Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Literally, they are found in the coop. In the rafters, laying boxes, behind the feed bins, in the run, everywhere!

Yep tell me about it, at least they aren’t trying to sleep on your shoulder, lap, arm, feet….

kids what you gonna do?!

 

[featherhead007]

Hahaha truly was scratching on her stall door with her chest, and I noted the chooks standing there in front of the door - I was so worried I had to chase them away. All I could see was the door breaking if she put more effort into it!

Horses and chickens do not mix at times!

They mix

 

[Ponypoor]

4 maybe 5 months, one of our first hatch this year

Wow big boy for that age - he is magnificent!

 

[Ponypoor]

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Pretty fancy pony there

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Another chicks has passed and this time dang it, it appears to be Raven's fault. Apparently today she snapped out of her I have to sit phase and she and the chicks were digging all over the coop. It looks like in all her digging she trampled one with her big caveman feet. I now have 0 wyandottes. That is it, tomorrow I am not risking cooping her and them up. The last 2 times she claimed the backyard next to the hay as her territory and had no problems what-so-ever. Tomorrow morning that is where they will go.

 

[lightm]

I have mentioned several times that Alinta and Brenna are obsessed with my neighbors yard. It used to just be a morning thing, particularly before we were up, they would head over there and then Rosie would tell on them by screaming until i fetched them back. Well Rosie has been broody for a month, and now they are going morning and evening!
Anyway, while attempting to herd them home last weekend I finally actually met the woman that lives there. I had been so nervous about their trips as this woman has never approached us in 4 years. Turns out she Loves them! Set a little cat tree up every time so her cat can watch them and has even sent videos to family members.
All the way up by the house, the cat in the driveway is another neighbors.
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"This lawn is better than ours"
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Heading home
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This is so lovely and adorable!

 

[featherhead007]

Pretty fancy pony there

 

[Ponypoor]

Another chicks has passed and this time dang it, it appears to be Raven's fault. Apparently today she snapped out of her I have to sit phase and she and the chicks were digging all over the coop. It looks like in all her digging she trampled one with her big caveman feet. I now have 0 wyandottes. That is it, tomorrow I am not risking cooping her and them up. The last 2 times she claimed the backyard next to the hay as her territory and had no problems what-so-ever. Tomorrow morning that is where they will go.

Oh I am so sorry about this, boy these broodies are stressful.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Roosting question:
At what age do they start doing this with a Broody mama generally?

I ask because this morning when I went out to open the pop door and do a wellness check as I do every morning all the chicks (5 weeks old as of today) were up on the roosts! I was quite surprised as I have never witnessed them even step a single toe onto the ladder to go up let alone up all the way up on the roosts.

Tonight I went out to close up and watched Brownie go up with the rest of the bigs but the chicks wouldn’t even try they just headed into the tote and peeped louder and louder till Brownie (I swear she audibly sighed) hopped down and went into the tote with them and quieted down immediately.

So, should I remove the tote to try and break the habit? Clearly they can go up and roost but don’t want to for some reason maybe they are scared to because of the Bigs? Or should I leave it be for another few weeks?

 

[Ponypoor]

Roosting question:
At what age do they start doing this with a Broody mama generally?

I ask because this morning when I went out to open the pop door and do a wellness check as I do every morning all the chicks (5 weeks old as of today) were up on the roosts! I was quite surprised as I have never witnessed them even step a single toe onto the ladder to go up let alone up all the way up on the roosts.

Tonight I went out to close up and watched Brownie go up with the rest of the bigs but the chicks wouldn’t even try they just headed into the tote and peeped louder and louder till Brownie (I swear she audibly sighed) hopped down and went into the tote with them and quieted down immediately.

So, should I remove the tote to try and break the habit? Clearly they can go up and roost but don’t want to for some reason maybe they are scared to because of the Bigs? Or should I leave it be for another few weeks?

I would leave it, Brownie will let you know when she has had enough