Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Nope, save the tattoo for Betty!

Well, maybe a flower or something on her leg just above her foot??
I could see something like this encircling her leg like an anklet:

Betty, though, needs a hard core tattoo on her wing/shoulder
Hmmmm...how about this one for Betty???

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• Or maybe this one?
• View attachment 3320337 I like how the knife turns into a feather.

Grateful dead? Gezz. Betty is a sweetheart, not a roady

 

[featherhead007]

Why do people like flavored beverages?

Don’t be confused little mouse, flavoring helps wash down that Big Mac!

 

[RoyalChick]

You know the snowy cold we've been getting. Last couple of days have been clear and cold, warming up to @29F. I've opened the coop so they can go out of they choose. NONE have gone outside. Those growing feathers are staying pretty still. Thing had hunkered into the shavings in one of the boxes. She and Pear have been tailless. Pear had been venturing forth (before the snow), but I haven't caught her on the ground in the last couple. Sometimes Thing is in the box directly above the heat, sometimes down at the other end. Those moulting hard are enforcing a larger personal bubble inspite of the cold. I would set up a heat source so she can go warm up, keep food handy and add on rotation a variety of "treats" (nutritional food suppliments covering a wide spectrum of vit/minerals). If she has a warmer location, she will use it if she needs it. As for foods, keep rotating, make note of what she will eat (keep the list for next year, cross ref nutrients).

Thanks. I have rigged up so I can have a flat panel heater facing their main roost. I will set that up before it gets cold.
Still warm, actually hot, for the next 24 hours.
In terms of food I haven’t found anything yet but I will keep trying.
She is foraging and seems keen on grass and plantain leaves. Also little wriggly worms.
It is getting close to dusk when the foxes are most active so I am sitting out with her so she can tank up on whatever it is she finds.
She still has a fluffy butt and for the wattle-lovers on this thread she isn’t doing too badly.

 

[RoyalChick]

I got another visitor to my table while Diana was off digging stuff up.

 

[bgmathteach]

It Works!

Around 3 inches of tropical rain yesterday from the hurricane. Bone dry inside the coop.
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Yay! Looks like you did a fresh coat of paint inside as well. It almost glows like Glynda! Very nice.

 

[bgmathteach]

Just Another Party at Hattie House

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That is so interesting that they are 'drawn' to that auxiliary coop.

Guess you can't put it away, now...you'll have to shovel/snowblow a path to that from the main coop this winter...it will be their 'clubhouse'

 

[featherhead007]

May I introduce my Shenandoah for this Saturday. She’s having trouble laying her egg. So she gets a warm bath and a baby aspirin (diluted for her size)

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Oh no, my pepper plants!! View attachment 3293565

Awww, they are such good helpers! Love watching chickens really get into scratching when their butts start goin' back and forth, lol yours are all lovely!

 

[featherhead007]

Awww, they are such good helpers! Love watching chickens really get into scratching when their butts start goin' back and forth, lol yours are all lovely!

I’m trapped here, if I try to leave, they pop my car’s tires. I’ve tried to escape and get help, but they have a cellphone too, and convince authorities that everything is okay. I’m lucky to be alive and able to use this iPhone. So please help, send the Marines!

 

[GregnLety]

Not sure positively yet. Depends on weather conditions, but I would love to meet you. I will advise.

I'll send you my cell number. Likewise I'd love to meet you and if you have time you're welcome to come have dinner with us.