Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ribh]

I lost my first three hens to a fox raid in 2017 :-( I'm still very sad about it. My favourite (Dora) used to hop up next to me for cuddles.

I took a year to pull my socks up and get a proper fox-proof coop, then Janet, then Mary; and a few months later, Sandy joined us.

The new coop is positioned above Dora's grave. I never found Alice or Nigella - I presume the foxes took them back to the den. Fox raids are awful. Horrid. Nightmarish. Painful. Punishing. Heartbreaking.

In short - I'm very sorry you lost a whole flock @Ribh and I know the feeling.

Foxes...& dogs. The very worst!
I was a guide & one of my community service projects was visiting an older couple in their 90's. They had a flock of about 30 black leghorns. I arrived one day to find the whole 1/4 acre block strewn with feathers & torn bodies & not a live chook to be found. One dog. Just one. I do not like dogs.

 

[MaryJanet]

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[biophiliac]

Bob - Your chickens aren't the only birds to develop an ambition to enter the BIG, BIG COOP where the best treats come from ...

Spoiler: #738 on a mission

Note screen door ajar, leaving a pigeon sized opening.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I lost an entire flock in the matter of a few days: heat stroke, heart attack, disease, plain old age. It was devastating. It's taken years for me to try again.

What a horrible experience

Please don't take my "like" the wrong way Ribh. That's how I keep track of what I've read.

My sympathies

 

[LozzyR]

Can't like that Ribh. Hoping everything will be much better this time around.

Yes, think of my ‘like’ as more of a hug. That would be so painful, I’m glad you’re giving it another go though.

Wonder what Bob thinks when he wakes up and all these Aussies have been chatting away on his thread!

 

[LozzyR]

I lost my first three hens to a fox raid in 2017 :-( I'm still very sad about it. My favourite (Dora) used to hop up next to me for cuddles.

I took a year to pull my socks up and get a proper fox-proof coop, then Janet, then Mary; and a few months later, Sandy joined us.

The new coop is positioned above Dora's grave. I never found Alice or Nigella - I presume the foxes took them back to the den. Fox raids are awful. Horrid. Nightmarish. Painful. Punishing. Heartbreaking.

In short - I'm very sorry you lost a whole flock @Ribh and I know the feeling.

A fox raid... how awful. We don’t get a lot of foxes around here but I dug wire into the ground anyway and I have automatic doors on my henhouses. I’m glad you gave it another go.

 

[LozzyR]

Foxes...& dogs. The very worst!
I was a guide & one of my community service projects was visiting an older couple in their 90's. They had a flock of about 30 black leghorns. I arrived one day to find the whole 1/4 acre block strewn with feathers & torn bodies & not a live chook to be found. One dog. Just one. I do not like dogs.

We had a dog that killed the neighbour’s chickens when I was a kid. My parents got our dog put down and my dad said recently how angry the neighbours were at the time. I told him I’d be devastated if a dog got in and killed my girls!

 

[Ribh]

Yes, think of my ‘like’ as more of a hug. That would be so painful, I’m glad you’re giving it another go though.

Wonder what Bob thinks when he wakes up and all these Aussies have been chatting away on his thread!

Bob will be . He likes us.

 

[Ribh]

What a horrible experience

Please don't take my "like" the wrong way Ribh. That's how I keep track of what I've read.

My sympathies

All good. I use likes to let people know I've read even if I haven't had time to comment ~ & it helps keep track too.

 

[BY Bob]

Yes, big hugs from me too. I lost my Barred Rock earlier this year but I think it was from a secondary infection. I might get another one at some point but it’s still too soon at the moment. I wouldn’t mind a couple of Easter Eggers!

My EEs have been so much fun. I think they are great chickens and highly endorse them.
I just wish they laid colored eggs.