Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Added some Color and Life

I also was able to add some flowers to the coop yesterday. It buoyed my spirit a little. View attachment 2067735

It rained mercilessly this weekend. Always a downer for me. I need time outside. I also left the house for the first time in about 2 weeks, self isolation and all. Buying the flowers helped a lot.

It's Autumn here now but I thought I'd share how the Chicken garden I planted last year is going. The idea is that I plant the most chook friendly/attractive plants nearest the run and the girls can help themselves to what grows through. They like the comfrey best, but have also enjoyed the nasturtiums and wormwood.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Don't you do some glass work too? I seem to remember a dragonfly or butterfly?

What a good memory you have Ribh! Yes, I learnt to do stained glass a few years ago because I wanted a stained glass window for my bathroom. I have done some "mosaic" stepping stones with some of the left over glass.

Before that I was doing beading (made an "Egyptian" type collar) and now I'm doing felting (both wet and dry). This year I want to learn calligraphy and watercolour painting. I don't get bored in quarantine!

Here is my bathroom window

 

[Ribh]

What a good memory you have Ribh! Yes, I learnt to do stained glass a few years ago because I wanted a stained glass window for my bathroom. I have done some "mosaic" stepping stones with some of the left over glass.

Before that I was doing beading (made an "Egyptian" type collar) and now I'm doing felting (both wet and dry). This year I want to learn calligraphy and watercolour painting. I don't get bored in quarantine!

Here is my bathroom window

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Yes! So lovely! I thought I remembered seeing it on FB.
I don't get bored either. If all else fails there's always the chooks.

 

[LozzyR]

What a good memory you have Ribh! Yes, I learnt to do stained glass a few years ago because I wanted a stained glass window for my bathroom. I have done some "mosaic" stepping stones with some of the left over glass.

Before that I was doing beading (made an "Egyptian" type collar) and now I'm doing felting (both wet and dry). This year I want to learn calligraphy and watercolour painting. I don't get bored in quarantine!

Here is my bathroom window

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You made that window?! It’s beautiful!

 

[LozzyR]

It's coming. Don't you worry.

I wonder if I have to wait until spring before Tegan and River start laying.

 

[LozzyR]

Here is my youngest's Plague Doctor mask and an unwilling victim

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(Tsuki did not want to pose for me. She is now sulking under a bush )

That’s a very involved mask, lots of work. Well done young Padawan!

 

[Ribh]

I wonder if I have to wait until spring before Tegan and River start laying.

If they are @ POL you shouldn't. I buy deliberately @ the beginning of Autumn as it means I usually get eggs throughout winter. Unfortunately one of my new layers went broody on me after only a week or so & is still going. My favorelles are Xs but once they started laying they've been regular & consistent layers of a nice big brown egg. At least one is still laying.

 

[RoyalChick]

What a good memory you have Ribh! Yes, I learnt to do stained glass a few years ago because I wanted a stained glass window for my bathroom. I have done some "mosaic" stepping stones with some of the left over glass.

Before that I was doing beading (made an "Egyptian" type collar) and now I'm doing felting (both wet and dry). This year I want to learn calligraphy and watercolour painting. I don't get bored in quarantine!

Here is my bathroom window

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That is beautiful. So clever of you!

 

[Shadrach]

Some Good News

I could see Miss Phyllis looking around the yard today. I figured she was nest hunting. In the end I don't think she figured it out. Sometime right before bedtime when I thought she was frantic to go to bed when no one else would (as usual), she dropped this in the middle of the yard.
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I had to wake her for the required first egg shot. And she looks like I woke her up.
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It is a tiny egg.
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Mrs BY Bob is so excited! Great job Miss Phyllis!

She does not look remotely impressed about being disturbed.

 

[Shadrach]

Thanks Shad. Do you have an academic background? You sound adept at writing reports/essays.

I do Lozzy. I was a scientists of sorts many years ago before I moved up in the world and became a bucket boy.
I have a combined degree in Mathematics and Physics and another in Material Science.
I've done a few things in between.