Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Bob will know the dosage.

0.1 ml per kg. Twice a day for 5 days.

 

[drstratton]

No Respect at All

So I moved the heater from in front of the roost to into the nest box so Niamh would have warmth tonight.

What does she do?
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I get less than Zero cooperation. I am the Rodney Dangerfield of chicken servants.

You do Rodney really well...lol

 

[drstratton]

0.1 ml per kg. Twice a day for 5 days.

Thank you Bob!

 

[BY Bob]

@RoyalChick

Took measurements on video, warning it contains some rather miserable looking birds.

While waiting for the upload, I heard a kazoo....twice....same one...pitch around/slightly below middle C. No idea which of the lads, but as Hawthorne has been so quiet/shy since hatch, and Mortimer is so much smaller that I expect his to be near Cheetah's dulcet operatic soprano, flip a coin on Jax or Tundra (who has sounded the most goose like). 16 weeks old.

I love this every time. Thanks so much!

 

[BY Bob]

Thank you Bob!

Glad to help.

 

[BY Bob]

“Love on the rocks, ain’t no big surprise….” (Neil Diamond)

That is well played.

 

[BY Bob]

Very helpful. Thank you.
I have some ideas percolating. I think specifically for Cookie I want some more 'up' spaces as her instincts seem always to levitate upwards. That may modify as she grows - I think partly she is so tiny that when she energetically flaps, her feet just leave the ground and she just goes with it!

Remember when Phyllis flipped herself over shaking out of a dust bath. These smaller ladies with large wing to body ratio can have issues.

 

[BY Bob]

Some sad news

I took some time off before I was ready to post but I lost 4 of the 5 bantams I got from Myers. I only have Elma left and the two Silkies from Red Barn. All of SFH’s are just fine.

I believe it was a dog or maybe a fox. I left them free ranging for maybe a half hr. because the kids needed me and when I came back out they were not alive and all the others had hidden.

Fly high Gemma, Gia, Maple, and Oakley.

I do not think I will be getting anymore Bantams. Pebble, Nyx, and Elma will be it I think. Maybe next spring I will look at some smaller breeds like the Shetland’s to cross the divide without risking more bantams.

Oh I am so very sorry. It takes no time at all. My deepest condolences.

 

[BY Bob]

Helpful. I will have a big range in size from Piglet and Cookie to Geronimo and Tassels. So I am thinking 3D obstacle course to provide for everyone!

I endorse this.

 

[BY Bob]

I need to look in my scrap collection as I think I have some left over 4x4.
I was thinking something like this for the vertical.
‘A’ is the structural vertical holding up the Chicken Palace roof. I could fit a couple of 2x4s to it horizontally using joist hangers, and use those to stabilize my vertical tree trunk labeled ‘B’.
The top horizontal brace can extend out to create more perching space. And then of course I can attach branches at different heights.
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It's like a cat tower for chickens.