Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[micstrachan]

AWE!!! So cute! Lucky is a girl after my own heart! She just charged right in there and grab that noodle and away she went!

Haha! I know! She was awesome!

 

[micstrachan]

I was born after the hippie era, but I too am an old hippie!!

Same here!

 

[micstrachan]

I Just Took These

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Precious! Somehow I think I’m seeing these out if order. Agree that is a LOT of white (says the woman who has only raised two barred rocks, one of which is mutant and has feathering more like a cuckoo maran).

 

[micstrachan]

So I think this is one of my issues - without a mom to teach them what is good to eat mine aren't interested in treats. I have tried a variety of things like strawberries and the little grains in scratch grain (I admit I have not tried pasta or mac-n-cheese), but they seem to only be interested in their commercial chick food and the odd bug that wanders in. Maybe I need to catch them some live bugs.
How can I bribe them if they are above bribery?!

I used to call them in with live meal worms. My local supplier stopped being reliable, but now they come for pretty much anything. I have had a fat problem in my flock, so I give treats very sparingly these days. If I must provide a treat to get them in, it’s usually a small handful (tablespoon or so across 10 birds) of wheat berries. Lately they’ve been getting a little watermelon, too.
Anyway, once they try live meal worms, I doubt they’ll be above that! LOL!

 

[micstrachan]

Mealy worms should work. You need to put the treat down and let them taste it in their own. Their curiosity should work. And they should try whatever it is if it lays there long enough. Blue berries worked with the latest crop of hens for me.

If you want to be real clever, I can send you a video of Sydney clucking the "food is here" sound on a loop and you could play that as you put food down for them. Essentially becoming their mom. Let me know. I would be glad to try it.

Mine go CRAZY for shelled sunflower seeds. But they don’t really get those anymore due to the fat content, which is a bummer, because they do have some good nutrients, too!

 

[Shadrach]

So that was the end of the trip I guess? Delhi is inlamd, so that must be Bhatkal?

That is Colva beach in Goa. I had some friends who had been in the British army who settled there. Bhatkal is a bit further down the road.

 

[Shadrach]

You are just a beginning senior - big difference between us.

In that case best not to wolf whistle.

 

[Shadrach]

Who speaks chicken?
What is going on here? It is not a squeaky door hinge on the Chicken Palace it is Diana. A moment before she saw something out of the window and craned her neck towards it and sort of 'shouted'. I was right there and couldn't see a thing. Then she started this noise and was very alert for quite a while. The other two Princesses didn't seem that bothered by it all. And 10 minutes later everyone was fixing their feathers for the night. Would love to know what this sound means.

I would not be surprised if they were wary right now because last night the outside coop cam picked up these lovelies.

And tonight another one (or is this a possum?)

But all these are after dark and it was still light and I was right there looking out of the same window as the Princesses. Very puzzling.

I'm glad we don't have raccoons here!

 

[Shadrach]

So if she has cuts, this is an injury and not illness? Poor Fat Bird! Glad she’s doing better.

I think it started out as an injury. Now it seems she has ear mites.

 

[Shadrach]

Gloria the vet you tried to get to move in with you?
She should reconsider. What’s not to love about your setting and company?

That would be her. She knows I only want her for her veterinary skills though.