Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Excuse me!

Apparently Lulu had never heard of Fluffy Butt Friday. She isn’t too impressed.

 

[Marie2020]

Apologies… it was a long day, in the sun fencing… then these two little babies… brain is still a little scrambled from this heat (for us delicate west coasters) cattle invasions, etc. Can you believe after all that fuss and days of working to secure my feed, they want to move the cows back to the other end of the property again? days of frantic hard work in the sun for less than one day of grazing??? At least I’ll be able to get back to productive things… tax photo isn’t loading

I often have trouble posting pictures. When I swear they seem to go in alright, I don't know why

 

[Marie2020]

If I had two long legged chickens I'd call then Lanky and Stretch

 

[Marie2020]

Princess is driving me nuts she squawked right through my breakfast break forcing me too chase her around the garden (because she's disturbing my neighbors,) and now she's at it again

 

[Marie2020]

Fluffy butt Friday

 

[Ribh]

Trapped

I need to go to bed but this one is sleeping on me. What to do what to do.

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I think I foretold Enzo would end up yours - along with Davis & the cougar!

 

[Ponypoor]

Excuse me!

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Apparently Lulu had never heard of Fluffy Butt Friday. She isn’t too impressed.

Hahaha now that is a priceless look

 

[Ponypoor]

Trapped

I need to go to bed but this one is sleeping on me. What to do what to do.

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Awwwwwwww

That is so sweet, he is totally sound asleep! I love cats that feel you are their personal sleeping mattress!!

 

[Ponypoor]

Yes, let me take a look through our photo files, although we are definitely not in Northern Lights season currently. More like midnight sun season!

Last summer I had such a hard time getting my one year old chickens to go to bed. They wanted to party in the sun, I wanted to close up the coop, turn on the electric fence and go to sleep! This year as mature two year old ladies, they are on the roost all settled by 7:30 - 8:00 pm!

I noticed my cousin's older hens are in bed by 8pm, and thus get the prime locations to roost haha

But my silkies and the two young pullets have no wish to go to bed when I want them to! I have to herd them into the hen house and encourage them to go to sleep when the sun is still up!

Having all the wild birds flying around and chirping outside doesn't make it any easier.

Of interest is the barn swallows who are all roosting by 8pm!

Can you spot the yellow beak of one of the chicks? I think they have 5 in that nest.

 

[Ponypoor]

Hidden gems, I pulled back the sheet covering my hay pile and found these two gems!