Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Do you happen to have Raynaud’s? I’m pretty sure I do, but so far only in my hands.

Tax
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This is a double response.

for the photo

for the Raynauds

 

[BY Bob]

Flash laid almost daily from the day she started until molt. I’m not thrilled about those genetics.

That is a lot of eggs for a legbar. Not as advertised.

 

[Chicks in VA]

hey bob do you know how to make a peasant nice because my pheasant is mean to me and i dont want to have to sell him

 

[BY Bob]

Unless you are scaring hawks with your dog, who is friends with the chickens.

What I really need is a Lexi. I wonder if I could train Éowyn to patrol the yard. She would scare off hawks.

 

[Chicks in VA]

hey bob do you know how to make a peasant nice because my pheasant is mean to me and i dont want to have to sell him

 

[BY Bob]

So this afternoon I collected Snows egg (a nice 70 gm) and put it on a chair outside while I cleaned the coop.
I nearly got inside then remembered I had left it on the chair and went out to get it but it was gone
In the past this would have had me stumped but I know my family too well…

May I present exhibit A, a pretty unassuming pile of dirt and stones, right?
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And what was under them…
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Scrambles (the dog) had gently lifted it off the chair and buried it all without breaking it

That is amazing. Unbelievable. Way to go Scrambles.

 

[Chicks in VA]

is any one licensing to me

 

[BY Bob]

Another deterrent idea, once when watching an animal behavior show I saw them use a motion sensor trigger spray bottle to keep away stray cats. I once thought of creating a similar system with sprinklers to deter deer.

I have heard of motion sensor sprinklers to determine ground predators. To determine a hawk it would have to hit it. In my mind by the time the hawk is low enough in its dive, water would be too little too late.

 

[BY Bob]

All my girls are molting like crazy. No eggies for us!
One girl has been kicked off the roosts by her flock mates. She sleeps here now.
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Don't be surprised if she isn't choosing the nest box. Mine frequently sleep there while molting by choice.

 

[BY Bob]

Wow. Through the summer I would get three eggs a week from the pair of them. In spring I had a few weeks where I got one a day from the pair and sometimes I got two in one day. Since Minnie’s diarrhea and crop issue about a month ago she hasn’t laid and in that time Dotty has laid a couple of eggs.
In my lot it is Diana (ISA Brown) who lays every day and is starting to get soft eggs like Elizabeth before her.

Poor Diana.