Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

You know she asked me. Now I have to provide SHRA tax. You are so helpful. Thanks.

It was a plot to ensure delivery of more pictures of your lovely ladies.
Feel I need more Sydney.

 

[RoyalChick]

SHRA Tax
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That is an excellent SHRA payment. Love seeing those two together because it is like a textbook explanation of chicken body types!
Still want to see more of Syd though!

 

[Ponypoor]

How tragic.

So sad when our beloved pets pass. We should try to remember to think of the fun times we had with them They enriched our lives.

 

[Ponypoor]

Ponypoor looks forward to palindromes ~ next will be pg 20702

Yep I see that! Did I miss it I wonder? I will soon see!

 

[featherhead007]

It was a plot to ensure delivery of more pictures of your lovely ladies.
Feel I need more Sydney.

Everyone needs more Sydney!

 

[Ponypoor]

This is what I saw posted on social media. I trust the person but she did not mention her source. I can ask if you want.
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That's interesting, it's called all saints day here. Or is it two different things ? People go the the graveyard to honour their dead. It's a public holiday. We're a secular country, except when it comes to holidays.

If you don't move out in 30 seconds I'm going to lay on you.
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Wow not sure I would report this in my own flock. As there would be no value in ‘helping the birds’ get better, and the only value would be for officials to ‘collect data’.

I would be concentrating on ‘divide and contain’ those who were showing illness signs from those who were not.

I would think that those of us who only have a few dozen birds would be better able to deal with divide and contain a small number, than a large 100,000 bird factory.

This is one reason I really need to learn how to cull. And in addition, I rarely see detailed information on how to actually set up proper bio-security, and containment areas.

I know how to do this, travelling cross border with the horses showing has meant many times I have needed to quarantine horses that were in contact with out her horses coming from areas with such things as Vesicular Stomatitis.
(https://madbarn.ca/vesicular-stomat...8GTV3Ato4IWqBdMzmKjz3v5AGrpvbGuEaAhliEALw_wcB)

Understand how to work with your animals quarantined requires planning and process.

Quarantine animals should be set up at least 400’ from main herd (flock) and they should be the last ones dealt with when feeding and cleaning. Then clothing should be washed before dealing with the main herd again. Boots, gloves, wheelbarrows, shovels, manure forks - everything should be kept separate.

Biting insects need to be controlled through insecticide and screening (not an issue here in winter), and wildlife kept away from the animals. FYI I would not allow squirrels or birds to eat the spilled grains from the horses I had quarantined - I would take it up and bury it.

Manure was hauled to a separate site away from the farm, and buried.

These are the same measures I would set in place here with my flock. In fact when I got Mr P here, he was contained in our garage for 3 weeks in a crate. For both his protection and my other birds. Boring for him yes, but short term pain long term gain.

Now with Rosario and Daisy, I had no worries about them - they were housed together since babies in a persons garage with no contact with other poultry. But these situations are rare, must places one gets grown poultry from have a large flock.

Take away from all this rambling is 1) know you chooks, each one should be observed daily to see what their normal behaviour is, 2) know what difference abnormal behaviours may be ie: egg bound, moulting, lameness, nasal discharge, lethargy - what does each mean? 3) separate immediately any bird that is displaying a truly unknown abnormal behaviour. 4) learn to cull or have a plan for culling immediately if you suspect any disease such as AI.

Ok on to more happy thoughts

And love that photo Manue - have you posted it in the comments contest thread?

Tippy always wants to snuggle under Butterscotch

 

[Ponypoor]

She really was. Now with some distance I can bear to share more pictures of her.
Although looking at that picture again I think it was Eli not Babs. I don’t associate Eli with a fluffy butt, but even from that angle I think the blue and gold would show more in Babs.
Here is a better picture of Babs and one of my all time favorite Odd Couple (Bernie&Babs) shots.
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Oooo run bunny!

 

[bgmathteach]

SHRA Tax
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I think you should have to pay SHRA taxes more often if these are the pics we will get!!!

This is a GREAT photo to show the contrast in body styles between Lady F & Aster - wow, Aster is NO WAY an Orpington!!!!

 

[TOMTE]

I have to ask. What is SHRA?

 

[SimpleJenn]

I have to ask. What is SHRA?

Should Have Read Ahead. It's for if someone posts the info before you