Buffy from a few months ago, with her last fluffy butt photo.
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I always loved the patterning on her back feathers, that looked almost like lacing or pencilling.
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Memorial photo, and one of the material that wa in her abdomen (since I know some people appreciate things like this of a medical nature).

Spoiler: Buffy Memorial photo

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Spoiler: Abdominal material

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And I don’t think I ever posted pictures when Crystal passed.

Showing off her sunbathing pose
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Spoiler: Crystal memorial

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So very sorry ~ sad when we lose them so young

Buffy's beautiful speckles reminds me of Speckled Sussex feathers. My DS loved picking up our loose chicken feathers for his hats

 

[Sylvester017]

These school chickens are TICKING ME OFF.
My Polish hen has started pooping blood. I noticed it today. Tomorrow I am bringing coccidiosis medicine that the vet gave me when one of my guinea hens was sick a year and a half ago.
I’m just not sure if she’ll be okay with the medicine… she’s 3 months old. I have no clue what the medicine is. It’s yellow and tastes like banana (I have experience with the taste because the guinea was a pain and it got in my mouth almost every day.)

I have no clue how to censor pictures, so bear with me.

Spoiler: Bloody polish feces

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For chicks or juveniles ~ bloody poop is usually coccidiosis & Corid works well... probably it's the med your vet gave you. A couple bird shipments of juveniles we got in the past had bloody poops & Corid was the cure.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

For chicks or juveniles ~ bloody poop is usually coccidiosis & Corid works well... probably it's the med your vet gave you. A couple bird shipments of juveniles we got in the past had bloody poops & Corid was the cure.

I have a bottle of Corid, although I think it’s pretty old. The stuff is VERY different from corid.
I just don’t know if I should treat all three chicks with medicine (in which case I would use Corid), or if I should just treat Taffy, in which case I would just use the yellow banana stuff.)
I remember the vet saying not to use both at the same time…

 

[Sylvester017]

Here’s my tax for yesterday.
This is Phillipos. He’s decided that he’s a wild rooster. I swear, people are going to think I abuse my chickens because he won’t go anywhere near me and runs away if I walk near him. He’s super sweet though and doesn’t cause issues.
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These are the school chicks. They are so happy now that they aren’t in a tiny area. The have had the zoomies all day- probably the first time they’ve ever had them. Taffy is the Polish, Blueberry is the porcelain d’Uccle, and GreenBean is the Millie Fleur d’Uccle. Blueberry and Taffy are mine. GreenBean is my friends remaining chick.
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This is Brisket. He’s BBQ’s (my old RIR hen who passed away) kid. I have another BBQ son, named Red. Red decided to attack me today, and I didn’t appreciate that.
I love Brisket’s comb so much though. He’s part Polish, BTW.
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Polish & Silkies are a skittish bunch if we don't sit still outside w/them. Now our Silkies see treats in our hand they come running & jump on us or try climbing up our pant legs. Although ~ we've never had roo's which may be a different behavior?

Brisket has a unique double comb at the back. Looks like a straight comb that goes carnation at the rear. Mixed breeds have fashionable comb designs

 

[Sylvester017]

I have a bottle of Corid, although I think it’s pretty old. The stuff is VERY different from corid.
I just don’t know if I should treat all three chicks with medicine (in which case I would use Corid), or if I should just treat Taffy, in which case I would just use the yellow banana stuff.)
I remember the vet saying not to use both at the same time…

Yes, best not to double up if the ingredients are the same.