Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Is that the shriek? The shriek always gives me a heart attack

I would not describe it as a shriek, but that's me.

 

[BY Bob]

Pony Sunday

Came across these interesting photos I took from the plane I was arriving at Grand Prairie back in Jan 2023 - time sure flies...

Love the shadows the trees throw onto the snow.

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Those are cool!

 

[BY Bob]

Brrrrrr!!!!!!

Wind chill will be single digits tomorrow morning so I have locked the coop doors. No one is leaving their coop until I day so tomorrow.

 

[BY Bob]

Update on my school Polish with coccidiosis.
She was doing great. I finished her dosage on Monday and she was better. Her poop was normal, she was acting normal. Yesterday I went out to school with my friend and we wanted to clean the coop and whatnot. Taffy was dead. No clue what happened, but there was mold under the feeder and waterer, so we think it might’ve been respiratory. Blueberry, GreenBean, and the two barred rocks got some VetRX on their beak and under their wings yesterday to hopefully get rid of respiratory issues.
I’m really upset. Taffy didn’t like being caught, but once I had her she was the sweetest. I had hope that I could work with her and get her to be more social. I just wanted a blue polish, and now she is gone. Ugh, owning chickens is the worst sometimes.
Here is a picture I took of Taffy when I found her. Also, to take the picture she was in a flower box, just so no one thinks there is potting soil with the white fertilizer stuff in the coop…

Spoiler: Dead Polish Pullet

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My friend and I moved the run to a new spot (where no chickens have been before), washed off the TSC coop and scrubbed it with soap to get the poop off, and put the coop back into the run. We put barn lime and shavings down in the coop and run to try to get rid of parasites and coccidiosis.
Well, GreanBean has yellow and foamy poop, so I bought some new Corid and am dosing the water. I just hope it isn’t too hard on them.

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Now, my chickens I have at home… I think Bolt is sick. I just don’t know how or why or what is wrong with her. Two days ago, I noticed that her feathers were really puffed up, and when I picked her up, she weighed a lot more than normal. Also, she had poop sticking to her butt and something hanging out of her vent. It was flat, long, and kinda yellow. I went into panic mode because I thought it was her intestines or something, but Mom said it was poop (I do NOT think it was poop.) I didn’t get a picture of it though. If Bolt dies though, I am probably going to sell/give away all of my chickens (except for Athens and maybe a few special ones). I’ve had that hen for almost four and a half years, and she is easily my favorite hen. Like, no one else compares to her besides Athens, and he isn’t a hen.
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This is so hard. I'm very sorry.

I myself have had a lot of chickens issues lately. I can sympathize with what you are going through.

 

[BY Bob]

Anyone know who this is? Much too big to be a mouse. Tail not long enough to be a rat.
Some kind of vole?

Not a rodent expert but how did it get in?

 

[BY Bob]

Stop your grousing, will ya?!

SHRA tax:
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Unfortunately, not my chickens - rather a pull from the internet, I still can't get my computer to recognize my camera to upload pics.

This computer photo thing is starting to be a real downer. I miss seeing your chickens.

 

[BY Bob]

Poor Mr P, I grabbed him to give his head a spray as the brats were picking his head, and I scared the poop out of him! This is why I don’t generally handle him during the day.

He was not having it. Poor fellow. That scared me I can't imagine how you felt.

 

[BY Bob]

You should have heard him at first! It was even louder!

After I finished spraying him I want to put him down and Mr LC attacked me and Mr P. He tried to fly up onto me to get to him. What a brat!

What did you do to punish Mr LC to teach him a lesson?

 

[BY Bob]

Getting a long look at her face, in motion, so much better than a still picture. What a pretty gal!
I think she was happier in the car than with Santa though.

She was happier in the car than with Santa.

This morning Eve asked to see pictures of baby Aurora. I had to tell her we did not get Aurora as a chick, she was a little girl. Then we watched these videos.

Their first day with us.

Their first dust bath.

 

[BY Bob]

Pony Sunday, for all the horse people, good news out of Eastern Europe…The “original” horse…back in Kazakhstan!

Wonderful