Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

It’s a gorgeous day!

Vultures are back - and like to zoom over the chooks making them scatter.
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I think they are Black Vultures not Turkey Vultures.

And then it’s time for some snoozing
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Are Black Vultures carrion or fresh prey eaters? Are they a worry for chicken owners?

 

[Sylvester017]

Hi everyone,

I feel like I am dying and have since Friday evening. The tooth that I chipped a few months ago and was told to go to Lexington over to get a root canal for? Well, Lexington was simply not a option and I finally found a dentist who attempted to fix it by filling it. First bite of a cheeseburger Friday night and 2/3rds of it broke off below the gum. It has got to go and first thing tomorrow I am calling Aspen Dental. They do not accept my insurance but will take payment plans according to their website. I do not care if it cost me a arm and a leg it has got to go.

I also need to give a silkie update while I am still awake waiting on the pain meds to kick in so I can sleep.

I a speedy recovery for you

 

[featherhead007]

I found out today that baby chicks and sticky glue traps just don’t work together. . I don’t know how she found that one trap in the kitchen but she did and was very upset about it. I’m cleaning her with vegetable oil, then soap and water. Poor little thing

 

[RoyalChick]

I found out today that baby chicks and sticky glue traps just don’t work together. . I don’t know how she found that one trap in the kitchen but she did and was very upset about it. I’m cleaning her with vegetable oil, then soap and water. Poor little thing

Horrible things sticky traps.

 

[featherhead007]

Horrible things sticky traps.

Yeah, I’m rethinking the use for them

 

[featherhead007]

Kids these days!

 

[Ponypoor]

Are Black Vultures carrion or fresh prey eaters? Are they a worry for chicken owners?

As far as I know all vultures are scavenger carrion feeders.

 

[RoyalChick]

Yeah, I’m rethinking the use for them

That would make me happy.

 

[Sylvester017]

Horrible things sticky traps.

Yeah, I’m rethinking the use for them

All our sticky outdoor traps ever caught were lizards, crickets, spiders, earwigs, a sparrow...but never one rat or mouse!!! Instead our small spring-load live animal cage traps have caught dozens of vermin here!

 

[RoyalChick]

Poor baby! I wouldn't stress her w/ice packs. A jail is stress enough? We've had 6 & 8 week broodies before...this too shall pass. Have a separate grassy enclosure where she can move around where she can't feed her broody confinement in a cage where there's nothing else she can do but brood? But then, you know your birds best. We are so accustomed to broody Silkies, sometimes all of them at once! We lock up the coop from them or isolate them in a separate 1/2 of the yard while the coop stays open for the laying hens. Never had Tassels' chicken breed so can't say what works for her .

She is certainly not stressed by jail. It is twice the size of her nest box and she simply settles in to try and hatch a little lump of 2x4.
She also seemed to think she could hatch out little ice cubes from the block of ice I put under her.
But I think maybe I am making progress. I heard her talking in her normal voice a few minutes ago.