Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

I don’t want to disappoint! View attachment 3315414

Awww! Pooor Buttercup is still trying to get her feathers back

 

[TX Chick Noob]

It's been a busy weekend. I repaired the deck yesterday. I've been going nonstop with this beautiful weather. I'll probably fall asleep shortly.

7 new deck boards on Saturday

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You definitely had a busy weekend. Well done.

I have also been very busy this weekend. Well actually it started on Wednesday. We had ordered another 10 x 16 storage building that is basically going to be my husband’s man cave. The building was delivered Wednesday. I also had medical appointments that day and afterwards went by the store to buy the insulation for the walls. Thursday Bobby took off work. I still worked but took a long lunch. He had started insulating the walls. We went into town and bought the ceiling insulation, wall panels, pvc conduit for the electrical, and some other supplies. He insulated about a fourth of the walls. Friday we were both off work. I finished insulating almost all the walls (have to leave a few sections by the door until after they repair some door issues) and started the ceiling while he ran electrical from the main panel and installed the breaker box. Another trip to town for more supplies. And other various chores.

Saturday was the first day of hunting season. So hunted in the morning, then I finished insulating the ceiling while he did some other chores then we put up a few wall panels. Went and ate lunch, hunted again in the evening. Shot a spike so skinned and quartered that. Today we hunted again in the morning, then put up all but the three wall panels we have to leave off while they do the door and he finishes running electrical wiring. Back into town for a few more supplies we needed. Then we hooked up the mini-split AC/Heater.

I average 4000-5000 steps a day. Since Wednesday I have ranged between 9000-12,000. Plus all the physical labor. As my little sister once said when she was very young “my tired hurts”.

Tomorrow I have the day off again. Have to start processing the deer meat, and hopefully do some more winterizing of the coop. Also haven’t weighed and sorted eggs since Wednesday. At least I got to spend a few minutes with the girls today giving them a few pieces of pizza crust and stale bread heels.

 

[Ponypoor]

They are adorable. After the 3 losses I am left with 13 total chicks. Of those, 3 I am confident are boys, I'm seeing lots of pullets. I guess I'm just feeling sorry for myself that the white one is a boy. I am switching gears now and eye balling 2 other chicks that I would bet are pullets as a potential keeper. 1 is the only cochin mix and the other one is the brown chick I posted a picture of a few days ago that was yelling at me. Both of those 2 are Blueberrie's chicks. I may just decide to let them all go except the blue pullet. We will see, I still have several weeks to make up my mind.

I would just love to let a couple of the silkies eggs hatch out, but my luck they would be boys all

 

[Ponypoor]

It's been a busy weekend. I repaired the deck yesterday. I've been going nonstop with this beautiful weather. I'll probably fall asleep shortly.

7 new deck boards on Saturday

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Oh that’s it! You are hired! Next summer it’s deck building (well replacing boards) for the two of us! Not To worry mum will keep you fed and full of her brandy

 

[Ponypoor]

I am in pain.

I love doing things like this. My creative brain is challenged by it. Take the floor situation today. Frustrating but I found a solution.

Some ibuprofen, hopefully you took some. No use being in pain . Hard to sleep if you’re in pain, and one need sleep.

Sleep tax
Not sure what that is on Mr P’s head! But o am glad someone is sleeping!

 

[Ponypoor]

No the roof was rotten way worse than I thought. I had been keeping it dry inside with a tarp on top. This is what I found when I went to take it off today.

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On top of that the birch tree is dying. I'm very lucky that the trunk did not break and go through the roof. So the roof came off today and the tree trunk came down.

I see the CM (construction manager) was on site.

 

[Ponypoor]

I feel like it's my job to give you new songs every so often.

Song tax
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Now I have ‘just the two of us’ going through my head, as it’s just me and my phone ‘awake’ tonight….

So is this a version of duck duck goose - chicken chicken cat?

(Lady F blends in those leaves very well!)

 

[Ponypoor]

I think Mallory's dad has sneakily started his payback for the acquisition of a Silkie. I do not know if I've mentioned it before, but, Rosie's dream horse has always been a Quarter Horse. Before Louis and Russ she harped she wanted a QH. She has always rode gaited horses though and enjoys the ride. I told her she probably would not like the rough ride of one. She believed me, until today darn it. Mallory and her dad went to a auction yesterday, with the intention of buying a donkey to turn loose with their horses because coyote's are getting horrible. They ended up only having jacks at the sale and seeing as how 2/3rds of their horses are mares he did not get one. Instead, they came home with a 12 year old super broke Russ look-a-like QH mare for Mallory. They came up to the ring today to ride and brought her. Rosie has met it, rode it, and is now back to nagging she needs a QH. When they left, Travis her dad hollered at me Silkies were cheaper then a QH.

Heck if she wants I can send you a real nice thoroughbred mare that needs riding seeing as how she is originally from KY, it would be like sending her home!

Horse tax
Had to check to see if it’s Pony Sunday but alas nope mugs Monday

 

[Ponypoor]

Oh! I meant great job taking care of it right away when you found out it was rotted. But I guess you didn’t find out until you started pulling it out. I guess I should just say you were lucky!

I was lucky, too, this weekend. I was in a bicycle accident and managed to only get a couple sore wrists, some sore intercostal (rib) muscles smd a sore, spongy knee. No bone breaks, no concussion and only minor soft tissue issues that I can tell.

Tax
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Oh no! I hope you heal fast Rest and take it easy

Just sit back and enjoy you beautiful ladies

 

[Ponypoor]

You definitely had a busy weekend. Well done.

I have also been very busy this weekend. Well actually it started on Wednesday. We had ordered another 10 x 16 storage building that is basically going to be my husband’s man cave. The building was delivered Wednesday. I also had medical appointments that day and afterwards went by the store to buy the insulation for the walls. Thursday Bobby took off work. I still worked but took a long lunch. He had started insulating the walls. We went into town and bought the ceiling insulation, wall panels, pvc conduit for the electrical, and some other supplies. He insulated about a fourth of the walls. Friday we were both off work. I finished insulating almost all the walls (have to leave a few sections by the door until after they repair some door issues) and started the ceiling while he ran electrical from the main panel and installed the breaker box. Another trip to town for more supplies. And other various chores.

Saturday was the first day of hunting season. So hunted in the morning, then I finished insulating the ceiling while he did some other chores then we put up a few wall panels. Went and ate lunch, hunted again in the evening. Shot a spike so skinned and quartered that. Today we hunted again in the morning, then put up all but the three wall panels we have to leave off while they do the door and he finishes running electrical wiring. Back into town for a few more supplies we needed. Then we hooked up the mini-split AC/Heater.

I average 4000-5000 steps a day. Since Wednesday I have ranged between 9000-12,000. Plus all the physical labor. As my little sister once said when she was very young “my tired hurts”.

Tomorrow I have the day off again. Have to start processing the deer meat, and hopefully do some more winterizing of the coop. Also haven’t weighed and sorted eggs since Wednesday. At least I got to spend a few minutes with the girls today giving them a few pieces of pizza crust and stale bread heels.

I have some ideas on some rearranging of my roosts I started today, the chickies were
Non too sure about the new ledge I put in hahaha .