Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Two mugshots for Monday.

 

[RoyalChick]

Diana hopped up on my table to see what I was doing. She allowed me to take a mugshot, and she settled down for a snooze in the sun. I may doze off too!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Here is a Monday mug of a very smug Bunny. She is in to lay her 5th egg since she got her way. Grandma watches out for her in the mornings and the minute she spots her at the door insists it be opened to let her in.

 

[Kris5902]

That's good to know! I don't have any growing around here that I can see, and after one year of the horrors of foxtail causing ulcers in my horse mouths I am very careful with my hay sources.

Can't wait for dandelions to start popping up the chickens love them!

We have this issue with the sheep on occasion, but the cows are usually smart enough to steer clear of it in the fields. Even the sheep have to get pretty desperate before attempting to eat that. Goats won’t touch it, Feral or my pampered Prince and Princess! One of my main gripes is the constant assertion by the Farm manager that the cows must be let into the Draw (fenced fully area which includes the one hay barn and our RV) because there’s lots of green pasture untouched here. It’s all freaking foxtail they are looking at! It survives the summer drought better than any decent forage grasses, gets lovely long, and stays nice and green. I won’t move the chooks to the other side of the gulley to take care of it though. Too far away for hearing any issues/alarms and way too popular with all the wildlife for the water, mink and raccoons. My geese usually lose about half their hatch to ground predators every year, and it’s a miracle any of the ducks survive. I discourage the chickens from this area actively, and the feral goats usually clean up all the grasses that aren’t protected by the hayfields fencing, we can’t fence up the mountain and the goats have no issues just walking around the north ends of the fences that separate the road sections. Heck, even a bunch of sheep have figured it out!

 

[Kris5902]

Here is a Monday mug of a very smug Bunny. She is in to lay her 5th egg since she got her way. Grandma watches out for her in the mornings and the minute she spots her at the door insists it be opened to let her in.
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This is my nest now humans!!! I have trained the elderly one to let me in, and now there is nothing you can do to stop me. My next training point will be opening up the treats and letting me have all the yummies I want! Finally, a human around here that knows their place and doesn’t try to shoo me out. It’s like they think the live here on this nest or something.

 

[featherhead007]

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I like the scratch and peck brand for some things, but the Grublies feed is cheaper and I like the ingredients better.
For anyone interested in trying it i can send you a discount code that will help us both. Mine will only eat crumbles ni matter the brand

That's appreciated but my hens are on pellets and I am not sure my hens wouldn't pick out the grains they add in there separate from the pellets. Though I have been wondering about going back to crumbles as the pellets end up as crumbles in the feeder bottom anyway, I think from the agitation when they hit them. Lately I've been using the crumbles in the chop greens as @bgmathteach does.

 

[Ponypoor]

We have this issue with the sheep on occasion, but the cows are usually smart enough to steer clear of it in the fields. Even the sheep have to get pretty desperate before attempting to eat that. Goats won’t touch it, Feral or my pampered Prince and Princess! One of my main gripes is the constant assertion by the Farm manager that the cows must be let into the Draw (fenced fully area which includes the one hay barn and our RV) because there’s lots of green pasture untouched here. It’s all freaking foxtail they are looking at! It survives the summer drought better than any decent forage grasses, gets lovely long, and stays nice and green. I won’t move the chooks to the other side of the gulley to take care of it though. Too far away for hearing any issues/alarms and way too popular with all the wildlife for the water, mink and raccoons. My geese usually lose about half their hatch to ground predators every year, and it’s a miracle any of the ducks survive. I discourage the chickens from this area actively, and the feral goats usually clean up all the grasses that aren’t protected by the hayfields fencing, we can’t fence up the mountain and the goats have no issues just walking around the north ends of the fences that separate the road sections. Heck, even a bunch of sheep have figured it out!

Goats ... Smarter than the average guy!!

Foxtail causes so much trouble.... Just thankful I don't have any here so far!

 

[Ponypoor]

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Good morning!! Lovely ladies

 

[Ponypoor]

Here is a Monday mug of a very smug Bunny. She is in to lay her 5th egg since she got her way. Grandma watches out for her in the mornings and the minute she spots her at the door insists it be opened to let her in.
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Omg I love it!

They have her well trained