Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

April 17th. So they are just over 4 weeks old.

Oh yes mine were 14th April. So just a few days older. And like yours they are flying everywhere - brats! Today they are hanging out with me in the Office where it's warm.

Spoilt brats!

 

[Ponypoor]

Definitely read the books. I have read and re-read them multiple times. I won't see the movies though because the books are so vivid in my mind.

Everyone keeps telling me to read the Harry Potter books, as they are way better than the movies. I watched the movies one weekend one winter when it was a blizzard. I really need to get the books and read them.

J K Rawling is truly imaginative and fanciful, like Tolkien (oh and dare I say Dr Who - yes I am a Who-nite). Actually all story tellers have one thing in common - they are imaginative and fanciful, true Bards

 

[Ponypoor]

I didn’t think it would work with my humidity but it really did. I placed a fan outside (away from the dust) and it blew through the hardware cloth over the open window onto the wet sheet.
I think the fan made a big difference in a humid environment. In a dry environment you could probably just wet the soil and get a good cooling result.

I will definitely try this in that case, your climate is similar to mine (bit warmer likely), but I bet just as humid here in the summer. I can put the fan outside the Hen House door and hang a wet sheet on the mesh door and blow the air through it. I wonder if there is a chart for measuring the temperature differential...?

 

[BeefQuesoritto]

Those are fayoumi, right? Beauties and reputed to be fantastic foragers and predator alert. Should help teach the littles a lot!

Yep! They've been great. The chicks have started eating some treats (sunflower seeds, corn kernals) that they watched the adults eat.

Welcome back and congratulations on the exams. Looks like you are getting a good home for them set up. I bet they like the woodchips.
I too use the electric netting and I have been planting shrubs to give them shade. Word of advice, net them off and put stones or bricks around their base until they are well established. My lot managed to dig up a year-old 3' high shrub down to the root ball in just two hours. Ugh!

Thanks so much! They really enjoy kicking the wood chips into their water cups... Honestly, they're going to invent a new sport at this rate.

I have some little, tiny baby trees. Or... had them. I think the jackrabbits got to them before the chickens could. So I'll try again when my dripline stuff shows up, and net it all off. I'll look into shrubs too, I think our ag extension sells them cheap.

Your Roo is a lovely boy - I love his eyes! I think I saw someone post they are Fayoumi - right? I will read ahead to see.

The place looks great! Oh and congratulations on completing and passing your semester

Yep, he's fayoumi mixed with something, and the hen is full fayoumi.

Thanks! Now onto next semester...

Edit: Oh yeah, misters. I'm going to try and set them up at some point. I have some in my order for more dripline tape. I just can't quite figure out how I'm going to get them to come on. Just on a timer or maybe some way of detecting the temp? I'm not sure yet, but I'm investigating!

 

[RoyalChick]

Everyone keeps telling me to read the Harry Potter books, as they are way better than the movies. I watched the movies one weekend one winter when it was a blizzard. I really need to get the books and read them.

J K Rawling is truly imaginative and fanciful, like Tolkien (oh and dare I say Dr Who - yes I am a Who-nite). Actually all story tellers have one thing in common - they are imaginative and fanciful, true Bards

I enjoyed the Harry Potter books. Haven’t watched the movies. But I lost interest after maybe five of them.
They are fun and she spins a good yarn. But she is no Tolkien.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I enjoyed the Harry Potter books. Haven’t watched the movies. But I lost interest after maybe five of them.
They are fun and she spins a good yarn. But she is no Tolkien.

I firmly believe that if they adapted a movie from a book, the book is 1000x better. Of course I am a avid reader so that my cloud my opinion. Rosie is following in my footsteps with a love of reading. I am so proud of one of the things she asked for her birthday and we made sure she got. She wanted to read the book "To Kill A Mockingbird". A classic, one 20+ years ago I was REQUIRED to read in 9th grade english. Her school, the very same high school I attended, has 1 copy to it's name now, and it is NOT allowed to be checked out. They are doing Semester exams this week, has 2 today and the rest of her classes doing nothing. She took that book today to read in class instead of watching movies. Oh, the book they had to read this year, "The Hunger Games".........really now.

 

[LhickenChicken]

Oh the Classics - all good reads and loved the movies also.

The movie for the Hobbit was a touch dramatic... I watched the movie before I read the book, and compared... Lots of things were included that didn't even happen.

 

[Ponypoor]

I will definitely try this in that case, your climate is similar to mine (bit warmer likely), but I bet just as humid here in the summer. I can put the fan outside the Hen House door and hang a wet sheet on the mesh door and blow the air through it. I wonder if there is a chart for measuring the temperature differential...?

I found this article and chart for evaporative cooler units. I will definitely try this method this summer.

Evaporative Cooler Chart

 

[BY Bob]

These leaves are a big hit
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I don't know what this vegetable is, it has big green leaves and a lot of white flies are attracted to it. I've given all the leaves to the girls and they are loving it.

My hip/pelvic area is in immense pain since yesterday. I picked up a heavy bag and I'm not mobile at all. So these leaves came at the right time to entertain my girls

I am so sorry to hear you are not feeling well. I sure hope it clears up soon.

 

[BY Bob]

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He was a beautiful rooster.