Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Pony Sunday

I know I had promised to tell my story about the horses and post some 'from the past' photos, but I haven't had a chance to do anything but drive a 7 hr round trip to town, do some laundry, and deal with work (on my day off no less...).

And I wanted to share the video my Environmental Inspector sent me, but it's on my iphone which won't connect to the crappy internet here. Sometimes life gets in the way of my fun!

On the up side my internet issue is about to be resolved with a new StarLink system (I cannot tell you how excited I am to be getting StarLink - blazing fast internet woohoo!). I was so eggcited I hugged the camp manager hahaha So I am hoping tomorrow I will be zipping through my Fluffy Butt Acres updates!

Meanwhile for @Pastel The Rooster here is my Arab mare Truly displaying her clean and dirt side haha

These photos were taken last January new year day. I was going to take her for a ride as it was really mild, then I saw she had rolled hahaha

 

[Ponypoor]

I'll be frank, I don't think it is in my capacity to solve this for them. I have tried. Check this out. Betty has found the heater in the Cluckle Hut and forced Glynda away from it. There are now 4 in the Hut again. View attachment 3370595

Tis the way of the Chicken to quote Aurora

 

[BY Bob]

4 roosting together is progress....even if not in the desired location.

It is up to them. So many places to sleep. I just want them inside at night somewhere. I'm really trying hard not to interfere anymore or watch how the sausage is made. I will comment on the end result and whine a little about them being fools.

 

[BY Bob]

I'll be frank, I don't think it is in my capacity to solve this for them. I have tried. Check this out. Betty has found the heater in the Cluckle Hut and forced Glynda away from it. There are now 4 in the Hut again. View attachment 3370595

Did I mention I originally installed the heater like this so Betty would be warm in extreme cold because her feathers are not as efficient and creating a heat barrier because they are frizzled? And here we are with something I actually wanted happening. Except now I want Glynda by the heater.

 

[Ponypoor]

Good Progress
I made good progress on the roof today but had to run to my mom's around mid-day so could not finish. I will not be catching up on the thread this evening either. Sorry everyone.

Here is what I did get done in the roof.

To seal up the front of the roofline I am using 1/4 round plastic trim. It is the same height as the as the bend in the roof. I will be caulking the seam at the top of the roof to the 1/4 round to waterproof it. This also gives me something to square the roof with.

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Nest i needed to cut the panels to length. I marked all the "humps" in one panel and then used a small piece of molding to enable me to complete the guide line across the sheet.

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I then used the angle grinder to cut the panel to length.

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Once cut I checked to make certain I had not screwed up before cutting the other 2.

Looks good.

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As I need to cut 3 panels to the same length in order to cover the roof, I used the cut piece from the first panel to measure the other 2 to the same length.

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Once I had the panels cut to length I needed to cut them to width. I placed them on the roof and marked them by marking the roofline from below. I also numbered them so i can get them back into the same place after I took them back off. View attachment 3370543

I managed to get everything cut correctly. Now I just need to wait for a day with good weather to screw it down and caulk it.

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Wow that is going to look wonderful!

Good job!

 

[BY Bob]

Do you have enough pieces to do the cluckle hut too?

The Cluckle Hut is in the run and thus has a roof of solid glass.

 

[Ponypoor]

It is up to them. So many places to sleep. I just want them inside at night somewhere. I'm really trying hard not to interfere anymore or watch how the sausage is made. I will comment on the end result and whine a little about them being fools.

Ya I have come to terms with them being not were I think they should be....

 

[BY Bob]

Wow that is going to look wonderful!

Good job!

Thank you. I'm very happy with it so far.

 

[micstrachan]

I'm pretty sure she has no puncture wound. An invisible scratch to her cornea is quite possible.

No, we don't have antibiotics. We would need a prescription to get them for chickens.

We don't have the equivalent of Neosporin here, antibiotic in ointment form are not common use and I would need a prescription. What type of optic ointment are you thinking of ? If you know the active ingredient I can look to see if we have an OTC equivalent. I could probably order eye veterycin but it would take at least a week to arrive, do you think it would be worth it ?

I have sterile eye wash for humans but I always hesitate to use it after all the discussion about using or not saline for chickens. I also have an eye wash for my cats that I never actually dared use because it's full of funky ingredients. Should I try any of those, or maybe just rinsing her eye with boiled water ?

Erythromycin is what I was prescribed. Sorry, that does not help you.

 

[micstrachan]

Good Progress
I made good progress on the roof today but had to run to my mom's around mid-day so could not finish. I will not be catching up on the thread this evening either. Sorry everyone.

Here is what I did get done in the roof.

To seal up the front of the roofline I am using 1/4 round plastic trim. It is the same height as the as the bend in the roof. I will be caulking the seam at the top of the roof to the 1/4 round to waterproof it. This also gives me something to square the roof with.

View attachment 3370536

Nest i needed to cut the panels to length. I marked all the "humps" in one panel and then used a small piece of molding to enable me to complete the guide line across the sheet.

View attachment 3370538

I then used the angle grinder to cut the panel to length.

View attachment 3370539

Once cut I checked to make certain I had not screwed up before cutting the other 2.

Looks good.

View attachment 3370540

As I need to cut 3 panels to the same length in order to cover the roof, I used the cut piece from the first panel to measure the other 2 to the same length.

View attachment 3370542

Once I had the panels cut to length I needed to cut them to width. I placed them on the roof and marked them by marking the roofline from below. I also numbered them so i can get them back into the same place after I took them back off. View attachment 3370543

I managed to get everything cut correctly. Now I just need to wait for a day with good weather to screw it down and caulk it.

View attachment 3370544

That new roof is going to be GREAT, Bob!