Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Yay! And is that jar full of meal worms??? How many do you have in there! I thought my little farm was getting overstocked for my space, but wow! that’s a lot of wormies for treats.

That is indeed a full jar of mealworms. I buy them in bulk from Amazon. 1 bag fills three of those pretzel jars.

 

[Kris5902]

Oh, so they are freeze dried? That’s a relief! I was just pulling feeder sized worms for the girls, and this was all I got... I had a big worm envy moment there!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

That is indeed a full jar of mealworms. I buy them in bulk from Amazon. 1 bag fills three of those pretzel jars.

Hmm i'm going to have to look into that. They are just too darn expensive in the store.

 

[Ribh]

It's nice to have you back, Bob. I also buy my mealworms dried & in bulk. The girls get excited by the live ones but ...just gross. I always think it's so nice when animals make enough of a connection with us that they miss us & enjoy our company.

 

[BY Bob]

A Grab, A Flap, A Bawk, A Swat on the Bum, and Everyone on the Roost

After the heaviest of the thunderstorms today (they have been non-stop today) I went out to let the flock out for some wet free ranging. It was late and only Maleficent was not roosted already. As soon as I got to the run door and asked her if she wanted out I could hear, thump, thump and Hattie and Aurora came bursting out of the coop. Lilly did not get down, so the three of them enjoyed some time in the wet yard.

After they had thoroughly enjoyed themselves, Hattie and Lilly went in and roosted as proper girls should do but not Maleficent. No, she is a little trouble maker.


I was going to head in when Aurora roosted assuming Maleficent would not want to be separated from her. However something told me to wait, so I did. Low and behold my little friend decided to roast in the run alone. I had an answer for that.

I entered the big run, grabbed her from the roost, she flapped and bawked, I put her on the ground, gave her a gentle sweat on the bum and into the coop she went. Flap, flap, flap, and she waf on the roost with everyone else. Mission accomplished.

 

[WhoDatChick]

A Grab, A Flap, A Bawk, A Swat on the Bum, and Everyone on the Roost

After the heaviest of the thunderstorms today (they have been non-stop today) I went out to let the flock out for some wet free ranging. It was late and only Maleficent was not roosted already. As soon as I got to the run door and asked her if she wanted out I could hear, thump, thump and Hattie and Aurora came bursting out of the coop. Lilly did not get down, so the three of them enjoyed some time in the wet yard.

After they had thoroughly enjoyed themselves, Hattie and Lilly went in and roosted as proper girls should do but not Maleficent. No, she is a little trouble maker.


I was going to head in when Aurora roosted assuming Maleficent would not want to be separated from her. However something told me to wait, so I did. Low and behold my little friend decided to roast in the run alone. I had an answer for that.

I entered the big run, grabbed her from the roost, she flapped and bawked, I put her on the ground, gave her a gentle sweat on the bum and into the coop she went. Flap, flap, flap, and she waf on the roost with everyone else. Mission accomplished.

These crazy chickens at bedtime .... I swear it’s just nuts!! I have been assisting for the past few nights because when I would go out and check on them for the past few weeks at around 9:30.. it was chaos .... and they also make me out to be a liar .. the minute I say things are looking up... I turn around and things are very wrong...

 

[BY Bob]

These crazy chickens at bedtime .... I swear it’s just nuts!! I have been assisting for the past few nights because when I would go out and check on them for the past few weeks at around 9:30.. it was chaos .... and they also make me out to be a liar .. the minute I say things are looking up... I turn around and things are very wrong...

Roosting is always the strangest time. The pecking order is most enforced then and somehow that creates the most chaos of any time.

 

[BY Bob]

Aurora Makes a New Friend

I saw this unlikely pairing this morning. Normally she runs them off.

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Aurora Makes a New Friend

I saw this unlikely pairing this morning. Normally she runs then off.

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Awe!! She really is a Disney Princess!

 

[BY Bob]

Awe!! She really is a Disney Princess!

Is that Thumper then?