Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

Is there anything special for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday?

Friday is fluffy butt pics day. Wed, Thurs, Sun: not specifically designated. Flock/tribe pics welcome anytime.

 

[rural mouse]

22F (@ -6C) this morning makes the warm water of interest to the ladies. Refilled later in the day (up to 29F), wind @ 8mph with gusts up to 16mph and it has quite the icy edge to it.

Blanche enjoyed this morning, but the wind had her skittish. Twirp followed me around when I took out water. She's become my shadow when I'm out. She's also the bold one from the last round of snow (which is long gone too.

 

[featherhead007]

How long has she been sitting now?

Two weeks

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Oh, Wow...I think I would give anything to be close enough to actually be yelled at by the SS.
(Just once, though, for the experience....I'll let myself out now.)

I got close scrutiny once but it was fleeting, when I played in a small jazz group for a Commencement ceremony at a State University in the area, and Senator Hilary Clinton was the speaker. We had started loading in before anyone arrived and I stashed my little electric upright bass under the bleachers behind us to be safe out of sight while I left to load in more (things get stolen in those moments). I was using the case it came with at the time, a soft padded 30" rifle case!

We were almost finished setting up, people were filling the place up, the Secret Service arrived, and Senator Clinton took her place, and my last step was to turn around, kneel down and pull my bass out of the shadows of the stands, but then I realized what that sure looked like. I looked up to see at least two of those guys over there looking solidly at me. I unzipped it and opened it up as far as it would go laying there so they could see what was in it...slowly took it out, put it together....when I stood it up with it I saw no one was giving me the stare anymore. Whew!

 

[featherhead007]

I know this is off 'chicken' topic, but was just reading about the huge amount of rain/snow (depending on latitude & altitude) parts of Cali got yesterday into today. Hope y'all are doing okay, @featherhead007 & @micstrachan! (and any one else out that way)

It’s been cold!

 

[bgmathteach]

Peggy also makes that noise when she's on lookout duty.

another blast from the past:
@RoyalChick Did you ever discover what the noise meant/was in reference to? I have a couple of chickens that do this also (2 hens and my roosters) I have suspicions as to what it means, but not sure.

 

[bgmathteach]

Two weeks

ooooooo, won't be long now. the anticipation is killing me!

 

[Shadrach]

Maybe, like a big tree, it offers some peck-free space and that's a good thing though? In terms of a chicken's needs?

I don't know to be honest and I think it may partly depend (yet once again) on relatedness of the tribe.
I've never built big coops but that is in part because I haven't and wouldn't keep chickens where temperatures dropped low enough for them not to be able to leave the coop and free range.

 

[featherhead007]

ooooooo, won't be long now. the anticipation is killing me!

Don’t get your hopes up too high.

 

[Shadrach]

Yes, but how to get her to drink that, but not the others...unless he separates her?

She should drink that anyway. It's getting the calcium into her that may be a problem.