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[FluffyButt789]

I'm not sure, but my one Orpington hen does seem to have bulby butt. I don't know if she is just fat? She is a pretty big bird. It doesn't seem to be increasing in size and it's not interfering with her walking so I've left it alone.

 

[FluffyButt789]

Instead of catching them, just observe them. Yellow jackets are really wasps and don't do flowers, so if you see bees working the dandelions and clover, those are almost certainly honeybees or bumblebees. Carpenter bees are found chewing into wood, bumblebees never do that.

Well I have more than just two nests of bees on my house and they are too quick to follow from flower to hive. The two nests I am worried about the most are right above my front door, but we have never been stung walking by there so I am hoping they are the good bees

 

[fisherlady]

I'm not sure, but my one Orpington hen does seem to have bulby butt. I don't know if she is just fat? She is a pretty big bird. It doesn't seem to be increasing in size and it's not interfering with her walking so I've left it alone.

Some birds can have it due to obesity rather than fluid, I don't worry much about birds not showing any signs of shortness of breath, rattling, listless behavior or other signs of illness.
Another cause for ascites is cancer, some hens get it when they have reproductive tumors, they usually don't show respiratory issues till it is extreme and the fluid pressure is compressing the internal organs and interfering in circulation.
The reason it is a concern with the meat birds is because it is developing in a bird who is only weeks old, usually a sign of CHF because their circulatory system can't keep up with the workload caused by their abnormally fast growth rate. When CHF becomes acute in these meaties it is not going to end well.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Some birds can have it due to obesity rather than fluid, I don't worry much about birds not showing any signs of shortness of breath, rattling, listless behavior or other signs of illness.
Another cause for ascites is cancer, some hens get it when they have reproductive tumors, they usually don't show respiratory issues till it is extreme and the fluid pressure is compressing the internal organs and interfering in circulation.
The reason it is a concern with the meat birds is because it is developing in a bird who is only weeks old, usually a sign of CHF because their circulatory system can't keep up with the workload caused by their abnormally fast growth rate. When CHF becomes acute in these meaties it is not going to end well.

Thank you so much for the information. Some of them do seem to have a big butt, but it doesn't seem out of proportion for their size, and most had big butts when I got them. I will take pictures tomorrow and post them here, so we can all analyze chicken butts.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

What a great morning! I sold 7 turkey chicks, and gave the remaining 4 to a friend to put under his broodies. I also sold 5 dozen eggs and gave a way a dozen to a customer who had to wait too long in our office. She was very happy!

 

[Str4b3rryb33]

Hi, PA BYC! I'm pretty certain that I'm the furthest north eastern in Ohio you can get without going into the lake or into Pennsylvania. I am so close to Erie, PA that I commuted there to college every day! Hope I'm welcome here, as I spend quite a bit of time in PA.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Hi, PA BYC! I'm pretty certain that I'm the furthest north eastern in Ohio you can get without going into the lake or into Pennsylvania. I am so close to Erie, PA that I commuted there to college every day! Hope I'm welcome here, as I spend quite a bit of time in PA.

Of course you're welcome here! What do you have and what are you looking for?

 

[Ducks_4_me]

Hello pa... nepa here....I am a duck person and was wondering if this is just chickens?

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Hello pa... nepa here....I am a duck person and was wondering if this is just chickens?

Welcome from Cambria county! Chickens, ducks, turkeys, whatever, all are welcome!

 

[Str4b3rryb33]

Of course you're welcome here! What do you have and what are you looking for?

Well I'm running out of time at the moment but I'll post pics later; right now I'm running out the door. I've got thee khaki campbell's and thirteen chicks. Chicken math is real and it is TERRIBLE.