Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ValerieJ]

Lucy was channeling her inner duck. Chickie, on the other hand, was like “Nope!” I’ve never seen such a dry hen when it’s been so wet! Charlie’s saturation was somewhere between the two.

My BOs are looking pretty bad right now. They love to play in the rain and then go under a coop and roll around in the dirt. But the Aussies are dry and pristine clean. Those girls are princesses.

Concern for Each Other

Yesterday seemed to be a good day for the flock. They seemed to spend more time as a threesome. There was rain off and on all day and they would duck under the coop whenever it got heavy.

Late in the day they were hanging out when the skies really opened. This time they did not respond as a flock. Lilly and Hattie sprinted for the safety of the coop and Aurora came running to the Big Coop. She started pecking at the door and I let her in, of course.
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Once Lilly discovered that Aurora was not with them, she started calling to her. She kept up calling until Aurora, having eaten enough worms, went back outside and ran to join them.

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The sweet part of this story is that Aurora knocked on the door and you let her in.

 

[Ribh]

Elevated Coop Benfits today

We were discussing elevating the coop yesterday on some thread. I elevated mine for several reasons. One of them is in full effect today. I raised it just enough that they could stand comfortably underneath it. This gives them somewhere to go when the weather is awful. The rain cant really reach them.

This is happening right now.
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Here they are nice and dry under the coop.
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It is so dark right now the camera won't switch from night vision.

There is always dry dirt here for dust bathing as well.

My coop is elevated for exactly this reason & I piled that area under the coop up with sand so it is lovely & cool in summer & stays pretty dry through all but the very worst weather.

 

[Shadrach]

"It's just a touch of post natal depression. I wasn't expecting so many at once."

 

[LozzyR]

Waiting even in the rain. She really loves you.

She’s Mummy’s girl. Not affectionate, but friendly.

 

[Shadrach]

This is Blue Spot, mentioned above.

And this was her life long partner Harold.

 

[LozzyR]

Aurora came running to the Big Coop. She started pecking at the door and I let her in, of course.
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Look what you’ve started, @Shadrach !

 

[ValerieJ]

"It's just a touch of post natal depression. I wasn't expecting so many at once."
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She looks frazzled!

 

[MaryJanet]

She’s Mummy’s girl. Not affectionate, but friendly.

Awww

 

[LozzyR]

Aww, I just found Lucy sitting on Charlie’s egg! I’ll let her sit on it for a while.

 

[MaryJanet]

Concern for Each Other

Yesterday seemed to be a good day for the flock. They seemed to spend more time as a threesome. There was rain off and on all day and they would duck under the coop whenever it got heavy.

Late in the day they were hanging out when the skies really opened. This time they did not respond as a flock. Lilly and Hattie sprinted for the safety of the coop and Aurora came running to the Big Coop. She started pecking at the door and I let her in, of course.
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Once Lilly discovered that Aurora was not with them, she started calling to her. She kept up calling until Aurora, having eaten enough worms, went back outside and ran to join them.

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Lilly is really stepping up! What a great hen.