Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

You make a lot of good points for someone who can barely identify 3 chicken breeds. Good for you.

Just justifying why I don't need to care about breeds!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I know our weather is fluctuating all the time.
It's freezing now and air should be clear but it stinks of burning rubber out there tonight

I would love to be able to heat up my girls little coop but with no electricity that's just impossible

Generally speaking unless they're sick or are lacking feathers they should be fine in there.

 

[LozzyR]

OMG yes, autocorrect is terrible! Microsoft word will do that, I turn it off when I am working because it wants to correct my Canadian spelling of different words (anything ending 'our' esp! ie: colour, behaviour....) hahaha

... but that's how those words are spelt! I do think Webster's American spelling is infinitely more sensible though, getting rid of excess letters and using 'z' instead of 's' when you have a 'z' sound. (And that's 'zed', not 'zee'....)

 

[RoyalChick]

... but that's how those words are spelt! I do think Webster's American spelling is infinitely more sensible though, getting rid of excess letters and using 'z' instead of 's' when you have a 'z' sound. (And that's 'zed', not 'zee'....)

Spelt: an ancient form of wheat.

 

[LozzyR]

I honestly don't think those breed descriptions are reliable.

Nope, I'm fast coming to that conclusion. And honestly, I don't need a particular 'breed', what I want is a long-lived chicken.

 

[Ponypoor]

... but that's how those words are spelt! I do think Webster's American spelling is infinitely more sensible though, getting rid of excess letters and using 'z' instead of 's' when you have a 'z' sound. (And that's 'zed', not 'zee'....)

Yep zed for sure

 

[Ponypoor]

Nope, I'm fast coming to that conclusion. And honestly, I don't need a particular 'breed', what I want is a long-lived chicken.

My best horse I paid a couple hundred dollars for.... Grade horse....

My big expensive Egyptian Arabian mare is an idiot....

Same with my chickies, I am sure even my silkies are likely not 'pure'... There is something to be said for hybred vigor.

 

[Ribh]

I guess you got me

OR

she says mean hurtful things and you just don't understand what she is saying.

That's Alpia. She doesn't have a mean bone in her body.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

How do the omlet roosting bars compare to one long roost? Can the hens easily grasp the omlet bars? They look a bit too close together to me but I've never seen it up close.

They appear to have no problem. When they were pretty small and would bring them outside to explore it I took out the platform and put in a little roost on the poop tray covered with hemp, as the spaces between the roost bars were too big for them to navigate. But they quickly got big enough for them, I think by 6-8 weeks they were fine. Now, I see them grasp across two, or are standing on the intersections, or just on one bar. The poop for the most part goes down between the bars onto the poop tray. The Buckeyes move about easily, they often come up the ladder while I'm cleaning and look out the open back and talk to me, then go back out to the run. I'll try to get a picture of them, or maybe a video. I could measure the bars and spaces. Here's a picture from the Omlet web site, though these hens look a bit small. Maybe they are bantams, or young?

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Do you read this thread?

Just kidding.

Sydney has been laying since just after the new year started.

I did post on it including videos, right everyone? I'm not nuts am I? I could have sick brain.

Yes, I can testify Sidney has been making a nest and laying in the left corner of the Cluckle Hut near the door and feeder, you are not flu-crazed, at least not on that point!