Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Same with Peggy. Thirsty too.

It's like they just made an eggs worth of space and must fill it!

 

[MaryJanet]

I like watching take their big post laying meals

 

[ValerieJ]

It's like they just made an eggs worth of space and must fill it!

It's hard work producing an egg.

 

[BY Bob]

Me either, but I feel a responsibility to them. I try to strike a balance between safety and freedom, and mostly it has worked. I think most of us do this.

It was hard for me to lock them in the coop while I hardened everything. I had to do it. But I did not like it. I love how much freedom I can give them now.

My company has banned all travel for at least the next 30 days.

Good news for the ladies, tons of free range upcoming.

Could be bad news for my marriage. I don't believe we're have spent 30 straight nights together in our 32 years of marriage. This is like a test run for retirement.

Who knows?

I may need to go see Eve and work from her house for a while.

 

[BY Bob]

I like watching take their big post laying meals

There is something satisfying about it.

 

[MaryJanet]

Hangin with Hattie

Farmer Bob slept in today. Happy Saturday! So the ladies were forced to coexist in the complex. These 4 decided to hang out together.

That's awesome. I just had a few minutes joyful dancing in the kitchen

 

[BY Bob]

That's awesome. I just had a few minutes joyful dancing in the kitchen

I'm so glad. Everyone should enjoy my flock as much as I do.

 

[MaryJanet]

Uncaged hens in the USA are not necessarily better off than the caged ones. When I have to buy eggs, I buy Happy Egg Company eggs. They point out what it really means when the carton says free range. Most of those hens don't see the light of day. Here is a link to the page describing how their chickens are raised.

In South Australia free range eggs are packaged with the number of birds per hectare clearly shown. When I buy eggs it's from a company with a low stocking density and lots of chook paddocks. The company is on Kangaroo Island where there are no foxes.

 

[Ribh]

I was with OD the other day shopping for a friend of hers & she wanted a dozen eggs ~ which I could easily have given her for free if the girl had thought of it before we left home~ & I naturally went for the free range eggs & was quickly corrected because of the cost. Cost is still a major factor in getting people to change to free range. When funds are limited cost is a major priority.

 

[MaryJanet]

I was with OD the other day shopping for a friend of hers & she wanted a dozen eggs ~ which I could easily have given her for free if the girl had thought of it before we left home~ & I naturally went for the free range eggs & was quickly corrected because of the cost. Cost is still a major factor in getting people to change to free range. When funds are limited cost is a major priority.

I'd rather cut back on other stuff like clothes.