Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[TX Chick Noob]

These birds :
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They all look different, but are all beautiful. Especially the cockerel. Will be interesting to see what mine end up looking like.

 

[Gigachad poultry]

Yeah those crates could be turned into a run! I'm in the process of reinforcing a similar one my dad has into a low run for my chickens!
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Wow that looks awesome!

 

[Gigachad poultry]

1.is the incubator for you to use, or what?
2. Those logs would be difficult to use for building anything other than a great fireplace, or bbq. Maybe try to swap them for something that you need. Place an add in the local paper or market.

No no no, I meant the wooden structure holding it all in lol. My dad spend like 500€ on that wood for fire this winter. I want to use the wooden structure possibly like what @SimpleJenn did!

 

[bgmathteach]

He’s a good dog, I think we should keep him posting his pics on this thread!
(Run on sentence, done deliberately)

Actually, I think a semi-colon after 'dog' and we are good!

Tax:

One of my young (almost full grown) chicks - broody hatched - from last year. She had just done the 'shake' and was still puffed up a bit.

 

[Sally PB]

In my mind, no matter the outcome I have decided I will be quitting on October 1st, possibly sooner but I do not want to overwhelm myself with a sooner date.

Good luck. Sending you all kinds of positive waves and hugs. You are doing this for Rosie, everyone, and most of all, you. You can do this.

I am so sorry you are going through all this with Grandma.

 

[bgmathteach]

Does anyone thing once I get the wood out of these I might be able to turn them into a run or possibly even a coop? Maybe a pigeon loft? I want to do something with it so it doesn't become trash. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
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Probably. With a little wire and some ingenuity (and roofing of some sort for a coop), these could become a run or coop.

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Feathered chipmunk !

Wow! So rude to the Grandma! Didn't anyone tell you not to talk to strangers? Goodness me oh my brothers and sister blue and green and purple!!!
Besides that, Parmesan thinks there's a fly in the room. She's careful so that Featherhead over here doesn't disrespect her.

 

[Ponypoor]

Grandma update.

She did develop a touch of pneumonia from covid. It is not terrible and according to her doctors it was caught early and is mild as far a pneumonia goes. They tried to be reassuring but the big picture is she is 81 years old with many more health problems who signed a DNR again the minute she got to the emergency room. It is very hard to be reassured knowing she has both covid and pneumonia.
Thankfully she did not break anything from the fall, they did discover a blood clot in her left leg. We were told this could have been there for a year or it could have developed in the last few days before being admitted since her mobility has drastically decreased in the last year. She has been on a heparin drip that started Sunday afternoon. Yesterday we were told they were having difficulty adjusting the levels. Once they get it stabilized then depending on her insurance she will have to be on either warfarin or cumadin the rest of her life.
For the last 4 months we have been dealing with excessive swelling of her legs and constant fluid leaking from them. She has been in very real danger of loosing them. Her heart doctor told us and her that this was the result of venous insufficiency. There is no cure and no medication she can take for it. She was told there was only 3 things she could do to help relieve the problem. She was told to eliminate or reduce salt intake, keep her legs elevated as much as possible and the big one is compression wraps or bandages. We tried and me and mom ended up feeling like banging our heads against a brick wall. No matter what type of wrap or bandage we used she would leave it on for less then a hour and remove it herself claiming it hurt and she could not wear them. She was not comfortable sitting with her legs elevated and salt became the new sugar. At this point salt and sugar pretty much had to be hidden and locked away where she can not find or reach them as she would eat handfuls if given a chance. Her legs are bad, the amount of fluid that leaks from them is crazy and there is water blisters that form and she finds a way to pop or rip them open to leave open wounds.
She officially went on a very restrictive diet yesterday at the hospital. They are restricting fluids and is on a no salt cardiac/diabetic diet. They are wrapping her legs and addressing the wounds. She managed to get the wraps off within a hour the first time they did it. Well, the nurses are not me and mom. She has not beat them down emotionally and verbally and to her surprise they were immediately rewrapped, and in a manner in which she cannot remove them herself.
Mom has not been back to the hospital since she left early Sunday morning. We have called and spoke to her only for her to get furious and hang up on us. She is wanting and expecting us to bring her outside food. Remind her we cannot and she starts berating and hangs up the phone. She left to go for a bit this afternoon. The nurses charted and informed mom that she was more agreeable to complying with things when mom is not there which is one reason she has stayed away these first few days. My sister works as a x-ray tech at the hospital on the night shift. She has managed to pop in her room several times throughout the night since she has been in to check up on her for mom. For the most part she has been sleeping and resting comfortably but she does wake her up in the mornings to talk to her a bit after she is off work. She is getting mad at her as well. She is expecting and demanding her to sneak in and hide food or non diet pop which sis tells her she cannot and will not do.
Lab work has also revealed that her kidney function is borderline. Back in February they had to change her fluid pill to lasix because of the terrible leg swelling. We were told by her family doctor he had put off for years putting her on lasix because it would be hard on her kidneys and it was his last resort.
We have had some long hard discussions between our family and the 2 of her siblings that have kept in contact with her since the stroke a year and a half ago now. Her brother and sister and my brother are of the opinion and believe this is the end and she will not come out of the hospital. Everyone agrees if she does she needs to be in a nursing home as hard as it is for mom to face. I have made a hard decision myself, especially right now where she is on the isolation covid unit. I will not visit that hospital. Thankfully I managed to not catch it while I was tending to everyone 2 weeks ago when they were all very ill. As a type 1 diabetic I also do not need to be visiting that hospital and picking up any other virus or infection. Rosie also will not be visiting. She would not be allowed in the room anyway as she is only 15 and with her recent history she too would probably pick up another bug.
The house feels like we are in limbo right now. Me and mom have spent 2 days essentially spring cleaning and wiping down walls trying to disinfect everything. The living room is still a wreck. Everything is cleaned and wiped down. There is also still the hospital bed and 2 wheelchairs in it. We arranged it like we have been doing to make things easy for her for when she "comes home". That phrase keeps being said by mom who just looks at us when we question it and tells us to leave her alone she is processing. Grandma's sewing table and the 7 large totes of material and supplies are neatly stacked under it like she left it. A stash of candy bars was found hidden under one of the couch cushions and a bag of gummy worms found hidden between some of her folded clothes. They were left alone. CeeCee and Gracie now sleep beside the hospital bed or the recliner she stayed in and look for her whining. Jack has taken up sleeping curled up on her pillow. They too sense something is up.

I am sad to hear this is causing everyone so much distress, and yes animals also know when something is wrong.

It’s hard for your mum, and yes she will need to work through it.

In the meantime I am sending hugs to all.

(Hugs hugs hugs )

 

[featherhead007]

Wow! So rude to the Grandma! Didn't anyone tell you not to talk to strangers? Goodness me oh my brothers and sister blue and green and purple!!!
Besides that, Parmesan thinks there's a fly in the room. She's careful so that Featherhead over here doesn't disrespect her.
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I bash chickens all the time. My rooster hates it when I call him a poopy butted Neanderthal !

 

[featherhead007]

I bash chickens all the time. My rooster hates it when I call him a poopy butted Neanderthal !

He goes out and tears up his feed bowls, and spills the water on purpose! Such an angry little man!