Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

That's ok to be inside for a bit, better to stay dry and warm then risk getting a chill I say. You also be careful! I don't want you to get a chill.


Hello handsome moggy - I like seeing your photo you're such a nice kitty


Here in Ontario one is not allowed to harass, capture or kill birds of any sort, unless its for hunting season (ducks, geese, turkey... etc). The Migratory Bird Act prevents this. BUT the farmers seem to have a hate on for the Turkey Vultures thinking they kill calves and lambs (sometimes stupid people really irritate me! vultures clean up carrion!).

Vultures clean up carrion- carry on. ??
So that’s what happened with my luggage last time I flew commercial airlines!

 

[featherhead007]

I read that cornmeal is good for chickens and helps with pasty butt

For cornmeal, apply twice daily to effected area with a spatula!

 

[featherhead007]

What’s in my apple juice today?

 

[bgmathteach]

Oh well in that case Madea will be a special gal! Maybe she will like Branch and you will get some lovely pullets from that cross! That should be an interesting thing to watch for.

So you are 100% sure of the sire being Bubba - ? Will you have to ensure Madea isn't bred by him? Not sure about chicken inbreeding practices.

I'm told it is okay for a roo to breed his daughter, but not his sister. (daughter = full on same parents, daughter is only 50% same...so supposedly can do for a generation or two.)

 

[Ponypoor]

Vultures clean up carrion- carry on. ??
So that’s what happened with my luggage last time I flew commercial airlines!

You flew Air Canada?? don't fly Air Canada - they lose luggage!

crazy chicken tax
Crazy Hen Marty with her fella

 

[Ponypoor]

For cornmeal, apply twice daily to effected area with a spatula!

Ugh! Bad Alex! No wonder they have a 'pasty butt' if they listen to that advise!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I was treated to these visitors for a few minutes while washing dishes. They did not get to stay long as Grackle and Ducky spotted them and proceeded to chase them off.

I should know what these are. I can identify several breeds of chickens, but fail miserably at most songbirds.

 

[rural mouse]

@TX Chick Noob :

If they don't take to the xylophone right away, mix a bit of scratch feed with a bit of peanut butter and smear on the keys - that gets them interested right quick!

That also works for teaching adults to use nipple waterers

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

The new girls on the block are getting big. When everyone is together it is getting difficult to tell them apart at times. They are just over 4 1/2 months old and their faces are coloring up. I predict all 4 will be laying by the end of March which is really not that far away. If I had to guess, Grackle will be my first new layer of that group.
I tried to get a picture of Grackle, but she was on the move, there are birds to chase after all. Even though it is blurry, you can see she is getting in her comb and wattles.

Ducky was a little more cooperative. She is the smallest of the 4 and I think will be the last of that group to lay.

Then we have the big momma of the group Perdita. She has 2 favorite hobbies. Eating and sleeping.

Meko was off doing her own thing with Twig and some of the other hens. I will have to track her down later.

 

[rural mouse]

3 times she has hatched in one spot. Under the hay. I am shocked she chose the hillside last time instead of underneath the hay. Her cave has been filled in and blocked off with rocks when we brought the chicks off. I'm hoping this next time around she will go back to under the hay. Interestingly enough, once the chicks were brought off after that first night, she took them to her spot under the hay to sleep.

Could you "dome" her spot under the hay so you don't need to worry about her getting squished? Like the roof of that igloo shaped doghouse, but chicken sized?