Sunny Sunday at Chez Flapper
It was a busy weekend here at Flapper’s house. Poor Olly Astro, who just got over another respiratory infection, now has yolk coelomytosis. That is the same illness that killed Phoebe Kay years ago. Luckily I think we caught Olly’s illness sooner, and she was on antibiotics for the respiratory infection, so hopefully she will have a better recovery. She will have surgery on Tuesday. Yolk coelomytosis is a common problem in egg-laying hens and ducks. It is an infection that causes egg yolks to form without shells, and to build up inside along with fluid. I hope she does well on Tuesday. She sure deserves to be healthy and happy for awhile after her rough start in life. NOTE: Her care is paid for, so no donations are needed.
Speaking of rough starts, Lester Leroy came outside with Flapper today to hang out in the aviary and swim in the baby pool.
They took turns in the pool and ate some lettuces while soaking up the sunshine.
Lester allowed me to take a few photos of his amazing hairdo. Lester is a crested cayuga domestic duck. His crest is not very big, but it is pretty cute.
Isn’t it fancy? It even blows in the wind.
I think George has a little bit of hairdo envy.
In other news, we found a new place in Seattle that sells good quality chicken feed and supplies. Portage Bay Grange. They also sell duck and rabbit food, and are looking into getting us Mazuri food.
We heard about them at the vet’s office and went to take a look. While we don’t really like to see any place selling baby chicks, they are doing it as responsibly as it can be done. For people who are going to eat eggs, this is a better way to get them than from a factory farm. The bad part is that 1/2 of these little chicks are likely male, and there isn’t any use for roosters on an urban farm. Roosters are even illegal in Seattle. Next time you eat eggs, ask yourself “what happened to the baby boy chicks?”
Still, they’re awfully cute little babies. Adorable even. The ones with the puffy heads are silkies, like our rescued fluffy muppet Racquel L’Oreal who passed away last June.
It was a beautiful Sunday in Seattle, and we enjoyed it to the fullest.
Hope it was a beautiful day where you are, too.
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Simon looks so regal and wise!
Great pictures and comments.
I hope things go well for Olly Astro Tuesday.
Such a pretty kitty, Simon.
Let’s hope the days stay sunny for a while. Come on Spring.
Thanks for the updates, Tiff. Sounds like Flapper is doing good. Love the sun. We had snow last night but woke up to sunny skies for most of the day. We’ll take sunshine when we can get it right now
Looks like a great day! Im happy everyone enjoyed it so much. I hope you are on time and Olly can be helped. I now understand what it is that is troubling her. Laying season of our ducks is about to beging, feeding lots of oystershel and hope everyone will work it out.
We’ve had a very cold weekend and tonight it froze -7c which caught me bu surprise since we’ve had lovely Spring weather last week. It took me two hours this morning to look after the critters. The geese are now separated because mating season has begun which meant that I had to break three partitions of ice in the canal in stead of one. But I refreshed the straw in the duck houses yesterday so everyone was fine and warm. Man I am ready for Spring!