Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Looks great and the Lilly feather spit is hilarious. What is the DIY going on? I see tools.
Also, Betty seems to be quite large (tall). Is that right?

Lilly is who she is. She has frustrated me at times but I pray she never loses that moxie. I just love her for it. The Iron Beak herself.

You all have such eagle eyes.

The tools were actually partly to remount the chicken sculpture on the roof of the run after the the Christmas chicken was put away. Now today there will be new flooring put down in the dining room. A couple of the tools were for that as well.

Betty stands tall. In my experience polish have this wonderful tall stance. I think it is because of their mop top. Betty seems bigger because of the frizzle but also because she seems to have a neck more like Sydney. It is very long and she seems to use it for everyday walking about.

 

[featherhead007]

I'd be careful with the tomato paste

It’s not like I’m feeding them lasagna or something!
Wait a minute, I think my flight of migrating coconuts has just arrived

 

[Marie2020]

Yes, coconut oil seems to be a good fix for a number of things:
Lube for egg bound
good for slow crop (with massages)
Treatment for scaly leg mites (on the legs...still need to deal with eradicating from coop)

I used olive oil for egg laying problems and it worked a treat

 

[Marie2020]

It’s not like I’m feeding them lasagna or something!
Wait a minute, I think my flight of migrating coconuts has just arrived

 

[featherhead007]

Phyllis Explores Everywhere

Once she was allowed out Phyllis took off and started exploring everywhere. While the others mainly stayed around the coop, Phyllis went everywhere she could.
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She blazed a trail right through her old friends.

Sydney did feel the need to reassert her dominance. This looks worse than Phyllis seemed to take it.

Looks like Phyllis had looked back at Sydney and said “bytch!”

 

[bgmathteach]

So, Hi again… it’s been far too long I know! And I am very sorry to have dropped out on everyone here. Life just got a little out of control, overwhelming and I have been having a really rough time. 2022 is getting better, it really is. So long story short, the contractors/goat hunters that were helping build our house didn’t. They totally ghosted us, didn’t return my calls and had asked for $20k, which I got (through primarily saving, and borrowing a bit from my family… I briefly considered a go fund me, but asked my dad for some help instead). I also lost cell phone/internet service for a little bit due to funding issues. I fell into a really, really bad depression, and was barely managing the day to days here.

Then DH (Andrew), who was working his behind off, became very ill. For anyone who doesn’t know, he has a congenital heart defect, pacemaker, and has had multiple heart surgeries since he was a young child. I almost lost him. He spent three weeks in Hospital, his was when the Flooding hit our province, we were fairly lucky on our island, but I was literally trapped for quite a while with no help or ability to get fuel/feed. While trapped by the Washed out roads I had to Put down my cat Charlie. Then I had a Mink attack literally the next day (it found a little hole in the floor of the coop by the door) and lost 31 birds, some I had quite close relationships to.

I got Arduinna a friend and slept out in the Barn with the two goats for several nights in early December. She’s moved outside and wasn’t too happy about it, but being completely distraught over Daddy not coming home… it seemed like a now or never time for bringing home Jimmy (especially as webhad lost a few other “goat friend” prospects to freezer camp with their owners not wanting to wait on my fencing getting done). There was another In-laws family blowout situation which culminated in a “If anyone harms my pets statement” so yeah, you can imagine. Andrew finally made it home the second week of December (with many new meds, and some upcoming surgeries are likely this year). We had to put down my last kittie Bullet, just before Christmas. That’s the really dark place I’ve been trying to climb out of for most of last year. Things are doing better…

I still have Sammy and Dean, we lost Cass to a raccoon attack. Roostie’s boy Chunk survived the mink attack, as did my Bully Girl, Tailless, Ziptie, and my Rogue mama who hatched out 11 babies in late summer, in my house trusses. It mostly took my broody hens and up and coming layers, as well as some of the core laying flock.

We have fully scrapped our second floor, replacing it with a planned attic, I reframed a lot of the first floor to accommodate the loss of the upstairs, and make it the wheelchair accessible space we had requested in the plans. I have been working everyday for the last three weeks for 5-9 hours on the build, often alone, sometimes with Andrew’s help, regardless of the weather. I also hired a local kid for a few days as well ($50/hr got me some general labour, and I knew I was in trouble when one of the first things she said was “so, what do you mean when you say “stud”…”)! But I’m making progress, and feeling a lot better about things.

I wish I lived close so could help you! Not a great carpenter, but at least I know a stud! I'm great at holding things in place for you to nail/screw, also!

If you look at my chicken coops, while sturdy, not perfectly square (though you can see the improvement/progression, first to last), so you would need to be responsible for that part....but a second pair of hands is always a good thing! And, I know how to measure well!

 

[BY Bob]

Looks like Phyllis had looked back at Sydney and said “bytch!”

Yes, that exactly. Also " that weren't no nothing".

 

[micstrachan]

What do you guys think of this for my flock of ten? It’s expensive amd on the small size compared to what they are used to, but looks nicely made. The assembly video really shows the size. It would be quick smd easy, assuming we could get it shipped in time.
https://overezchickencoop.com/products/extra-large-chicken-coop

 

[bgmathteach]

Well, there was this jacuzzi that me and three ladies shared, one evening (long ago)

?Was it filled with dirt?

 

[featherhead007]

What do you guys think of this for my flock of ten? It’s expensive amd on the small size compared to what they are used to, but looks nicely made. The assembly video really shows the size. It would be quick smd easy, assuming we could get it shipped in time.
https://overezchickencoop.com/products/extra-large-chicken-coop

I thought it was rather pricey $$$ but I’m a mizer with money !