Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[LozzyR]

This is so not ok to my thinking. Even if they are production birds, livestock, food, etc and not “pets” or spoiled little kind-of-farm animals like mine, abandoning any domestic animal is Wrong. If you don’t want to pay for the feed then put them in the freezer for soup as humanely as possible. I also couldn’t justify spending that much on a single chicken right now either (our finances are a little too tight for that ATM) but I wouldn’t ever just dump them and wait for something to eat them as a solution. Have to wonder how your co-worker would do in the same situation? “Sorry, you didn’t meet quarterly productivity goals... here’s a one way trip to a remote corner of Nunavut with no winter clothing or food, good luck!”

Oh we couldn’t do that, we’re civilised!

 

[BY Bob]

I 110% concure! Convenience

That said, with the germs and the small children, i will not have a nest box inside for some time

However. I will continue to brood babies in the house 127 quailie heartbeats in my incubators due tues and wend

That is a lot of Anything! I cannot imagine handling that many chicks!

 

[mixedUPturk]

That is a lot of Anything! I cannot imagine handling that many chicks!

Its gonna be craaaazy!

 

[mixedUPturk]

I have two brooder boxes 4' x 2' lined with feed bags, the waterers are clean but need to pull out gravel so the tiny buggars dont suicide need to locate a second heat lamp but got the feeders so im like half ready

 

[BY Bob]

I love watching chickens peck at food! They seem so precise and imprecise at the same time. Nice video.

Does that lavender orp have nice feathering? She sure seems to. Mine are all a bit unkempt and scraggly looking. I did some poking around on here and read that the lavenders can have what I think was called the "ragged feather" gene. Though, I only found one thread on it. If this is the case, all of mine seem to have it

Since her molt, Hattie is spectacular.

Here is a better photo. I have never heard of the ragged feather gene. That's kind of sad. Im sorry yours have it.

 

[MaryJanet]

Since her molt, Hattie is spectacular.

Here is a better photo. I have never heard of the ragged feather gene. That's kind of sad. Im sorry yours have it.
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Wow! She looks fantastic!

 

[BY Bob]

Especially on tile

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Since her molt, Hattie is spectacular.

Here is a better photo. I have never heard of the ragged feather gene. That's kind of sad. Im sorry yours have it.
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Wow, she really is a beauty My girls do not look like that!

 

[BY Bob]

Wow! She looks fantastic!

Thank you. I sometimes forget how pretty she is because she is always there.

 

[BY Bob]

Killer Cat?

Has anyone ever had a cat kill one of their hens? I just flushed a cat from around my coop. When I grew up cats and chickens lived together in barns. I have never heard of a full size chicken being killed by a cat.

In fact, before Aurora came in the big coop today (yes again), this stare down went on. When she camer in, Davis ran away from her. (Then again he is friends with mice, not a great cat example)