Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

Three of the eight chooks are clean ! Bottoms, toes, beaks and ears. Removing the stick tight fleas is not an easy task. Persistence is the key!
I have Dakota, Xzit, Hen-Rietta, Shenandoah and Jaffar to do next.
If possible, I might try to clip Jaffar’s spurs as well.
But first, I need to eat!

I wiped around the perches with my oils mix vinegar and bicarbonate. But I've added a few drops of citarella to keep the flies out.

Then I have added a little garlic to their water with mint and vitamins. That'll put the slugs off. Hopefully
Plus there's a mix of spices in their layers and crumble feeder with more mint.

So they have both smelly breath as well as a freshener.

 

[Marie2020]

I've lost about 8 birds to the giant european wasps here in italy! They are a big problem here and they will go through my compost bin looking for spiders that eat the flies.

I'm really sorry. You must be so upset

The darned insects are a real problem this year

 

[Marie2020]

I got my green chicken back and she is sunbathing at my feet


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Excellent

 

[Marie2020]

This place is really moving on. Look how far we have come since March


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[Gigachad poultry]

I'm really sorry. You must be so upset

The darned insects are a real problem this year

It's okay, it happens from time to time and although I was really sad I do realize now that this is just nature. However I am still upset about Jerry a field mouse (he eats finch eggs) that lives in my compost bin! If I catch him I will feed him to Susan! She eats everything lol. However I can agree that the bugs are bad here (it feels like Australia) but I feel bad for Nevada and their... visitors...

But their chickens must be having a blast!!!

 

[featherhead007]

I wiped around the perches with my oils mix vinegar and bicarbonate. But I've added a few drops of citarella to keep the flies out.

Then I have added a little garlic to their water with mint and vitamins. That'll put the slugs off. Hopefully
Plus there's a mix of spices in their layers and crumble feeder with more mint.

So they have both smelly breath as well as a freshener.

You nut!

 

[featherhead007]

It's okay, it happens from time to time and although I was really sad I do realize now that this is just nature. However I am still upset about Jerry a field mouse (he eats finch eggs) that lives in my compost bin! If I catch him I will feed him to Susan! She eats everything lol. However I can agree that the bugs are bad here (it feels like Australia) but I feel bad for Nevada and their... visitors...
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But their chickens must be having a blast!!!

I counted 1,423

 

[Trishc100]

So I saw proof today that the chicks are fully grown. I was like, "Please get a room. The coop is empty right now. I don't need to see this!"

Here they were afterwards......
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[Gigachad poultry]

I counted 1,423

Really!?! I thought there was 2,400,156

 

[featherhead007]

Three of the eight chooks are clean ! Bottoms, toes, beaks and ears. Removing the stick tight fleas is not an easy task. Persistence is the key!
I have Dakota, Xzit, Hen-Rietta, Shenandoah and Jaffar to do next.
If possible, I might try to clip Jaffar’s spurs as well.
But first, I need to eat!

Update: Shanny is clean now, Dakota didn’t need much cleanup, Xzit is still drying out now. Hen-Rietta will have nothing to do with being cleaned up. She ran away from me. I’m taking a break and enjoying my stash of candy (@Ponypoor taught me that)