Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

oh. now I see it says December 2022. My bad

Now I owe a SHRA tax

So here is another BFTP

This is last January before I headed back to camp for work. The snow all melted over Christmas!

A two for

Two chickens and two ducks

Raven and Larry the hens
Sunny and Daisy the ducks

 

[Ponypoor]

My brother lives in Washington State and he says that the smoke from the fires is bad, even though he lives far away from the burning . I joke with him. I told him that:
“Bigfoot was spotted getting a room at the Holiday Inn!”

Smoke is all across the country here, so crazy…

 

[Ponypoor]

So I'm here today to give one of the saddest announcements to everyone here and to all my friends I've made on this thread and to everyone on this website. This pains me more than anything I've ever had to deal with, but after a long and painful amount of arguing with my mom we've decided to sell off most of my beloved hens and roosters... My mom has said that she is and I quote:



So I can only now have five hens and one rooster. I'm so sad and through this arguing and plan making I'm crying at just even the thought of selling me loved hens. I love them so much and they all feel like family and now I must say goodbye to most of them.

I'm now deciding who will stay with my flock and who will go and these are some of the hardest things I've had to do. I know for a fact I will be keeping Susan and Eda, but I don't know who else. I'm Aldo trying to decide between my two beloved boys Buff Buck and Darcy.

We are planning on using the money from selling them to get a metal horse trailer and that way we will solve the biggest problem, the wood mites that have absolutely invaded our flock and wooden coop! I'm saying this to mainly you all because I don't really have many other people who like or want to talk about chickens.

Sorry to hear about your having to re-home your flock. That must be incredibly hard for you.

One thing to say about a metal horse/livestock trailer - metal holds the heat (and cold) really well - I know I have a horse trailer. You will need to put exhaust fans in the trailer to move hot humid damp air out of the trailer. Also park it under a tree can help with keeping hot air out of it.

Sure hope you can make a decision on your chooks, I know it’s always hard to re-home one’s beloved pets

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

I am so sorry to hear this. No doubt you will have hard decisions to make on who to stay, but at least you get to improve your coop and solve the mites problem.

Thanks, although I'm sad I have to look on the bright side. I've also got the idea to get two Eglu coops so that Darcy can stay and I can get him some hens and the Buff Buck can stay so I can keep my favorite little hen. Them being plastic coops I can SUPER DEEP CLEAN them to stop all the chances of bad stuff!!!

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

Oh I am sorry. That must be heartbreaking. Hopefully you find homes for them all.

It's okay, I do have someone that's interested in a few of my hens that aren't laying and that way they can live happy!!!

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

Sorry to hear about your having to re-home your flock. That must be incredibly hard for you.

One thing to say about a metal horse/livestock trailer - metal holds the heat (and cold) really well - I know I have a horse trailer. You will need to put exhaust fans in the trailer to move hot humid damp air out of the trailer. Also park it under a tree can help with keeping hot air out of it.

Sure hope you can make a decision on your chooks, I know it’s always hard to re-home one’s beloved pets

Thanks!!! I'm actually not sure about the laws in Italy and if I'd need to pay taxes on it. I think I might get a Eglu coop instead!

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

That must be incredibly hard on you. I'm so sorry.

Thankfully you can keep the five.
There are threads here that gives good pointers on building coops. Maybe you could find something else for your remaining chickens to live in.

Thanks, I have also looked into the Eglu coop as they are plastic so the wood mites won't infest the walls and nests.

 

[Ponypoor]

Is this due to the weather conditions?

The forest fires are to blame in British Columbia (BC) our most western province here in Canada, along with those in the North West Territories (NWT) which is a northern part of Canada.

The smoke from the fires is being sent south to the western USA states, and also being moved eastward to my province and the eastern USA.

Seems the whole continent is smoky and hot.

 

[Ponypoor]

I'll see if I can get a baby aspirin to help.

She laid a shell less egg this morning, now I'm worried

Larry lays one that’s soft every day, better out than in I say.

Had a silkie lay a soft shelled egg, think it’s Curly. But only guessing on that.

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm so sorry Kelly

Give that foal loads of love and attention. It'll make you both feel a little better

Well Lover is long passed away also, that was a long time ago.

The last foals I had born here are Truly and Lulu, both born in 2002, they are now 21 yrs old