Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Exactly!

What were the names of Mudds women. Do you remember?

 

[ChicoryBlue]

What were the names of Mudds women. Do you remember?

I was thinking of the wife android he made - she would start on him, chewing him out, "Harcourt Fenton Mudd....!" and he would shut her down - I had to look it up - her name was Stella. The others, no idea!

 

[RoyalChick]

Dustbath Cuddle Puddle, Queenie's on the outside.

Yesterday was sunny and relatively warm. We were working on the driveway and walkways clearing snow (you can hear DH using the snowblower) and I got this video of the Buckeyes having a major dustbath. Queenie's right there too wanting in, and they wouldn't let her. She's doing her best to hang out though. She did dig a little hole and crouch in it. I didn't get it on film but anytime she moved in to get in with them they would peck toward her and she would step back. She did stay close, picking off run litter as they threw it up on themselves.

Nothing better than chickens having a bath. And Queenie looks so fluffy. Adorable.
I love the effort to roll the log!

 

[BY Bob]

I have watched a few times and it has followed the same pattern.
One theory I have is she doesn't like the cold coming in from the chicken door because her roost is as far as you can get from the chicken door. So one thing I want to try is closing up the door before they have all actually roosted. Or just wait and see if it changes when it gets warm.

You see how mine all have favorite roosting spots. The one farthest from the automated door was always the favorite until I installed the high roost for the newbies last year. Perhaps she just wants to be far from the door in case something dangerous comes in and the others just think she is nuts as that will never happen. Who can say?

Why does Sansa roost up high, on the main roost and sometimes sleep in a nest box? It's whatever her mood is that night.

Maybe one of the others snores?

If you give them choice, they will choose.

 

[BY Bob]

I was thinking of the wife android he made - she would start on him, chewing him out, "Harcourt Fenton Mudd....!" and he would shut her down - I had to look it up - her name was Stella. The others, no idea!

I remembered Stella.

I'm off to Google

 

[BY Bob]

I remembered Stella.

I'm off to Google

Eve, Ruth, and Magda

 

[BY Bob]

Dustbath Cuddle Puddle, Queenie's on the outside.

Yesterday was sunny and relatively warm. We were working on the driveway and walkways clearing snow (you can hear DH using the snowblower) and I got this video of the Buckeyes having a major dustbath. Queenie's right there too wanting in, and they wouldn't let her. She's doing her best to hang out though. She did dig a little hole and crouch in it. I didn't get it on film but anytime she moved in to get in with them they would peck toward her and she would step back. She did stay close, picking off run litter as they threw it up on themselves.

In time she will be in the puddle. In time.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Eve, Ruth, and Magda

Ah I see what you meant. They were the women he had brought to be others' wives....some potion kept them beautiful for the husbands...

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Interesting bit to report - yesterday when Peanut was done laying her egg and flew down from the coop she came over near me and picked up some old leaf bit and threw it onto her back! Then she did it again with another bit of something! I've read about this if I remember right - isn't that ancient nest-building? [Edit - I mean coded-in behavior...Peanut was still feeling the egg-laying drive]

 

[RoyalChick]

You see how mine all have favorite roosting spots. The one farthest from the automated door was always the favorite until I installed the high roost for the newbies last year. Perhaps she just wants to be far from the door in case something dangerous comes in and the others just think she is nuts as that will never happen. Who can say?

Why does Sansa roost up high, on the main roost and sometimes sleep in a nest box? It's whatever her mood is that night.

Maybe one of the others snores?

If you give them choice, they will choose.

I think you are right. I will keep an eye but worry less.