Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ValarieF]

Ok then, 199 more dozen eggs then.

Actually a couple hundred so if I sell a dozen eggs at 4 bucks a pop thats about 50 dozen

 

[RoyalChick]

A couple of blurry fluffy butts.

 

[ValarieF]

A couple of blurry fluffy butts.
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I got no fluffy butts today. Im weak (my legs arent working very well) and tired and the run is muddy. I fed and watered the chooks and gave them treats.

 

[featherhead007]

Do not attempt to adjust your TV. We are controlling everything you see and hear.
Yes, this is a fluffy Butt:

 

[featherhead007]

I got no fluffy butts today. Im weak (my legs arent working very well) and tired and the run is muddy. I fed and watered the chooks and gave them treats.

Lay down, snuggle up with a hot water bottle. Take a Tylenol if you need to.

 

[BY Bob]

There are some spectacular fluffy buttts there!

It's a wonderful assortment.

 

[featherhead007]

Lay down, snuggle up with a hot water bottle. Take a Tylenol if you need to.

You could crawl under my porch and visit my chooks if you want. It’s warm under there, and there might be a few kitties under there too, but they won’t let me in.

 

[ValarieF]

You could crawl under my porch and visit my chooks if you want. It’s warm under there, and there might be a few kitties under there too, but they won’t let me in.

Im not even visiting my own chooks lol

 

[MaryJanet]

Babs solves quadratic equations

This is especially for @bgmathteach who loves to see the calculations involved in filing a flight plan. This is from bed time last night.

Every now and then I wonder what it must feel like to have wings. Babs took me one step closer to that feeling. Unsure but sure. But unsure. But sure. Butu sure. Getting it right, trying and succeeding.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Boreal owl

Has anyone had any experience with boreal owls and chickens?

This owl has been hanging out in the tree right beside the largest of my runs.
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It looks large in this photo, but it is very small. I am worried that it could fit through the fencing as gray jays regularly do. It's body is more squat than a gray jay, but it is also puffed up due to the cold.

I have closed off that run and just left the covered one accessible to the hens. Am I being overly cautious? This owl is here during the day and at dusk and is not at all phased by our two dogs barking at it from inside the house.

Edit to add that the run is netted.

You might consult your local Audubon chapter for how these owls behave in your specific area. My guess is that adult chickens are too big for them to consider prey and it is after the mice. Bantams would be probably small enough, and chicks would be, definitely. The owl may have spotted that mice are scurrying around getting feed and scratch and whatnot on the ground. They wait above on a branch, watching, and swoop down when ready to pounce. The mice may be going in and out of the run in their foraging. Edit to add you have voles more than mice?
Yes then the voles…