Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

This makes me even more upset about that (and for good reason-i need to convince Mom to buy a lock for the coop.)

Your surrounded by a wall so that’s quite secure

 

[notabitail]

Your surrounded by a wall so that’s quite secure

True.
*Gives stink eye to dogs that someone around here free ranges on our street*

 

[Lilion]

Greetings! Yeah...I missed 30 pages again! Tuesday and Friday my husband works a 10+ hour day so I'm alone with work, dog, chores, etc. Makes doing much besides checking that the chickens stay alive kinda hard.

Today I thought I'd just see how everyone behaved. Took a bit before anyone even came in, but eventually I had all the chickens and the triplets altogether. Manny was - relatively - well behaved. I thought he was going to ignore everyone. But he came back and did his thing.

See for yourself. Let me know what you think!

Today I learned full size chickens can get behind that run! But also, Manny's not inclined to follow. That's pretty good

 

[lightm]

How about Light for the white one then? With permission from @lightm .....

Of course! Light was named Light because she was the whitest chick. We were not very creative at naming chickens... but somehow it is a good name!

For the record, nobody ever needs my permission for naming chickens.

 

[rural mouse]

Greetings! Yeah...I missed 30 pages again! Tuesday and Friday my husband works a 10+ hour day so I'm alone with work, dog, chores, etc. Makes doing much besides checking that the chickens stay alive kinda hard.

Today I thought I'd just see how everyone behaved. Took a bit before anyone even came in, but eventually I had all the chickens and the triplets altogether. Manny was - relatively - well behaved. I thought he was going to ignore everyone. But he came back and did his thing.

See for yourself. Let me know what you think!

Today I learned full size chickens can get behind that run! But also, Manny's not inclined to follow. That's pretty good

The sound out of her mid video: Back Off Momma Warning. Looks successful. He's still hormonal idiot, sees her as one of his hens: "come on, lady! Put out, will ya!" She's educating him on "Don't EVER mess with Mama!" This usually happens when the chicks are tiny. Let them be and she (or one of the others coming to her rescue) will teach him. It may take a bit as they're all relying on instinct rather than practice to get there. The whole thing looked pretty good.

Whiskey tried with Storm. She screamed and walloped him....twice that I saw (probably a few I didn't see). I also saw others come running to her rescue. By the end of the 2nd day, he'd learned: broody means stand watch, find food, and DON'T TOUCH.

 

[Ponypoor]

True.
*Gives stink eye to dogs that someone around here free ranges on our street*

That’s terrible! Why would they do that?

 

[notabitail]

That’s terrible! Why would they do that?

Idk. They are just out there and have been for a while.
It's the chooks I am worried about.

 

[GregnLety]

Idk. They are just out there and have been for a while.
It's the chooks I am worried about.

Leash laws vary by city or county. It's possible there's no leash law in your area. There isn't one in ours. They are allowed to come and go as they please.

 

[rural mouse]

That’s terrible! Why would they do that?

Frequently bcause they can't be bothered to take the dog for a walk/think drive to edge of town: let the dog out to exercise itself, then drive home.

 

[featherhead007]

Jaffar, he cocorico! I showed him the clip of Manny and those girls. He made a little cackle noise