Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

You are going to have to go 'dandelion fluff' hunting so you can seed a few more in your yard. Have to do it at night so the girls don't see, and cover the seed for a week for it to sprout first...so it has half a chance!!!!

I do not wish to have dandelions so I'm fine. I need them to start working over the front yard it's loaded with them!

 

[Ponypoor]

Yep. That’s what we have to do!

You do know they are like 2 yr olds hahaha. And we all know how you can have bed time drama with them!!

 

[Ponypoor]

As long as you are there to intervene hawks are much less of a threat........he type while sitting out in the cold wind shivering.

I lasted 45min in the cold then made them come back in

 

[Ponypoor]

I apologize in advance for my very 'rough' sketches:

Get 2 14' 2X4s, and 2 8' 2X4s (your choice pressure treated or not, depending on your preferences) run the 2 14 footers on edge under long sides of greenhouse (can use 12' if it is exactly 12' long and don't want anything extending much beyond) From here, cut the 8' to fit between the 12 or 14's. and screw together (again, on edge).

You can attach the greenhouse 1 of 2 ways. I'm assuming the tubing is about 1/2 in diameter. Drill 1/2" dia. (or whatever the dia. of your tubing is) holes about 1 - 1.5 in. deep spaced at intervals to match your greenhouse support hoops. insert ends of greenhouse hoops. On inside of framing (or outside if you wish to attach bottom of netting to these) screw in eye bolts, and use bunge or wire or rope to loop around cross support frame of greenhouse & hook/tie to eye bolt to keep greenhouse secure to baseView attachment 3032672

2nd option: make base just a hair wider than greenhouse, and use u shaped brackets (can be found in plumbing aisle for supporting copper pipes) and secure 'legs; of greenhouse to wooden base with the u bolts. This will be a bit more tedious to 'take down' each fall, but will be quite sturdy and it the base is close to the ground on inside of wooden frame, it will almost completely eliminate the gap caused by teh 4" or so extended legs o greenhouse.View attachment 3032673


There is a 3rd option for base design. use either of the 2 above, but extend the runners about 6" in front of greenhouse & taper/round leading edge of 'runners', also slightly bevel lead-bottom edge of crossmember of base OR do what I have done...get ahold of some old skis and with carriage bolts, bolt them to the underside of the 2 runner (12') boards. They work reasonably well!!.

Just note that by extending the runners and/or putting skis on them, you won't be able to get the 2 greenhouses tight together unless you put the 2 'backends' adjacent.)

I might do this with my new run, use the hoops to help suspend netting.

 

[BY Bob]

For those of you who believe in the power of prayers please pray for my grandmother. We talked to her on the phone around 8 last night and she was is a great mood. Around 9:30 she called and said she thought we needed to come down as she'd gotten dizzy, had fallen twice and her sugar was almost 400. Me and mom get there and she is still on the floor in front of her couch. We get her up and check her sugar and it was indeed 384. She was a little weak on her left side but she has mobility issues that have been progressively getting worse over the last few years so it was not a huge red flag just yet, especially with her sugar that high. We stayed and me and mom got on another cleaning spree while trying to get her sugar down and it was just not happening. About 3:30 this morning we noticed she started slurring some of her words slightly and the left side of her mouth was starting to droop. She refused at that point to let us take her to the hospital when she had enough strength left to make it to the car. At 5:30 this morning her left side pretty much gave out which is when under protest we called 911. MRI confirmed she has had a stroke, but there is not blood clots or hemorrhaging on the brain. The doctor said if she had to have a stroke it was the best one to have if there is such a thing. They also discovered that besides the congestive heart failure that she has been in for about 10 years she now also has atrial fibrillation. Finally got home about 20 minutes ago and going to crash for a few hours and then head back to the hospital.

You are in our prayers. I will have Mrs BY Bob light a candle when she goes to chapel tomorrow. Stay strong and get some rest. You can't help anyone if you are worn out.

 

[BY Bob]

Ooh I like that idea, but would have to work out how to deal with the legs. They stick down about 4inches below that bottom horizontal tube.
DH was telling me it would be quicker & easier to move if it were on skids.

It is light, yet the nice width prevents me from picking up both sides at once. So I go back and forth moving each side, flexing it (prob not so great for it). I asked DH how I could make a lifter, picturing a square assembly of PVC tubes that I would hook under the middle horizontal tubes, lifting the whole thing straight up with no pulling-in force, while I stood in the middle of it. He said the PVC would not be strong enough.

I bet some 2x2s would be light enough and strong enough. Good luck!

 

[BY Bob]

A mugshot for Monday. Maggie had done grooming herself, and she was done grooming Diana, so she started to groom me.
She looks like she got a tiny bit of frostbite too on one tip. But that is a bit odd because I examined them all for signs right after the Dotty frostbite issue.
Strange.
Anyway, as you can tell she is her usual self and not bothered by it.
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I love that face. Such great character!

 

[RoyalChick]

@RoyalChick I heard you like black chickens..this mugs for you, says Raven:
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And this is for @BY Bob & all of you who like jail bait:
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Ooops, I meant jail birds (barred)
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Love Raven!

 

[BY Bob]

And here we have a FB picture, (from the egg’s point of view)::
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MUM! It's me, Eggie!

 

[BY Bob]

She is such a lovely girl. Her red comb/wattles really stand out in this pic. against her grey/lavender colouring!

She was very friendly tonight. Came right up and looked at me.