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2 stories filed under scratch on Alektorophobia. The newest of them: “That chicken's determined to redecorate: wood-flavored chaos at its finest” and “When Your Flock Has One Sick Chicken, It's Time for Fowl Play”. There's redecorating, and then there's *this*. Oh, a bubble-filled eye and a nose that's suddenly a leaky faucet, that's not the kind of fowl play any of us signed up for. Chickens. Everything there is to know about chickens and the fear of them. The list below is every scratch story on Alektorophobia, newest first.
That chicken's determined to redecorate: wood-flavored chaos at its finest
There's redecorating, and then there's *this*. One determined little feathered fiend has decided the coop needs a new aesthetic, wood-flavored chaos, apparently, and honestly, I both admire and fear the commitment. Watching a chicken absolutely commit to the bit is a special kind of madness. It's fowl play at its finest, and I can't look away. This isn't just a mess; it's a masterpiece of mischief. If you're still recovering from the fashion icon in "This clucky costume has me questioning my whole fowl fashion game," prepare yourself for a whole new level of poultry pandemonium. Sometimes you just have to laugh, and maybe hide your furniture.
When Your Flock Has One Sick Chicken, It's Time for Fowl Play
Oh, a bubble-filled eye and a nose that's suddenly a leaky faucet, that's not the kind of fowl play any of us signed up for. First, deep breaths. You're already doing the smart thing by isolating her, and your gut feeling about a muddy ditch scratch is totally plausible. Chickens are chaos magnets, and a face-plant into a puddle can absolutely cause this kind of gunk without it being a respiratory monster like MG. That said, a shut eye with that much discharge is serious enough to warrant a vet visit, not a cull order. Don't jump to the worst-case just yet.