Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Yes in a hospital crate so she isn’t moving around - the leg needs to set -
moving will disturb the callus that forms to create the new bone.

I thought it was splinted.

 

[Sylvester017]

I thought it was splinted.

Even the human broken leg that's immobilized in a cast is not allowed movement & has to use crutches & do only the barest mobility to keep from disturbing the healing bone... lucky it wasn't the hip! I was w/her for 3 months.
Mom 1968

 

[Marie2020]

Oliver hasn't come back for weeks.
He must have died.
I searched everywhere for him.

I'm absolutely broken to have lost him. He was so sweet to Tim and my other cat before he died.
Thanks to workmen and a cat that attacked 6 animals, he must have felt he had no chance here.

I was working towards catching him. Plus a rescue lady was on standby to help me.

That vile cat sliced Amori's eye out. But thank goodness he's be rescued and adopted. Thanks to another ladys intervention.

Oliver helped 4 in all. Two kittens Amori and my Timothy.

As for the cat. I have done my best to scare him off from my place. He sprayed Olivers cozy den after i spent hours fixing it up my neighbour fixed the window
That's the last time I saw Oliver . A few day's ago. I trapped the in that den for a couple of hours, sprayed him with my hose pipe after letting him go and Nancy gave him a good barking at.

I've now blocked the door of this second den. So he can't get in again.

He terrorised Tina, but found his match with Princess. Oliver kept him from attacking me. I hope that I am wrong and Oliver turns up again

 

[RoyalChick]

Oliver hasn't come back for weeks.
He must have died.
I searched everywhere for him.

I'm absolutely broken to have lost him. He was so sweet to Tim and my other cat before he died.
Thanks to workmen and a cat that attacked 6 animals, he must have felt he had no chance here.

I was working towards catching him. Plus a rescue lady was on standby to help me.

That vile cat sliced Amori's eye out. But thank goodness he's be rescued and adopted. Thanks to another ladys intervention.

Oliver helped 4 in all. Two kittens Amori and my Timothy.

As for the cat. I have done my best to scare him off from my place. He sprayed Olivers cozy den after i spent hours fixing it up my neighbour fixed the window
That's the last time I saw Oliver . A few day's ago. I trapped the in that den for a couple of hours, sprayed him with my hose pipe after letting him go and Nancy gave him a good barking at.

I've now blocked the door of this second den. So he can't get in again.

He terrorised Tina, but found his match with Princess. Oliver kept him from attacking me. I hope that I am wrong and Oliver turns up again
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So sorry to hear that Marie.

 

[rural mouse]

Oliver hasn't come back for weeks.
He must have died.
I searched everywhere for him.

I'm absolutely broken to have lost him. He was so sweet to Tim and my other cat before he died.
Thanks to workmen and a cat that attacked 6 animals, he must have felt he had no chance here.

I was working towards catching him. Plus a rescue lady was on standby to help me.

That vile cat sliced Amori's eye out. But thank goodness he's be rescued and adopted. Thanks to another ladys intervention.

Oliver helped 4 in all. Two kittens Amori and my Timothy.

As for the cat. I have done my best to scare him off from my place. He sprayed Olivers cozy den after i spent hours fixing it up my neighbour fixed the window
That's the last time I saw Oliver . A few day's ago. I trapped the in that den for a couple of hours, sprayed him with my hose pipe after letting him go and Nancy gave him a good barking at.

I've now blocked the door of this second den. So he can't get in again.

He terrorised Tina, but found his match with Princess. Oliver kept him from attacking me. I hope that I am wrong and Oliver turns up again
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[Ikslo]

Is the ladder for the chickens to roost in the tree? or for you to climb to retrieve their nest eggs?


I've had a Silkie that scratched so hard in the nestbox before laying her egg she tore off two toes plus a couple toenails on other toes... blood everywhere. The vet gave medicine & said it would be ok for a chicken to lose the outer toes... better than losing the inside toes/nails.

Mini missing outer toes on both feet
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Ladder was originally to retrieve the eggs, then became both. Now neither, really, because at the moment none has laid in the trees in weeks. Iirc, it started with the rain. Soggy mess. I ended up putting nesting material in there when the rains stopped and some returned, but it’s been abandoned in favor of the freezer box as of late.

I have not seen blood or nails yet anywhere, but it likely happened days ago so may be harder to spot without really digging through. Interesting enough thought though that I’m going to check out some of the nests more thoroughly and keep an eye out for any other signs of trouble with their wee toesies.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Fowl pox starts like that here & we isolate the bird from the flock... we have ophthalmic antibiotic ointment from the vet to immediately start dabbing the white spots as they pop up on face, comb or wattles. Not saying that's what Diane has but if you have a safe eye antibiotic it may help whatever she has?

I'll look into that. I have Terramycin still. Is that what you mean?

 

[Ponypoor]

I thought it was splinted.

Unknown if the break is being supported by the splint - without an X-ray it would be hard to tell. Best to keep movement limited/restricted for at least 8 weeks. This is what I did with Flopsy (after the frustrating Veterinarian call stating cost for x-rays around $1000.00!), figured I would treat her like a person with a hip fracture and keep them on 'bedrest'. 8 weeks in her crate, but I kept the crate in the Summer House with Mr P and his harem so she was always 'present' with them. The only time I would open up the crate was morning and night to feed, water and clean poops. I had to be very careful to not let her try to jump out, I just took the top half of the crate off since it was on the floor - way easier than trying to use the door.

 

[Ponypoor]

Do I need to keep her isolated for that long?

I keep Flopsy's crate in the Summer House with Mr P and his girls, I put their food and water near the crate so everyone could see each other. It was sweet to see them all roosting near the crate door with Flopsy, once she was moving without limping I let her out for a few minutes when I fed and cleaned the crate, but kept her in there when I wasn't around. After a couple weeks of that I let her out with Mr P - but I had to be very careful of him wanting to breed her - I didn't want her hip to be injured again. I did this on a weekend when I knew I would be around all the time to check in on her.

All told it was about 10 weeks total.

 

[featherhead007]

Oliver hasn't come back for weeks.
He must have died.
I searched everywhere for him.

I'm absolutely broken to have lost him. He was so sweet to Tim and my other cat before he died.
Thanks to workmen and a cat that attacked 6 animals, he must have felt he had no chance here.

I was working towards catching him. Plus a rescue lady was on standby to help me.

That vile cat sliced Amori's eye out. But thank goodness he's be rescued and adopted. Thanks to another ladys intervention.

Oliver helped 4 in all. Two kittens Amori and my Timothy.

As for the cat. I have done my best to scare him off from my place. He sprayed Olivers cozy den after i spent hours fixing it up my neighbour fixed the window
That's the last time I saw Oliver . A few day's ago. I trapped the in that den for a couple of hours, sprayed him with my hose pipe after letting him go and Nancy gave him a good barking at.

I've now blocked the door of this second den. So he can't get in again.

He terrorised Tina, but found his match with Princess. Oliver kept him from attacking me. I hope that I am wrong and Oliver turns up again
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That’s bad (very sad news) so sorry. Maybe Oliver is just out on an exploration?
I hope you see him again.