What did you do with your flock today?

[pennyJo1960]

The long skinny fuzzy thing ?

 

[TropicalBabies]

The long skinny fuzzy thing ?

Sparing you what that long skinny (decomposed) thing is attached to but yes.

 

[629864]

Ok. Gross story and shut your eyes if you are squeamish. I was in our coop and run area doing God's work on his day lol. (Just funning with you @GoatsandGuineas) and I noticed a raunchy smell of death. I'm looking all around thinking Forest, who has been on a roll, left a dove up on the shade cloth or coop or who knows where. I had smelled it earlier but by the time I was out scrubbing and changing the waters and coops it was 12ish and things were getting ripe if you will. It is really bad by the compost... looking in, on around and then I see something that looks like mold. Not green mold but the black fuzzy mold. Do you guys see where I am going here?... I grab my scraper and pan and poke and oh! There it is and here it comes... close your eyes now if you no can handle this kine stuffs... View attachment 2927362
K. That's all I am guna say and share... you guys gotta figure out what the heck.
End of story is all is smelling and looking much, much better.

I'm thinking a rat's tail.

 

[TropicalBabies]

I'm thinking a rat's tail.

 

[TropicalBabies]

 

[629864]

I'm only very hesitantly guessing I was right. Holy moly!

 

[kurby22]

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That’s a very large rat!!

 

[TropicalBabies]

I'm only very hesitantly guessing I was right. Holy moly!

That’s a very large rat!!

It sure was. We get those big brown tropical vermin.
Its really great that my neighbor cleaned their huge junk pile that was there for decades but seems like maybe now I have their rat problem. Rats!!

 

[pennyJo1960]

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Adorable huh dead!

 

[FrankieDoodle]

I stopped getting notifications for this thread. Sorry to everyone dealing with sick birds and losses. I hope it gets easier soon.

@kurby22 I can’t wait to see pics of Miyuki once you get her home! It’s a great name.


I finished the rest of my chicken figurines last week. I made a total of 43 chickens (30 hens, 5 roosters, and 3 chicks) and 3 ducks, all made with clay and painted with acrylic.

Spoiler: Figurine pics

Angel:

Buffy:

Barbie:

Kitty:

All four together:

Os, one of my current hens, an EE

Beast:

Elphie, another current bird. She’s a black sexlink

Os, Beast, Gretel, and Elphie:

Nonae, welsummer hen:

Emmy, GLW hen:

Nugget, a current bird. She’s a RIR

Puff Puff, current.

Papa Smurf, Beckett, Nugget, Puff Puff.

Lulu. She lost her foot in the kiln. : (

Hopey and Lulu:

Gigi:

Huey:

Princess:

Princess, Huey, Ruffles, and Gigi. They were some of my first birds. I can’t believe that was over 11 years ago, lol

Toad:

Roach:

Roach, Phyllis, Toad, all current.

A remake of Poppy:

Poppy, Beigie (current), and Hei Hei:

Poppy and baby Iris:

And then everyone together, in order I got the actual birds in. XD

I won’t list who they all are, since I doubt anyone wants to read that. XD