Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Money is made in a mint.
Honey can be made with mint.
What's the difference?

I don’t know.

 

[rural mouse]

That is indeed a honey bee. Should be more interested in the flowers than you, and the chickens should leave it alone.

And this is a bumblebee. Also more interested in the flowers

 

[Ponypoor]

I would hope not! Do I want to know how you know this? Please tell me you sanitized first!

Yep I don’t know how money tastes, I do so love the smell of hydrocarbons in the morning - the smell of money Black Gold

 

[Ponypoor]

I don’t know.

Oh that one sharp, we better keep on eye on him!

 

[RoyalChick]

And this is a bumblebee. Also more interested in the flowersView attachment 3600772

I have them too but know what they look like.
I was just curious about the honey bees - I wade through the mint to put out the trash and recycling, as well as to harvest it for making mint water. As long as I move slowly they don’t seem too bothered by me. Sometimes they brush me on my hand but honestly that feels like a bit of an honor.

 

[notabitail]

A birds heartbeat would be extremely difficult to detect as it beats so fast, but you would need a stethoscope to hear it anyways.

I would say it is best she has passed, you wouldn’t want her to linger and suffer, that would be cruel.

Maybe you can redesign the coop so that it’s away from the dryer vent, a piece of wood to redirect the air flow is dangerous, I suggest if you can’t move the run then get more venting to redirect it away from the coop/run. Any heated air, or CO2 emissions, and even the scented heated air are toxic to not only the birds but people. Venting should always be at least 3’ from windows or doors for a reason - so the air dissipates and doesn’t harm people. So it stands to reason keeping it at least that from pets and livestock.

Spend the next few days making up some drawings doing so research on how to make it better, and see if your dad and you can fix it better.

There's almost nowhere to put that coop without putting it on a concrete oven.
The house I'm in is old and the laundry room is a addition.
My Mom rigged this up but I think she may be out getting more.

We have a "natural" dryer scent ball thing in there. I think I may be slightly allergic to it. But I am definitely allergic to the "free and clear" dryer sheets my Nana insists on using. I tried to read the ingredients but my eyes and nose reacted so fast to whatever on earth is in there that I could hardly read them.

 

[notabitail]

Oh that one sharp, we better keep on eye on him!

Who? Me?

 

[Ponypoor]

I have them too but know what they look like.
I was just curious about the honey bees - I wade through the mint to put out the trash and recycling, as well as to harvest it for making mint water. As long as I move slowly they don’t seem too bothered by me. Sometimes they brush me on my hand but honestly that feels like a bit of an honor.

Bees are generally very docile (other than Africanized bees), unless the queen or the hive is threatened.

Hornets also are generally fairly docile.

Wasps are extremely aggressive, and very easily provoked - something as simple and running a lawnmower overtop of their home will send them into a frenzy!!

Roosters are usually idiots when they are under 2 yrs of age - like wasps…

Penne

 

[Lexicon]

For those with roosters:

I was reading on a different thread that we shouldn't let roosters mate in front of us because it means we are lower in the pecking order than the rooster. Is this true?

I spend a lot of time with my chickens, mostly just watching them and relaxing, but lots of the time my eyes are closed and I enjoy just hearing them plucking grass and scratching around, making their little noises. It seems like it might ruin the peace of it if I have to keep watch to make sure Cesario isn't mating in front of me!

By the way, he doesn't seem ready for this yet. It's a hypothetical question.

Cesario :

 

[notabitail]

I have them too but know what they look like.
I was just curious about the honey bees - I wade through the mint to put out the trash and recycling, as well as to harvest it for making mint water. As long as I move slowly they don’t seem too bothered by me. Sometimes they brush me on my hand but honestly that feels like a bit of an honor.

You may feel honored, but I don't think having a swarm of them go after you because you dared to touch their hive is an honor.