Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[drstratton]

BLU was there first!

But Jaffar doesn't know that...all he knows is...He's The Man...

 

[drstratton]

This is wonderful. Has anyone tried playing classical music for their chickens? We started when my daughter's chicks were still baby fluffy butts. They really like it and always seem happier when they have some music. Studies have shown that hens listening to classical music have increased egg production. ❤

That's interesting...I've never heard that!

 

[Kris5902]

Nature has almost claimed that caravan Kris. That's a great idea to convert it for the chooks. It has.....potential. ☺

Why not just gut it completely? It would be easier to clean that way.

Time and energy... the cows were supposed to have run of My front yard almost a week ago now. We closed up the gate before they came into this area, though we need to get it opened up before I get yelled at over it.

 

[Shadrach]

Shad, would you like to comment on beak preening. I have noticed Lavender doing it a lot to Morrigu. I thought @ first Lavender was cleaning Morrigu's beak of food residue but I couldn't see any food so now I don't know what was going on.

I don't know Ribh. One really needs before, after and context.

 

[Shadrach]

????????? What are you trying to say? I'm missing it.

I was trying to say Fat Bird needs no introduction.

 

[Kris5902]

I have to ask, do any of you have a rodent issue in your chicken coops?
I have become a bit obsessed with excluding rodents and I am using the coop cameras to find their entry points and seal up any tiny holes.
I say I am a bit obsessed, but I also really have an issue. I have mice, rats and last night I spotted a mole. I take up the food at night but the Princesses do not have good table-manners, so there is always some snack on the floor.

I have had some mouse issues, they try to nest in the gap under my roll away nest box inserts in the tractors, and when I’m closing up the doors in the evenings I will sometimes see them scurrying around. More often though I find hoards if moldy stashed feed in the barn under/in/between hay bales. We will see how things go with the trailer coop. It was mouse free where it was parked previously

 

[Shadrach]

So I started with a very not level dinetteView attachment 2409018and covered and leveled it with plywood View attachment 2409019
Then threw some 1/4” ply up over the water damage in the back... because I know they are going to dig in and eat the insulation if given the chanceView attachment 2409023
next, I added some roosts in the bed area, and that’s it for the emergency winter chicken housing solution for now.View attachment 2409029
Now, I’m headed back out to get soaked in phase two of the relocation project... and yes, I realize how much fun it isn’t going to be cleaning the coop with the Roost arrangement, but done is better than perfect!

That should do it.

 

[Kris5902]

Today's job is to replace the heater blower motor which has never worked as it is rusted solid. I sourced a used one and I actually have it in and operating. I need to reassemble the car now.

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I'm fixing it so Mrs BY Bob will ride in the car a little further into the fall. I need to keep her warm.

This is on our to do list for the dodge as well... our current workaround is a squeegee that DH uses to clear the window as he drives! Not safe...

 

[Shadrach]

My Millie (Little Mill), now 3 1/2, started limping as a pullet. At the time, I assumed she hurt herself jumping down from somewhere. She self limited her activity and slowly improved. Every once in awhile, even now three years later, a mild limp resurfaces. I can only see it when she runs, as her gait becomes a bit of a skip. Most of the time, she appears completely normal.

Ruffles was a bit like that. She developed a limp after sitting and hatching a clutch.
The limp never quite went away. She got around okay but if she had to run like **** she couldn't move as fast as the others.

 

[Shadrach]

I have to ask, do any of you have a rodent issue in your chicken coops?
I have become a bit obsessed with excluding rodents and I am using the coop cameras to find their entry points and seal up any tiny holes.
I say I am a bit obsessed, but I also really have an issue. I have mice, rats and last night I spotted a mole. I take up the food at night but the Princesses do not have good table-manners, so there is always some snack on the floor.

I do under the duck shed. The chicken living coops are all too high off the ground for rats and mice to be a problem, and of course, I don't put feed in the coops.