Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Tackle is the one closest to my leg and the hen I recently stopped from sitting and hatching.
That little monster eying Tackle up is Mel. Mel is in effect Tribe 1's boss. Fat Bird doesn't get involved in the tribe politics these days but nobody bothers her including Mel.
Tackle is a very gentle hen and all but Moon are a bit on the rough side for her. I have to make sure Tackle gets her share and as in this case, keep Mel from bullying her.
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That is in effect our role. Keep things fair.

 

[featherhead007]

I’ve been meaning to ask @featherhead007 ; does Jaffar sleep on a roost in your bedroom or does he have a little box with bedding in it?

Jaffar has a pet bed to sleep in, when he's not laying on my chest.

 

[BY Bob]

I saw a lovely speckled sussex hen with only her bottom beak in a chicken sale. I felt so sorry for her but I didn't buy her because I thought she was going to die. If I could turn back time, I'd take her home with me and feed her wet mash five times a day. Not very practical for when work asks me to travel.

I remember you talking about that sale. Very sad.

 

[MaryJanet]

Pardon me, Bob and RC, but may I have a chick fix?

 

[MaryJanet]

I remember you talking about that sale. Very sad.

That hen continues to haunt my conscience.

 

[featherhead007]

I’ve been meaning to ask @featherhead007 ; does Jaffar sleep on a roost in your bedroom or does he have a little box with bedding in it?

Right now he's resting in my den with the A/C on, with me. Tough day for him, chasing all the ladies around. (I thought I would give them all a break) BEN and BLU stay outside.

 

[Shadrach]

I saw a lovely speckled sussex hen with only her bottom beak in a chicken sale. I felt so sorry for her but I didn't buy her because I thought she was going to die. If I could turn back time, I'd take her home with me and feed her wet mash five times a day. Not very practical for when work asks me to travel.

I've had a couple of rescue hens here who have had their beaks 'trimmed'. It's a truely barbaric practice and should be illegal. Beaks will still grow in some cases but the tiny receptors that are in the beak, even where people think they are dealing with dead kerotine do not replace themselves. You can with a great deal of care and patience reshape a damaged beak with a file, but one should never cut it.

 

[BY Bob]

The Walls Have Been Breached

Apparently the small floppy fence is only effective at containing the Aunties. It only took a couple days and Sydney TAUGHT the little chicks to jump-fly over the fence.
She TAUGHT them!

So much for that idea.

 

[MaryJanet]

The Walls Have Been Breached

Apparently the small floppy fence is only effective at speed the Aunties. It only took a couple days and Sydney TAUGHT the little chicks to jump-fly over the fence.
She TAUGHT them!

So much for that idea.

I'm so glad you noticed before Lucky and Ned tried to find out what the pool is for.

 

[featherhead007]

The Walls Have Been Breached

Apparently the small floppy fence is only effective at speed the Aunties. It only took a couple days and Sydney TAUGHT the little chicks to jump-fly over the fence.
She TAUGHT them!

So much for that idea.

You gotta do better than that BOB. Remember; Chicken daddy (You) didn't raise no dummies!