Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

It is a Saturday cuddle puddle. No roadrunners allowed!

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Lovely photos. Were the roadrunners run off our were they otherwise engaged?

 

[BY Bob]

I wanted to add some sweet pictures of the girls from a while back but the gallery won't let me go back to last month

I wonder why that is?

 

[BY Bob]

I think everyone should be able to look outside their kitchen window while doing dishes and see this. One very happy hen with her group of littles.
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I love Mums and chicks

 

[BY Bob]

Wow Bob. Yours always seem to go that one step further. Remember my lot trying to break Alpia & Wrold? They never destroyed the nest though. They just went the broody girls. I get that. All that bokking was driving everyone crazy.

I do remember that. Peaceable compared to mine. Mine are definitely that cut above.

 

[micstrachan]

5 out of 7 have hatched. 1 more has externally pipped and the final one is rocking and rolling. I've gotten 2 blues and 3 blacks. Tried to give Henrietta a chick early and luckily avoided a disaster. Too much time has passed and there is no hope of her accepting them. She wanted to kill the chick. Once everyone is done hatching I'll move them to the brooder.
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Sorry about Henrietta. Last August I had a persistent broody and got her chicks. She growled and pecked at them, I guess protecting her imaginary chicks.

I raised them and they are lovely!

 

[BY Bob]

Oh my gosh, you're going to be over the moon when your first blue egg arrives! I have all my fingers and toes crossed for it.

I just love your positivity!

 

[micstrachan]

Well I just found disaster out in the coop. Phyllis was off the nest and I was going to exchange the eggs for ceramic. What I found was shocking.

Someone had destroyed her nest.

All but 2 of her eggs were strewn about the inside of the coup and one of the two in the nest were broken. I removed the broken egg, put the 3 ceramic eggs in with the one good one. Gathered the others from our in the coop and rebuilt the nest.

When I was done Sydney came in to lay her egg. And she took the nest box. A short while later Phyllis showed up waiting to get in the nest. Once Sydney is done and Phyllis is back in I'm going to wire Phyllis in.

That will buy me time to split the coop.

Here it is! The post on poor Phyllis’ nest!

 

[BY Bob]

I hope everyone had or is having a good day. It was so hot here today. I got up to about 110°F down close to the ground (chicken height) in the sun. It’s a little trickier to support them in the heat when I’m letting them free range. When they’re in their run, I can control things a little more. They chose to spend most of the day under my neighbors tree. He had hosed it down so hopefully the crowned was Koolish. At one point I did end up running a hose across the street and facing a found Mr. under the tree. I bought them frozen watermelon, cool water, cool poultry electrolytes with ice cubes in it, and a soupy mash fortified with buttermilk, Nutra drench, and a tiny bit of homemade electrolytes.

I also bought two 9M sections of misting line that’s ready to use and just attach to the hose. I have one wrapped around a side and a half of the chicken run, and the other hanging off the dog’s tether line that stretches over the patio. They are glorious! The one in the chicken area gets things a little too wet, but I’m still happy to have it.

Bob, my new Opolar order still hasn’t shipped! How about yours?

Oh gosh. I will have to check in the morning.

 

[micstrachan]

That is a lot for one little chicken to carry - and you know they have a habit of not doing what we expect. I hope you end up loving her for what she ends up actually being.

This is Bob we’re talking about here. He absolutely will.

 

[BY Bob]

Oh, actually, they are en route to carrier and scheduled to arrive Monday. After the heatwave!

Perfect timing.