Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Here’s a few days worth of my hens work.
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Meanwhile, I don't know whether I should be worrying. I have only had two Roadrunner eggs in all of October (September I got 20 Roadrunner eggs). So effectively the Roadrunners have stopped laying.
Minnie does have watery poo (well today at least she does) but otherwise both seem fine other than the molting.
When should I worry?

 

[Marie2020]

They don’t have thumbs, or they would have tied your shoes together! Cheeky birds!

I think you are right Alex. They would just stand on my shoes for a free ride if they could. There's an invisible glue between us

 

[BY Bob]

Flockservations

From yesterday's free range session by the Phyllistines.

Only two of the larger girls paid any attention to the new ladies, Phyllis and Sansa. If she came around them through the course of grazing, Phyllis would remind them of their place. Mostly they knew where she was and stayed out of range.

Sansa hunted them several times. Sneaking up on them the way Lilly used to do it to Aurora and Maleficent. She would try to ambush them and separate them from each other. Once she succeeded and had one in the big run and one outside the big run. They could be next to each other but the fence was in between. These are things that used to give the iron beak pleasure so I'm not surprised that he protégé is using smile tactics.

The Protégé

No one else paid the Phyllistines any mind. In fact several times Hattie and Aurora walked by them like they weren't even there.

 

[RoyalChick]

I am getting 0 right now. Even Phyllis has suspended operations.

That makes me feel slightly less worried about the Roadrunners. Maybe that is just how they cope with shorter days.

 

[featherhead007]

That's a mighty small bag, or do they each get their own?

I buy 10 lbs at a time.

I don’t buy that many. Maybe two bags that size every three weeks or so. Sometimes my church friends give me bags of them too.

 

[BY Bob]

This is Fret. She's a Legbar/Marans cross.View attachment 2864880View attachment 2864881View attachment 2864886

Love the name!

 

[RoyalChick]

Seems that it’s nap time for Emily. Jaffar is close by, under the pine tree.
Emily’s head is tucked under her wing. So cute! View attachment 2864887

I love when they do that - it looks very cozy!

 

[Shadrach]

I started proper work on the existing run today. I'm sure I used to be able to do this stuff in half the time.
I got lots of help from the chickens.
It was dark when I finished covering the mesh.

 

[RoyalChick]

This is Fret. She's a Legbar/Marans cross.View attachment 2864880View attachment 2864881View attachment 2864886

Hi Fret. Congratulations on getting a name.

 

[featherhead007]

Meanwhile, I don't know whether I should be worrying. I have only had two Roadrunner eggs in all of October (September I got 20 Roadrunner eggs). So effectively the Roadrunners have stopped laying.
Minnie does have watery poo (well today at least she does) but otherwise both seem fine other than the molting.
When should I worry?

Appetite is everything!