Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

My cat is terrified not my chickens

Same here.

Phyllis is scooting in the door everytime it is opened now. It's her house again. Not the cat's.

 

[BY Bob]

Is an inverter the gizmo that converts the truck’s DC to AC so the plate works?
Then at night she can bring the chicks into where she stays and plug into the mains.
I am loving this whole idea!

This is the safest way to move them. I would not try anything else.

 

[BY Bob]

We have had two sunny, but cold days. It very briefly (maybe 20 min) hit 38°f, down to 28 now and expecting 24.
Did get a few minutes with the ladies when i got home from work today. Last weekend was the first time in months they were still up after work. Had a bit of a photo shoot while bug hunting.
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They look very happy.

 

[BY Bob]

Twofer Tuesday (early)

Flo and Roxy
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Flash and Roxy
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I’m not sure how Roxy ended up in both of those; it just worked out that way!

And now here’s a second one featuring Flo!

Flo and Minnie Minnie
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Wonderful!

 

[Ponypoor]

We'll probably be making this noise in your sleep.

hahahaha - yup! But glad I am not a pullet anymore!

 

[Ponypoor]

Those are "loons". They are on Canadian currency.

This is true! The Canadian 1 dollar coin, we do not have dollar bills - paper - anymore. We also have a $2 coin - no paper bills for $2 either.

We call the $1 coin a Loonie.

And the $2 coin is a Toonie...

Money Tax

 

[Ponypoor]

Bad news at the Butler Hollow Coop. All the rain eroded the very edge inside the unfinished section of the shed. This created a chicken sized opening and a few of the pullets got out of the run at some point today. Powder, my first layer of stunning moss green eggs, is gone. The only sign of her or what happened to her is a few feathers outside the run. How could I have not noticed the hole! Sad, mad, and feeling just awful.

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Oh no! so sorry to hear this - hopefully she is hiding away somewhere.

(hugs hugs hugs)

 

[Ponypoor]

My lost hen Canna, came back weeks later with 7 babies in tow.

Holy moly! wow! Is she related to Momma Hen?!

 

[Ponypoor]

Three pullets got out, I found Brownie and Ginger just casually pecking around foraging outside the run this afternoon. I ran out and started counting and then through the panic my heart sunk as I realized Powder was MIA. I searched for an hour after getting everyone in the coop. Oreo attacked me he was so riled which is something he has never ever done as I turned my back to close the coop door. I don’t blame him in the least.

I just looked again now after I picked up the kids from school. Still no sign of her. Oreo is beyond riled and charged me again but stopped short. The only thing I found was a very small pile of white feathers, no blood, no animal prints. My guess at this point is an adult red tail hawk or eagle took her. I will keep searching but I am far from hopeful.

I would let the Roo, and the others, out tomorrow morning, on the chance that she is scared and hiding somewhere. If this is so then maybe she can be enticed out.

Oh I am so hoping this is so

 

[TX Chick Noob]

Thought I posted this earlier but I guess not…

OMG, I was hoping not to have to hit the button on my pump so it would last longer, but the strong block they did for surgery wore off during the night last time and I ended up hitting it three times. My foot/ankle felt like it was on fire and really hurt. I can take the Norco more often and stronger, but if I do much more I will never poop again. And we lost power at 8 last night. Running on generator still, there is no estimate yet of when will be restored. Their outage map shows hundreds of outages all over central Texas. They will probably repair the ones affecting the most people first, and ours is only 72 people.