Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

We used vaseline on our White Leghorn hen & the only negative is that it's messy & stuck to her white feathers & then dirt stuck to the feathers when she dustbathed & stained her white to dirt stains that never came off till next moult. So w/ vet's ok we switched to using the vitamin E oil which worked beneficially to soak into the comb/wattle/face skin & didn't stain the feathers.

From Walmart we'd get this vit E/coconut oil blend ~ we don't need it now that we have no comb or wattle Silkies. This 12,000 IU is safer than the 24,000 IU bottle cuz the 24,000 has irritating lemon in it.

Yes that would be fine, but read the Ingredients, anything with fragrance or any sort of alcohol will dry the skin even further (hey this the same for your skin also! So read the ingredients), creams that claim to dry fast on your skin have alcohol in them this is why it dries fast. And dries your skin - now just imagine poor wee chooks comb!

 

[bgmathteach]

I heard it was really warm out west in many places, lots of rain in BC near Vancouver, flooding in Abbotsford - o worked on a pipeline job there and it’s all flat and low land - and thousands of chickens on factory farms - I feel for the chickens and cattle caught in the floods .

Meanwhile here in the east cold and snowy.

Mrs LC has wee wattles
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She is such a cutie pie! I love seeing pictures of her - AND of hearing of her flying antics! I love a sweet, spicy chicken!

 

[bgmathteach]

I could put this girl in an empty, sterile box and she'd still somehow come out clarted in muck
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It makes her look like a sweet but disheveled, mischievous girl (one who gives you the 'what, I didn't do anything' look!)

 

[Ponypoor]

She is such a cutie pie! I love seeing pictures of her - AND of hearing of her flying antics! I love a sweet, spicy chicken!

She was a maniac last night! Flying everywhere - almost flying into my face twice - I have good duck technique hahaha.

 

[rural mouse]

I got chilly just watching the bluster! Reminds me too much of our vicious Santa Ana winds here!

I guess Blue hens are always going to be my favourite color & yours are beautiful. I like Colombian coloring too like the Brahmas have.

My fist lead hen was a Colombian wyandotte named Silver.

here she managed to frost the tips of her wattles. No lasting harm and they healed rather than break off. She was sweet, smart, and taught babies even though she never went broody.

 

[bgmathteach]

She was sweet, smart, and taught babies even though she never went broody.

I think that is the sign of a good lead hen - to teach the next generation - even if it isn't their offspring/clutch.

My fist lead hen was a Colombian wyandotte named Silver.

She was smart and a good looking girl, too. I actually miss her in your flock (along with a couple of others I was partial too!)

 

[WhoDatChick]

 

[RoyalChick]

My fist lead hen was a Colombian wyandotte named Silver.View attachment 4268130here she managed to frost the tips of her wattles. No lasting harm and they healed rather than break off. She was sweet, smart, and taught babies even though she never went broody.

Did she dip them in water?

 

[rural mouse]

I think that is the sign of a good lead hen - to teach the next generation - even if it isn't their offspring/clutch.

She was smart and a good looking girl, too. I actually miss her in your flock (along with a couple of others I was partial too!)

Me too

 

[Ponypoor]

My fist lead hen was a Colombian wyandotte named Silver.View attachment 4268130here she managed to frost the tips of her wattles. No lasting harm and they healed rather than break off. She was sweet, smart, and taught babies even though she never went broody.

I though Wyandottes didn’t have wattles and combs. I need to look them up again, they are one breed I wanted to get through Peavey Mart.