Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Peekaboo!

She’s (better be a she) not sleeping I bet Whiskers is not pleased! Kids!

 

[BY Bob]

No it’s full of fluid. I pulled 30mls of brown putrid fluid from her crop using the gastric tube then dosed her with more clotrimazole.

Always a possibility of hay but the crop is all fluid not firm like Jaffarra’s was.

She’s sleeping in front of the heater again tonight.

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Very worrisome.

 

[BY Bob]

Today I was sitting out in the new chicken yard with the big girls and we heard a hawk. I scanned the sky and didn't see it, then I looked at them. A couple of them had frozen, and then Jane (Orpington) did the warning call. The first and only time I have heard one of my girls do it was in the run and it sounded like she was muttering to the others. I looked at them (had been looking away, cleaning the poop shelf) and they were all frozen. I looked outside the run and we all watched in horror as a snake slithered by, stopping every 30 seconds to try and find a way in. I only know now what it is because I had just watched a BY Bob video of all of you and your chickens hiding under the coop while the Cooper's hawk was outside. Hattie did the warning call, which you called a "growl."
It was fascinating to see that my chicken who has spent the whole 15 months of her life living in a brooder inside and then a confined run knew to do that.
And that's why I'm trying to read the old posts. So much to learn!

I'm so glad it helped you out. That's one of the main reasons I decided to do this thread, to help others learn from my experiences. I am hoping to pay back all the people who have helped me and keep you from learning things the hard way like I had to in many cases.

Thanks for letting me know.

 

[Labsandchickens8]

The growl is the reminder that the alarm is continuing. Stay still.

This! It sounded to me like she was muttering, but you immediately know what's going on when you hear it!