Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[CrazyChookChookLady]

It is perfect!

I completely agree!!! I love mine! It's perfect for the cool temps we're getting right now. I have also warned everyone to keep their hands off!!

 

[Kris5902]

Phew! All caught up... and @BY Bob all those videos , my Data has just reset and I finally caught up on all the action I’ve been missing...

I agree on those sad posts a “like” is basically a hug. No one actually likes it when someone loses a chook or has a sick girl. It a hug and acknowledgement of the post.

 

[drumstick diva]

I look at it that way also Kris.

 

[BY Bob]

Phew! All caught up... and @BY Bob all those videos , my Data has just reset and I finally caught up on all the action I’ve been missing...

I agree on those sad posts a “like” is basically a hug. No one actually likes it when someone loses a chook or has a sick girl. It a hug and acknowledgement of the post.

I saw the number of alerts and I went my gosh what happened while I worked! I hope no one has a sick chicken.

I'm glad you caught up and hope you enjoyed it. We have missed you!

I agree in some circumstances
like=hug.

 

[BY Bob]

Eggs at Last
Apparently Maleficent permitted egg laying in the box next to her today. I do not have to search the yard for a rogue nest after all.

 

[LozzyR]

I shut both my henhouses this morning. Chickie got an egg in early, Lucy had two sits on the nest with no egg and Charlie hasn't laid one for two days. If anyone's desperate they can lay under the houses (they've dug some holes under there) but I thought if I could keep Charlie off a nest it would help break her broodiness. I've got the quarantine cage if I really have to isolate her, but I'd rather not do that if I can get her out of it another way. And I have found the occasional random egg out in the open every so often!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Eggs at Last
Apparently Maleficent permitted egg laying in the box next to her today. I do not have to search the yard for a rogue nest after all.

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She REALLY needs some eggs to hatch...

 

[BY Bob]

She REALLY needs some eggs to hatch...

Enabler!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Enabler!

Who??? Me???

 

[BY Bob]

A Visit from my Friend

It's been 5 days and i have missed my mornings with my friend Maleficent. I have only seen her when checking to see if anyone has laid any eggs next to her. I got lucky this morning. I was truly startled when she came exploding out of the coop, all fluffed out and making sounds I had not heard before. I captured a lot of video that I have edited down. Here are some.

First thing she wanted was purple corn!

Then it was to drink and make soounds I had never heard before. Listen to this.

She spent a lot of time grooming and stretching. The older ladies were not around but when they showed up, Maleficent looked like her namesake. She certainly scared me. She actually seemed to imitate a turkey in her stance. Mal stared them down for quite a while before deciding to go to the lion statue and groom some more. Check it out.

She was out about 30 minutes and then back in she went. Goodbye my friend.

Some oberservations from when she was out.

1. The amount of stretching and flapping was crazy. She was constantly stopping to stretch and flap. One time I think she got a little too flappy and she actually took off staraight up into the sir. How did I miss captuing that?!
2. She only wanted high calorie foods. I have NEVER seen a hen turn their beak up at mealy worms before, Mal did. She wanted corn and crackers.
3. Second only to stretching was grooming. She spent at least 10 minutes just grooming. I was surprised at that.
4. I actually wish she had eaten more. It did not seem like it was nearly enough food. She did drink a lot of water.

I was wondering how many eggs she had gathered so I went and took a quick pic while she was out. Here is her clutch. There are 7 real eggs and 1 ceramic egg.