Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[MaryJanet]

What, you’ve got a floofy tail too?

Yep. A a fuuuuuull belly!

 

[MaryJanet]

Belle came out on her own this morning and has stayed out all day

I don’t want to jinx it but her broodiness could be over!!
It could have been because Snow pooped in there over night or I thought it might be because she’s on day 17-18. Would the chicks be making noise inside the eggs about now and she would be talking back if she had eggs under her? Not having this interaction could have caused her to give up

Monday mugs
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I think that would be roughly the right timeframe. 21 days I think, with some in-egg noise beforehand.

 

[Marie2020]

Yes, large end is better, as that is where the air sac is...for microwaving. For boiling, I always prick the small end, but I assume you could prick either for boiling with little difference.

Who knew there was a 'thing' for that!! Thanks for sharing! That will be on my Christmas wish list!!

Mine ×2

 

[Marie2020]

I think deer should pay their own way, like my chickens do!
Note this payment:
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Give that deer a egg. He looks cute

 

[MaryJanet]

Please educate me. Why prick your egg before boiling?

And, hey, I found the egg pricker!

 

[rural mouse]

Monday mug

Oops, it happened again.

Cuckoo

Nellie

Cheetah (busy boy today)

Jessica

 

[rural mouse]

Well that would be it then, we get a good base built up by end of March, 2-4 feet or more usually. There are a few places it is thin from the wind but because we get a wet snow usually even there is pretty hard and impenetrable with ice.

And we get mostly dry snow. Typically don't see the wet stuff until feb/March. The dry drifts nicely, but gets blown clear so easily that deep winter (see above) is the only time hunting is tough for most predators. Wind chill temps on the other hand....

 

[rural mouse]

And you were driving, so it was a very visible neck ring. Meadowlark? A stripe on the front breast/collar. It's about that size. I don't know what their flight is like though. Flicker is another one, yellow under the wings (Yellow-shafted) but they fly nothing like swallows.

NOT a meadowlark. That V shape is too distinctive and this bird was bigger. This was a ring like that of a pheasant (size permitting), black, with white/grey and yellow above/below. Meadowlarks are the state bird and we get them in the yard all summer long, along with mountain bluebirds. The yellow was on the head, but the breast was light too. Tail was dark and so were the wings. Flickers around here tend to be red shafted. Also get downy woodpeckers, but not those either. Size is right for either of those. Going to keep my eyes peeled coming home today. Maybe I can spot it again. Audubon app is not helping. Can't put the ring on the bird, keeps popping up barn swallow which this is NOT.

 

[BY Bob]

Belle came out on her own this morning and has stayed out all day

I don’t want to jinx it but her broodiness could be over!!
It could have been because Snow pooped in there over night or I thought it might be because she’s on day 17-18. Would the chicks be making noise inside the eggs about now and she would be talking back if she had eggs under her? Not having this interaction could have caused her to give up

Monday mugs
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Beautiful mugs.

 

[BY Bob]

So this is what the girls opted to do todaf. All day.

I'm sure I have asked before but where do you get your rice hulls? They look so happy digging through them.