Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ValerieJ]

I keep hoping my Lucy has stopped laying as well, so I don’t lose her to egg peritonitis.

Good point!

 

[Ribh]

I keep hoping my Lucy has stopped laying as well, so I don’t lose her to egg peritonitis.

I won't do the production breeds because of that ~ & some of them are too domineering for my liking. I do better with skittish than I do with aggro.

 

[MaryJanet]

Not sure how I came to fall so far behind on my fluffy butt acres reading, but I'm caught up now Here comes an onslaught of posts ...

 

[MaryJanet]

Happy Anniversary

One year ago today I started this thread. I need to thank all of you who have taken the time to read and post here. This has more than exceeded my expectations. What started as a way to record the stories of my flock has become a community. A community where we welcomed a few more members even in the last few days.

I treasure all of you and look forward to another year of stories and fun.

Thank you for sharing your stories!

 

[MaryJanet]

She Really Did It!

Lilly laid an egg!
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Maybe Hattie pressured her into it. Chicken peer pressure, that's a thing, right?

In the process, Lilly destroyed Hattie's nest (the top nesting box). She threw all the straw into the coop and kicked the ceramic egg to the side. Check it out.
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The egg is much smaller than Hattie's and very pale but I don't care.

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I cannot remember the last time Lilly laid an egg. What a wonderful treat from her today.

Sticking to the Queen Lily concept...

 

[BY Bob]

Sticking to the Queen Lily concept...

That made me laugh so much my wife checked on me.

 

[MaryJanet]

On the topic of autodoors, we're in a hot, dry location so I don't have a coop as such, I've been calling it a henhouse. It's got a solid back wall (mini orb but I'm not sure what it's called elsewhere in the world), the side walls are about an arm length mini orb and two arm lengths' galvanised mesh, the front wall is all mesh with a human-sized door, there's a mini orb roof over rhe top, and a mesh floor to keep predators out. I attached the floor to the coop with strong gauge wire using the lock-wire pliers.

So the door situation is manual at present.

But for the new henhouse, I'm planning to use an auto door thingy to lower the ramp into the raised roosting box in the mornings to let the hens come down and raise the ramp at nighttime because I'm thinking of keeping mice and rats out while the hens are sleeping.

I think I'll get a solar-powered one that has a manual timer I can adjust each week.

The fancy new henhouse will have a run built in and the whole thing will be rooved to prevent flying predators and I'll pave a path all the way around the perimeter to prevent digging predators.

Even though it's going to be a very spacious and comfy environment, I'll of course allow the hens out to rumnage around the garden if I'm home to ensure their safety.

So far it's just a dream, but I hope to make progress on it later this year or 2021.

 

[Kris5902]

The biggest thing is thinking you are posting on one thread and you are on a different one. I won't admit to how many times I've done that!

And that is how we end up all across four different threads! Now, don’t forget to go pop over here, there, and oh, that one too... check out the different date stamps, co-ordinate the timing and read through all the other threads so it will all make sense! Good luck I’m just kidding... mostly!

Makes just jumping in and following along a little more understandable. Granted there are a lot of great stories you will miss out on, so if you have enough spare time catchup reading is a great idea too

 

[MaryJanet]

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How's it working out @LozzyR ? Do they go inside?

 

[MaryJanet]

The usual suspects

“The service here is terrible! Wake me when breakfast is served”.

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Gorgeous!