Not right in the head chicken :(

[tuesdays chicks]

My pullets sunbathe all spread out like that

 

[noodleroo]

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Is that your lucy lu in the avatar photo? My lucy lu is.... i think.... a buff rock..... she was suppose to be a buff orpington, but her legs are really yellow and she looks like a buff rock. I started with Lucy because compared to the others, her head looked red....so i thought lucy ball, but then it turned to lucy lu....

No, that's Sweetie in my avitar. I haven't taken any pics of the backyard flock of 5 lately; I'll try and do that this evening.

 

[OliviaDeHav]

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LOL... we "think" George is a george... the jury is still out on that one... I have a very small coop, just right for the 6 i have, no space to have their own space

I would if i could....

 

[OliviaDeHav]

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Just curious... mine have not necessarily been outside, they do it in the coop also... like once, Angel was doing it AT me... i was trying to get her and Milla out and she plopped down on her side and spread her wings out funny... she let me pick her up with no fuss... I'm not fluent yet in chicken-ese....but am getting there!

 

[OliviaDeHav]

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I am working on it... Today i had them all out again in the yard together and there was less of what i would call "violent" behavior and more "normal" pecking order stuff.... still Lucy ran for me every time. I moved my seat and she got ALL confused, so I had to move back... then they all heard a noise and booked it to their run/coop for cover... of course Lucy stayed with me, then started to walk over to where the run is, so I walked along with her asking her if she wanted to try to be in the run again.... I stayed scootched down by the door with her there watching and being the REF. The chickens listen to me, which is helpful... If Olivia (my namesake) started to lash out, I'd say in a deeper tone, "LIVIA! BE nice!" and she'd stop... I also put my hand inbetween them a few times....thank the Lord i didn't get pecked! After an hour in there, they were doing pretty well... Livia was motioning toward Lucy like she was going to peck her back, but didn't and Lucy avoided Livia when she could. I'm just going to try it for a while... I won't put Lucy in the coop at night until i feel she is safe.... that may take some time, and it may not happen, but i am really hopeful...
You mentioned special needs chicken.. that is SO Lucy! She walks funny also... her feet are a tiny bit turned, nothing alarming to put a cast on her or anything or splint, and she compensates with a funny walk... She wants so badly to be with the others... She cries if we are out in the yard and she has lost sight of me. I squat down and keep saying her name and then she zeros in and walks over to me... She is so thin! I really hope she can do this... she is a hard one not to love

I'm just pulling for her every step of the way.... She almost died on day 3 of having her home.... Sometimes I think i shouldn't have pulled her through... I am not sure i'd do it again... Nature knows best and this is a good example... but here we are! And we go forward and do our best

Thanks for the encouragement! It was a tiring afternoon... I have severe fibromyalgia and it is hard to stand, squat and do all this stuff.... Today i really had to push myself......
wow, what a lot of thoughts all thrown in here....

 

[justbugged]

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I am working on it... Today i had them all out again in the yard together and there was less of what i would call "violent" behavior and more "normal" pecking order stuff.... still Lucy ran for me every time. I moved my seat and she got ALL confused, so I had to move back... then they all heard a noise and booked it to their run/coop for cover... of course Lucy stayed with me, then started to walk over to where the run is, so I walked along with her asking her if she wanted to try to be in the run again.... I stayed scootched down by the door with her there watching and being the REF. The chickens listen to me, which is helpful... If Olivia (my namesake) started to lash out, I'd say in a deeper tone, "LIVIA! BE nice!" and she'd stop... I also put my hand inbetween them a few times....thank the Lord i didn't get pecked! After an hour in there, they were doing pretty well... Livia was motioning toward Lucy like she was going to peck her back, but didn't and Lucy avoided Livia when she could. I'm just going to try it for a while... I won't put Lucy in the coop at night until i feel she is safe.... that may take some time, and it may not happen, but i am really hopeful...
You mentioned special needs chicken.. that is SO Lucy! She walks funny also... her feet are a tiny bit turned, nothing alarming to put a cast on her or anything or splint, and she compensates with a funny walk... She wants so badly to be with the others... She cries if we are out in the yard and she has lost sight of me. I squat down and keep saying her name and then she zeros in and walks over to me... She is so thin! I really hope she can do this... she is a hard one not to love

I'm just pulling for her every step of the way.... She almost died on day 3 of having her home.... Sometimes I think i shouldn't have pulled her through... I am not sure i'd do it again... Nature knows best and this is a good example... but here we are! And we go forward and do our best

Thanks for the encouragement! It was a tiring afternoon... I have severe fibromyalgia and it is hard to stand, squat and do all this stuff.... Today i really had to push myself......
wow, what a lot of thoughts all thrown in here....

I can so relate to the severe Fibro. I have gotten to the point I rarely ever cry anymore. I have to go off of the "Would it be more fun to vomit scale?" I made that up when I realized that I just can't always tell if I am being a big baby and just do it anyway, or if I shouldn't be doing it at all.
I thought back to my daughter who was born different. So many babies just aren't born, and others live a full lifetime. And in between are all the other babies, so I understand that sometimes it is a lot to deal with, and other times when if you could change it you wouldn't for all the tea in China.

 

[OliviaDeHav]

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Sorry to hear of your situation... can relate also... I call it my SCREAMING pain....feels like the muscles are being torn off my bones... yeah! not right! And i think we women are programed that we are being "babies"... if more men had this, the world would stand still

My hubby will get hurting sometimes and say, "I don't know HOW you keep going".... sometimes i just can't....
So we have chickens and fibro

LOTS in common

 

[noodleroo]

Ok, Here's my Lucy Lu...
Here's her little face:

and here's her little hiney:

 

[white01]

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Sorry to hear of your situation... can relate also... I call it my SCREAMING pain....feels like the muscles are being torn off my bones... yeah! not right! And i think we women are programed that we are being "babies"... if more men had this, the world would stand still

My hubby will get hurting sometimes and say, "I don't know HOW you keep going".... sometimes i just can't....
So we have chickens and fibro

LOTS in common

I can relate to the fibro, but i noticed having the chickens have actually help me, it is my destresser, I hate having fibro as it can be a burden, but i manage, did take meds for awhile but stopped and now trying to exercise, eat good and stop stressing(yeah right my life can get real stressful)

 

[new chick 203]

I'm sorry to hear about your girls issues. I know you will keep an eye on her. We had a similar thing with our young roo Bertie. He was such a cuddler. He died a couple of weeks ago and we were so sad. the vet did an autopsy for us so we would have piece of mind about the others and found an infection in his wing joint. The vet felt that the others knew and that's why he was at the bottom of the order. (i guess a roo should be on top) Some one has to be at the bottom, let's hope that's all it is.