Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Loo not Lue

 

[RoyalChick]

@featherhead007, @Marie2020 - you two are running up some big tax liabilities with the last few posts. You will have to ask @BY Bob if there are payment plans available.

 

[featherhead007]

A very dusty Rock.
She refuses to shake it off.

 

[featherhead007]

@featherhead007, @Marie2020 - you two are running up some big tax liabilities with the last few posts. You will have to ask @BY Bob if there are payment plans available.

I sure don’t want to boar you with my taxes!

 

[featherhead007]

Dust tax:

 

[Marie2020]

@featherhead007, @Marie2020 - you two are running up some big tax liabilities with the last few posts. You will have to ask @BY Bob if there are payment plans available.

That's it @featherhead007
Call in the troops, jaffar princess and the Ruddy drop bears this is a real battle about to commence
Look out RC we're coming to get you

 

[Marie2020]

Princess about to get down and dirty with RC (that's as clean as she gets)

 

[Marie2020]

Flexi looking for more treats

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Soooo, for the first time in his young life Branch just flogged the back of my boots. In all honesty, instead of being angry with him I'm proud of him. I brought it all on myself. When I went out to bring the chicks in for the night I came with a bun to give them a treat before bed. I found Branch talking to the chicks through the door and acting like he wanted inside with them. I decided I would let him in to see how he would react to them. I tore up the bun and scattered it around the coop and let Branch come in. He immediately started tearing up the bread into smaller pieces and calling the chicks to him. They came running and he started picking up bits of bread and letting them take it from his beak. After the bread was gone he sat down still talking to them and one of the orps hopped up onto his back and sat there for a minute. The whole time I'm praising him telling him what a good boy he was. I hope to recreate this tomorrow and I will have the camera with me when I do. Anyway, it is getting dark so I start trying to catch the hooligans who are not ready to come inside. I grabbed one of the EEs and it let out a shriek like I was killing it and Branch immediately attacked. I have never saw him so mad. I let go of the chick and it ran and hid behind him while Branch is standing guard growling at me. I was not thinking and should have put Branch back outside of the coop before trying to round up the chicks. I picked him up and put him out and then spent a good 5 minutes chasing the uncooperative chicks around the coop before I had them all. The whole time Branch was doing his best to get back inside to get me again. This protectiveness has given me a plan though. This next week the chicks are going to spend the day outside, with supervised visits with Branch. Next week I will allow supervised time outside the coop, and I hope Branch is still watching over them. I think Branch will be my best bet to teach them the ropes to free ranging and will keep the bigger hens from picking on them.

 

[goldenfingers]

BFTP:

I know you, sadly, don't have chickens anymore{ Hope Maryann is still doing well with her new family!}, but as I play 'catch-up', I came across this and was wondering A) How well it worked/you like it, and B) How you attached it...I see the handle on the bottom, but I'm not seeing how it was connected so it stays in place.

Sorry, it's been a while since I've checked in. We've not heard anything about Maryanne since the last photo so we assume no news is good news.

To answer the question, it worked well, but some snow still blew in through the uncovered top portion. Huge improvement, though, and the place was largely nice and dry inside. Here's a picture of how I secured the panels. Just made some simple turn-latches.