Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

I told Peggy and she said, "hmmmm sounds like Daisy had magic feathers."

I think she did.

 

[mixedUPturk]

So more bird news!

Oh man its so good to be back here! Ive missed u all soooo much!

Thursday i went n saw the quail breeder again

585 eggs came home with me

This is 70 set in the incubator. The last one were the meat makers line right? This is the egg makers line! Super excited! It is Slam full

Then i have 500 eggs to peel and pickle 50 of them will be deviled eggs for childrens bday party at my dads tumro

 

[mixedUPturk]

Well, they are not one person but 2 so I wanted to celebrate each as their own person ~ & that was important for their teens but seriously, these guys had a name for their singleness as a twin phenomea. It was a combination of their individual names that they always used to refer to themselves. But it could drive people batty. Who was this 3rd child they kept referring to? And school was a nightmare. They had no idea of personal ownership because it didn't exist in their world. Everything was *ours.* And I had boys. I think girls might be worse.

I bet your right about that last line! Geez gotta take a moment for those moms

Without them being identical i think we will have much less trouble than you

And yes i totally agree on celebrating them as individuals, one of the things i often do is take just one child with me if im going to the store and have a sitter. That way its easy to me since im so accustomed to 3 and we get that one on one time. Then theyre allowed to pick out something they want and i think the whole experience on a reref basis really helps them be individuals.

 

[Ribh]

I bet your right about that last line! Geez gotta take a moment for those moms

Without them being identical i think we will have much less trouble than you

And yes i totally agree on celebrating them as individuals, one of the things i often do is take just one child with me if im going to the store and have a sitter. That way its easy to me since im so accustomed to 3 and we get that one on one time. Then theyre allowed to pick out something they want and i think the whole experience on a reref basis really helps them be individuals.

Yep. As my lot got older they each got 2 weeks on their own with my mum & dad [their grandparents]. That was very good for them. The other lot lived next door.

 

[mixedUPturk]

Yep. As my lot got older they each got 2 weeks on their own with my mum & dad [their grandparents]. That was very good for them. The other lot lived next door.

Thats so great! If u ever wanna offer parenting advice im all ears! I think You are really great and i will consider any piece of information you try to pass on as gold!

 

[Ribh]

Thats so great! If u ever wanna offer parenting advice im all ears! I think You are really great and i will consider any piece of information you try to pass on as gold!

Nah. I just made heaps of mistakes & I'm an awful disciplinarian. I tend to wait till my boil boils over. I was good about the kids taking risks ~ mostly. Knives, & matches they learnt to use young & responsibly. We only had trouble when daft parents let their kids run with mine & they did stupid things.

 

[RoyalChick]

I can't wait to see your chicken palace

Ha! Me too.
At the start it was fun to be designing and planning and making choices and coming to terms with the fact that it is completely over the top but that is OK because it is my retirement gift to myself. But now all that is really old and I just want it finished and the Princesses moved in. We are really close (not to finished but to move-in-able) but somehow never quite there.
Before I found Fluffy Butt Acres I posted in coop design to get advice on the Chicken Palace so there are a few photos on this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/coop-on-a-hillside-roost-heights.1338548/
(hope I did that right).
I have to wait until the guys are finished inside the coop before I let the Princesses move in because they (the Princesses not the guys) have suicidal tendencies and go straight to taste every abandoned screw, nail and staple. So I want finished and raked clean before move-in. Meanwhile the ladies are camping in the middle section in a coop made for the school project and using the run, but they aren't yet in the cozy coop.

 

[MaryJanet]

Ha! Me too.
At the start it was fun to be designing and planning and making choices and coming to terms with the fact that it is completely over the top but that is OK because it is my retirement gift to myself. But now all that is really old and I just want it finished and the Princesses moved in. We are really close (not to finished but to move-in-able) but somehow never quite there.
Before I found Fluffy Butt Acres I posted in coop design to get advice on the Chicken Palace so there are a few photos on this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/coop-on-a-hillside-roost-heights.1338548/
(hope I did that right).
I have to wait until the guys are finished inside the coop before I let the Princesses move in because they (the Princesses not the guys) have suicidal tendencies and go straight to taste every abandoned screw, nail and staple. So I want finished and raked clean before move-in. Meanwhile the ladies are camping in the middle section in a coop made for the school project and using the run, but they aren't yet in the cozy coop.

It looks amazing!! I love the way the runs step down the hill.

 

[RoyalChick]

It looks amazing!! I love the way the runs step down the hill.

Thank you! I am beyond excited about it. All focus is on finishing the coop so the ladies can move in. I don't think it will be next week. But maybe, maybe, the week after.

 

[BY Bob]

So more bird news!

Oh man its so good to be back here! Ive missed u all soooo much!

Thursday i went n saw the quail breeder again

585 eggs came home with me

This is 70 set in the incubator. The last one were the meat makers line right? This is the egg makers line! Super excited! It is Slam full

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Then i have 500 eggs to peel and pickle 50 of them will be deviled eggs for childrens bday party at my dads tumro

You are amazing. That seems like quite a project. Is there a special peeling method you use?