Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

That girl has to be my girls twin sister

There are such pretty ladies.

 

[RoyalChick]

Still short one of the meat girl rescues at bedtime tonight. This is one of the risks I accepted when I decided to free range most of my chickens. And with a 11 hens to 1 Rooster ratio in this group, I will agree with @Shadrach that this isn’t as “ideal” a number as it is so often suggested, at least from a safety and a social standpoint. I also can’t Really set up enough separate coops or afford to feed too many more boys.

I had some giant land chicken herding issues this morning which put us quite behind schedule. Instead of “missing” 3-4 girls, I only had Gus and three girls at the fence line this morning. The other 10 were in two separate groups divided by a fence, two gates down, and with one very scary tree to pass under. We made sausage this afternoon (going to put an add up on FBook for our products soon) and returned at dusk to put up the chickens and have supper. I am thus a little short on chicken photos today, but I do have a couple goat ones to share. I had to find and adjust a different cat harness for her, and I am trying to teach her to “goat” a bit outside (she will go almost anywhere for a baba). So, these are from right before we went down to make sausage this afternoon, and yes she pee peed on my pillow... it is hers now.

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She is both adorable and spoiled rotten!!!
Out of curiosity, does she eat solid food? When is a kid normally weaned?

 

[BY Bob]

Still short one of the meat girl rescues at bedtime tonight. This is one of the risks I accepted when I decided to free range most of my chickens. And with a 11 hens to 1 Rooster ratio in this group, I will agree with @Shadrach that this isn’t as “ideal” a number as it is so often suggested, at least from a safety and a social standpoint. I also can’t Really set up enough separate coops or afford to feed too many more boys.

I had some giant land chicken herding issues this morning which put us quite behind schedule. Instead of “missing” 3-4 girls, I only had Gus and three girls at the fence line this morning. The other 10 were in two separate groups divided by a fence, two gates down, and with one very scary tree to pass under. We made sausage this afternoon (going to put an add up on FBook for our products soon) and returned at dusk to put up the chickens and have supper. I am thus a little short on chicken photos today, but I do have a couple goat ones to share. I had to find and adjust a different cat harness for her, and I am trying to teach her to “goat” a bit outside (she will go almost anywhere for a baba). So, these are from right before we went down to make sausage this afternoon, and yes she pee peed on my pillow... it is hers now.

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Mrs BY Bob wants to know how much she eats in a day. She is adorable. I just love the photo on the rocks.

 

[RoyalChick]

Mrs BY Bob wants to know how much she eats in a day. She is adorable. I just love the photo on the rocks.

Does Mrs BY Bob want just one or is she aiming for a whole herd?

 

[BY Bob]

Look at Ned’s comb!!! They are both just so adorable

Those weeks with the two of them were some of the most wonderful I've ever had. Ned is truly a special dude.

 

[BY Bob]

Does Mrs BY Bob want just one or is she aiming for a whole herd?

Mrs BY Bob would have a farm full of animals if all she had to do was pet and play with them. She especially thinks goats are cute.

 

[BY Bob]

To Enter or Not

I spoiled some mealy worms by the back door the other day and Sansa spotted them first. She was not shy about cleaning them up for me. Others surprisingly were.

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

To Enter or Not

I spoiled some mealy worms by the back door the other day and Sansa spotted them first. She was not shy about cleaning them up for me. Others surprisingly were.

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Did Aurora enter?!

 

[BY Bob]

Did Aurora enter?!

Nope, just hovered in the background. Very surprising. Sydney would not come over until Aurora left.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Mrs BY Bob would have a farm full of animals if all she had to do was pet and play with them. She especially thinks goats are cute.

Goats are adorable, and I would think one should have at least two of them (so they have companionship).