Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

Dottie in da house!

I love their soft little clucks - nice conversation!

Fluffy butts in the face are okay

 

[featherhead007]

IF you are able to get a carabiner through the smaller welded wire, you should have that go straight to the eye bolt, and forget the ziptie. These carabiners would probably work well and be the easiest to 'deploy' in your situation. They come in assorted sizes. I've used a few and LOVE them.

Pirates of the carabiners!

 

[ValarieF]

I got a dozen eggs this past week.

 

[RoyalChick]

What a lovely picture of them eating together.

I'm a little sad, but also really, really happy. They will have the best life with you. Clearly they are already loving the Palace - what with it's lofty ceilings and all!

Awwww - I promise I will do my absolute best to make them happy.
I don't want you to be sad - it was a wonderful thing you did in letting me have them.
Would you prefer I not post pictures of them for a while? I really don't want to make you sad for such a lovely thing.

 

[Ponypoor]

Build Update

Got a row of hardware cloth on the upper part of the little run Sunday, and need at least another row. But it was too cold yesterday to work outside with a bare hand.

I finally had a good idea for keeping the platform crosspieces from slipping off of the run's welded wire sides and dumping the platform, so I worked on that inside. I wanted it all easily removable. Had to account for the thickness of the platform and the width too. It came to me right when I woke up. Sleep is the best! So I worked on that inside:

After a fruitless search for hook-n-eye screw-in eyes in our storage I saw some cup hooks. Screwed them into the underside of the crosspiece.
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Used pliers to make into an eye
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A long zip-tie through it. Happens to be removable but that's good if changes are needed.
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And a carabiner to latch on to the zip tie. Not sure if the carabineer would stay on the welded wire, or stay with the crosspiece. Probably the latter.
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Tried it out this morning, seems good so far!
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On to a proof-of-concept model of how the ladder might attach to the platform.

Looking good!

Can you go to my place and finish my run?

 

[Ponypoor]

Two for Tuesday

Ok a quick pop in to say hi!

And here are a couple of 2 / 4s

BFTP (blast from the past)

My niece’s two hens Sharpie and Raven

My two silkies, Curly and Fluffy

And two gals trying to lay an egg together - Whiskers and Rose

 

[bgmathteach]

Awwww - I promise I will do my absolute best to make them happy.
I don't want you to be sad - it was a wonderful thing you did in letting me have them.
Would you prefer I not post pictures of them for a while? I really don't want to make you sad for such a lovely thing.

No, post, post, post, please!

I have absolutely no regrets about sharing!! I know that they will have so much more of your time and love than I could give them on an individual basis - and it is so wonderful to see them happy!

I'm just sappy, is all!​

 

[bgmathteach]

A few Two-fer-Tuesday...from some uncooperative subjects:

How about one of each side, front & back????

Not quite up to snuff for FBF......

 

[Sally PB]

I got a dozen eggs this past week.

I bought a dozen eggs today. I really HOPE it's the last dozen I have to buy! These were the "cheap eggs" that used to be $1.88. Now they are $4.79.

 

[RoyalChick]

No, post, post, post, please!

I have absolutely no regrets about sharing!! I know that they will have so much more of your time and love than I could give them on an individual basis - and it is so wonderful to see them happy!

I'm just sappy, is all!​