Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ChicoryBlue]

Ummm, yeah...I did in that thread...but didn't here...and someone reported me and I got a 'please go along' note, so I just shut up....some people were really in a tither about having to change their name!

Hmmm OK I guess I'm harping on this now and I'm truly not mad about it but I'd like to comment that this April Fools joke apparently had an element of duress in it. Reporting & enforcement notes? I do not approve of that. I'd like to point out the joke the moderators picked was not a particularly innocent-fun one, which it could have been.

Virus/hack scares are too real. In my past day-job I saw how many people have had their identities stolen. Despite our own security measures we encountered ransomware too (and our great and very expensive IT contractors were prepared and saved a very, very serious situation). So I would have been gullible through experience (besides by nature - yep that's me), but many people who are here on BYC are likely not very computer-literate but have heard the scary stories.

Whatever happened to the buttermilk-instead-of fresh-milk-in-the-carton kind of jokes? How about a wild and interesting new chicken breed, behavior or egg story? A fantastical thread that got pushed?

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Breakfast.

 

[rural mouse]

Mugs

Nellie while nest building

Primula seems to know where the camera is...

 

[BY Bob]

So this morning grandma managed to get out of the bed without waking mom up who was sleeping in the recliner just feet away from her. She comes to my room and starts pounding on the wall giving me a heart attack shouting we missed the bus. I jump up mid panic and then look at the clock. It is 5:10 am, the bus does not run until 6:45. I'm about to cry in frustration trying to tell her the bus does not run for over a hour. She responds "while your up make some coffee and muffins". I did, but it was not how I wanted to spend my morning

Oh my.

 

[BY Bob]

If you need a chick fix, go to my thread, (Kat’s Journey Into Chicken Keeping). I posted a few pics of my new family members. I have nine new chicks in various stages of growth, lol.

Congratulations! I'll have to pop over!

 

[BY Bob]

Breakfast.
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You could have had my thread up in the background. I now know who your favorite is!

 

[BY Bob]

Mugs

Nellie while nest building
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Primula seems to know where the camera is...
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Marvelous!

 

[featherhead007]

So this morning grandma managed to get out of the bed without waking mom up who was sleeping in the recliner just feet away from her. She comes to my room and starts pounding on the wall giving me a heart attack shouting we missed the bus. I jump up mid panic and then look at the clock. It is 5:10 am, the bus does not run until 6:45. I'm about to cry in frustration trying to tell her the bus does not run for over a hour. She responds "while your up make some coffee and muffins". I did, but it was not how I wanted to spend my morning

Wow! I’m imagining the frustration. Hang in there friend.

 

[RoyalChick]

Congratulations! I'll have to pop over!

I just did. They are

 

[RoyalChick]

The Hooligans turn 2 weeks old today and together we have just had an adventure none of us want to repeat.
I have moved them into the garage as a half way house before going out to the brooder in the coop. I was worried about them going straight from 70 degrees in the bathroom to low 40s maybe even high 30s at night.
So this morning was moving day - and these little babies pack like they are going on a major expedition. There is food, and shavings, and bowls, and branches and it all needs carrying out to the garage. I figure heat plate goes first as they never use it in the daytime in the bathroom anyway and then it will be ready for them when I bring them.
It is 45 degrees in the garage.
What I had not thought through was transporting the chicks themselves and I made some rookie mistakes!
I can't carry them in the pop up tent - being pop up it has like a canvas base not a solid base. In retrospect I probably should have carried them in that and accepted they would be thrown together as it sagged down. But I thought I would use the basket I brough them home in which has a hinged top.
Oh boy!
Suffice to say that for 12 days they have lived in my bathroom with almost no mess at all and now from this morning's activities I have little chicky poops all over my towels and my bath mats.
Bella flew out of the basket when I opened the lid to pop in Lulu. Bridget hopped out but then flew to the towel rack. My nerves are shot.
A serious question - how do 2 week old chicks behave if they are too cold? They haven't been under the heat plate since I moved them out and I am worried they can't find it. They are certainly chirping, but they are also eating and drinking and running around. I don't want to stress them any more than they already are by herding them under the plate. My gut says they are OK, but them my gut said I could safely put all three into the little carrying box! Any thoughts?