Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[AfiafiAfi]

Anybody waiting for lil and Era?!

 

[Shadrach]

Yopppppppeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
LILLY is home! I managed to run and catch her

Do you know where she was? Has she got a nest out there somewhere?

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I am really loving these brown leghorns 21 weeks old, , such color in their feathers, great temperament. The red leghorns 20 weeks old, have a deep, dark red, very nice, and are very calm and sweet, a small bird, the white orpington gray legs are kind of freaky looking to me heheheh, their sound is different, a bit muffled,

 

[AfiafiAfi]

Do you know where she was? Has she got a nest out there somewhere?

yup!I found 3 eggs there.

 

[AfiafiAfi]

They’re in the fridge since there is low possibility of them being fertile

 

[Shadrach]

This is the hen I'm most worried about. She's growing new feathers, I assume from feather pecking before she got here. Her back around her preen gland looks pretty raw. I think she's moulting as well.
One problem I have is that most of my chicken care kit I left in Spain. I'm having to get stuff and some of it is hard to find. Decent mite treatment is difficult to get. I've just ordered Coccidia treatment and a vitamin supplement. Not a hope in hell of getting antibiotics. I've got one course left which I did bring with me.

Most of the Ex Batts are getting the idea of foraging now. They were all out for a couple of hours yesterday. Some stick close to the coop and run. There is one that heads straight out and makes a B line for either the geese or an escape route.

This area which is adjacent to one of the run sides was a mass of stinging nettles. The area you can see the hens foraging is an area I've cleared by pulling the stingers and bindweed out. It's been cut with a strimmer before and of course that just encourages further growth.I'll work my way past the bushes and the little apple tree, right back to the fence in the background.

I have no idea which breed the grey hen in the picture is. She's the only one and keeps herself a bit apart from the others.

This is Henry The Second and his partner. They roost where you see them overnight side by side. They are not in the coop although they are under a roof that is attatched to thhe coop.

Supper time. Haddock and a good quality 17% protein feed. There is no obligation for the feed manufactures here to give a proper analysis of the feed they sell. I'm looking into this because I want to know exactly what it is I'm feeding them.

 

[RoyalChick]

This is the hen I'm most worried about. She's growing new feathers, I assume from feather pecking before she got here. Her back around her preen gland looks pretty raw. I think she's moulting as well.
One problem I have is that most of my chicken care kit I left in Spain. I'm having to get stuff and some of it is hard to find. Decent mite treatment is difficult to get. I've just ordered Coccidia treatment and a vitamin supplement. Not a hope in hell of getting antibiotics. I've got one course left which I did bring with me.
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Most of the Ex Batts are getting the idea of foraging now. They were all out for a couple of hours yesterday. Some stick close to the coop and run. There is one that heads straight out and makes a B line for either the geese or an escape route.View attachment 2850976
This area which is adjacent to one of the run sides was a mass of stinging nettles. The area you can see the hens foraging is an area I've cleared by pulling the stingers and bindweed out. It's been cut with a strimmer before and of course that just encourages further growth.I'll work my way past the bushes and the little apple tree, right back to the fence in the background.
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I have no idea which breed the grey hen in the picture is. She's the only one and keeps herself a bit apart from the others.
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This is Henry The Second and his partner. They roost where you see them overnight side by side. They are not in the coop although they are under a roof that is attatched to thhe coop.
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Supper time. Haddock and a good quality 17% protein feed. There is no obligation for the feed manufactures here to give a proper analysis of the feed they sell. I'm looking into this because I want to know exactly what it is I'm feeding them.View attachment 2850984

You may not need to put so much effort into clearing the nettles - I think the chickens may eat them and not be bothered by the sting. I remember as a child seeing ducks waddling happily through a big clump of stinging nettles - I remember it clearly because I followed them into the field (I mean they were ducks - who could resist?) and that is how I learned that stinging nettles sting. The ducks weren't bothered at all. Now I know a duck is different from a chicken but it seems possible the chickens will be fine with the nettles.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Dosent anyone except scramble here care about Lilly?

Please realize this thread is followed by people in vastly different time zones, and there are those who follow intermittently, and there are those (like me) many, many posts behind and do not come across posts in "real time" for the poster. We all care about each other's chickens, yes!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Dosent anyone except scramble here care about Lilly?

Would you be interested in telling us where in the world you are located? Just a general description so that it shows up in your avatar area.

 

[micstrachan]

Yopppppppeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
LILLY is home! I managed to run and catch her

Yay, fantastic news!