Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

For pretty much the next week I like many people on here are going to be dealing with dangerous temps. It is 54 right now, by midnight tonight it will drop down to 8. Mom and dad are outside preparing the horses stalls and the chicken coops and beds. I am useless out there as all I can do is point out things. I was told to get the eggs and come inside when I told mom she went a little overboard with the hay bedding in the coop. I appreciate she deeply bedded the coop with hay. Some of my finicky hens will not. They prefer deep sawdust which they have with a light layer of hay. Yup I'm talking about the cochin girls who do not roost. I'm worried though. I worry about the momma's and their 8 week old chicks even though they should and will be fine. I'm really worried about Momma hen. Thankfully she seems to have the lip of the rock in her cave as a roof but still, she is going to be exposed to the cold weather. The chickens that roost with the horses will have a wind break so that is good but with these temps I worry about frostbite on combs and toes. 2/3rds of my flock have large combs and wattles. Looking at the next weeks forecast thankfully we should get no snow or rain so it will be a dry cold. If we can make it till Tuesday we should be good. Will be back in at least the 30s and out of single digits at night. Thursday we should be back in the 50s. I will probably have a hen inside at night the next few days. Holly is back to being fully feathered while Butter is rough and going through a slow molt. She is definitely not feathered enough to withstand the next few nights temps so mom already said she is bringing her in. There is one thing Butter is good at, ensuring every so often she gets house chicken privilege's one way or another.

Either way, you get butter on your kitchen table!

 

[featherhead007]

Bring them inside. Teach them how to do your laundry.

Hey, it gives them something to do!

 

[featherhead007]

As my rooster Jaffar has said..”don’t just survive, but thrive!. COCO-RICO! “

 

[featherhead007]

As my rooster Jaffar has said..”don’t just survive, but thrive!. COCO-RICO! “

 

[GregnLety]

Another big snow coming today here in Japan. Super blustery and cold for Lety back in Texas.

 

[featherhead007]

Another big snow coming today here in Japan. Super blustery and cold for Lety back in Texas.

Yes I know. I just spoke with my friend who lives in Texas. Says it’s cold and windy.

 

[bgmathteach]

Shower curtains! I use them as windbreaks around my run. The ones I have are on their third winter now.

Some of hers are, but the small one is what I was asking about. It has grommets all the way around, not just on the top, and I have a few spaces where I could use a small one with grommets on each side.

 

[RoyalChick]

Some of hers are, but the small one is what I was asking about. It has grommets all the way around, not just on the top, and I have a few spaces where I could use a small one with grommets on each side.

You could install your own grommets into an old shower curtain.
You don’t actually need a special tool (though a grommet tool does exist), you can do it with a hammer.

 

[featherhead007]

Some of hers are, but the small one is what I was asking about. It has grommets all the way around, not just on the top, and I have a few spaces where I could use a small one with grommets on each side.

Buy a grommet tool kit (Harbor Freight) they’re cheap.

 

[featherhead007]

Buy a grommet tool kit (Harbor Freight) they’re cheap.

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