Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

It was a triathlete before it became a tractor .

Tractor sound so much more useful!
Hope that isn’t offensive.

 

[featherhead007]

Tractor sound so much more useful!
Hope that isn’t offensive.

I was in great shape once myself!

 

[rural mouse]

How do you get rid of the cactus? Is it like using a weed killer?

No. You eat it/enjoy the flowers. It's prickly pear. Or water it, water, water, water

 

[rural mouse]

I would not want it back.

Just saying.

Depends upon how fresh...

 

[RoyalChick]

Integration at the Chicken Palace is progressing.
(No chickens were harmed in taking this picture)

 

[featherhead007]

Integration at the Chicken Palace is progressing.
(No chickens were harmed in taking this picture)
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Glad none were harmed!

 

[bgmathteach]

Why would they choke themselves? And what is it about champagne grapes? Are they bigger? I have a very old grape vine that delivers a very sweet grape with a weird taste that is probably supposed to be nice but which I dislike intensly - so I ignore the vine. I need to go inspect to see if it survived the winter and if so I will see if the chickens like its yukky grapes.

Champagne grapes are very small. As far as choking themselves on whole large grapes, unless they get into a tug-of war over 1 grape, they can't 'bite it' into small pieces, and our wild grapes, weather cooperating, are pretty good size...and they manage to scarf them down, so I would be concerned that a large on might get stuck & choke them. I presently have 2 grape vines that have climbed what is the chicken run fencing (they were there when we moved here a few years ago, I think self propagated, and have started bearing fruit, which the chickens help themselves to. maybe I'm a worry wart?

But there are some champagne grapes growing wild @ the college, and I thought I might, this year, collect some grapes from it and try planting them when I extend my run...and put in a grape arbor (with grapes I won't have to worry about them eating & choking on!)

 

[RoyalChick]

Champagne grapes are very small. As far as choking themselves on whole large grapes, unless they get into a tug-of war over 1 grape, they can't 'bite it' into small pieces, and our wild grapes, weather cooperating, are pretty good size...and they manage to scarf them down, so I would be concerned that a large on might get stuck & choke them. I presently have 2 grape vines that have climbed what is the chicken run fencing (they were there when we moved here a few years ago, I think self propagated, and have started bearing fruit, which the chickens help themselves to. maybe I'm a worry wart?

But there are some champagne grapes growing wild @ the college, and I thought I might, this year, collect some grapes from it and try planting them when I extend my run...and put in a grape arbor (with grapes I won't have to worry about them eating & choking on!)

Interesting. I gave mine those little tomatoes the other day. Some were swallowed whole and some were carried around in the beak until they either popped or were beaten into submission on the ground. I don’t think choking was a risk.

 

[Ponypoor]

Grapes!

The grape vines are loaded this year. It seems Betty is not going to wait for them to ripen.

Awwww that's wonderful it's great they can do some foraging.

 

[Ponypoor]

Champagne grapes are very small. As far as choking themselves on whole large grapes, unless they get into a tug-of war over 1 grape, they can't 'bite it' into small pieces, and our wild grapes, weather cooperating, are pretty good size...and they manage to scarf them down, so I would be concerned that a large on might get stuck & choke them. I presently have 2 grape vines that have climbed what is the chicken run fencing (they were there when we moved here a few years ago, I think self propagated, and have started bearing fruit, which the chickens help themselves to. maybe I'm a worry wart?

But there are some champagne grapes growing wild @ the college, and I thought I might, this year, collect some grapes from it and try planting them when I extend my run...and put in a grape arbor (with grapes I won't have to worry about them eating & choking on!)

Take sniippings of the vine and root that. Growing from seed likely won't produce a good grape, but if you take a cutting and root or graft that then you will have a plant that is the parent plant.

This is how all the varieties of fruiting trees and grapes are propogate. Even bananas!