Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[LaFemmeKatia]

Well played.

Thank you. Thank you very much. (Taking a bow)

 

[RoyalChick]

A field of fluffy butts for Friday.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Sorry I keep laughing - it is just an image I can't get out of my head!

Trust me, you are not the only one laughing. My dad laughed so hard he cried.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

But I love the hen power regardless! I think (hope) the human would have intervened if needed.

This cat appears to be attacking half-heartedly imo. Looked like an unneutered male cat looking for a fight, not for a meal, and a play-fight at that, i.e., looking to dominate, not even seriously wound. In my opinion he wasn't hungry, didn't need or want to kill and eat. He could have delivered a kill bite in each attack, well-positioned in all of them for that. It was more an ill-tempered wrestling match for the cat, and a territorial defense by the hens, as in my opinion the chickens have experienced this before, or they would have run and made much more noise, esp after that first attack, the released hen just walks away, and the second hen who gets jumped from behind was cautiously walking and not panicked either. All probably very entertaining to the people there. Sad.

 

[Lexicon]

You will come across the answer but it is Flockstar I got it today, it’s cool

Yes, that's it! I like that it keeps track of average egg weights and monthly egg laying and even the little ribbons for most productive layer and highest average egg size is fun!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

This is what I struggle with right now. Do I at some point lock them in together for a week? Do I try to force Phyllis to reset her coop?

I'd really prefer that she roosted in The Hut, where she can be boss hen. The only way I know to try and make that happen would be to force the issue. I did not want to force anything. I thought after 3 or 4 nights of waking up together a new home base might be set but it did not happen.

I could go back to moving her in every night regardless of where Phyllis roosts........

The only risk I see is if Phyllis ends up not being loved by either group. I certainly wouldn't force anything, but I probably would try and make sure that Phyllis and her Phyllistines are comfortable with each other. Phyllis can roost where she chooses but it would be good if she felt comfortable to go in to the Cluckle Hut by getting used to it while the Phyllistines are still relatively small.
Just my thoughts based on no experience of course.

I was thinking what RC is thinking. They will be small(ish) for only a little while now. I might give the waking up together routine another shot for a few days, and then let it go and see what happens. The main thing is I would not want to see Phyllis roosting in the run, because of the potential nighttime danger, besides the social outcasting. Chickens like familiarity, and familiar company. Do you think Phyllis is like an abused human caught in a bad relationship over there in the main coop? I wonder if the pecking order view in chickenland has changed, no matter who roosts where. The two additions guarantee she is not at the bottom now. In effect she has moved up. Has that improved the situation in the main coop for Phyllis? It is so unknown and the window for creating a tribe, if that can be done, is small.

 

[featherhead007]

No, it’s a simple LAB test
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Very good! A sense of humor is sprouting through!

 

[featherhead007]

This cat appears to be attacking half-heartedly imo. Looked like an unneutered male cat looking for a fight, not for a meal, and a play-fight at that, i.e., looking to dominate, not even seriously wound. In my opinion he wasn't hungry, didn't need or want to kill and eat. He could have delivered a kill bite in each attack, well-positioned in all of them for that. It was more an ill-tempered wrestling match for the cat, and a territorial defense by the hens, as in my opinion the chickens have experienced this before, or they would have run and made much more noise, esp after that first attack, the released hen just walks away, and the second hen who gets jumped from behind was cautiously walking and not panicked either. All probably very entertaining to the people there. Sad.

As Queen Elizabeth said “I am not amused “ !

 

[Blazinga]

FBF: Some things never change

 

[Blazinga]

I'm liking Flockstar a lot.