Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

A little more bedtime fun and games... Most of my new girls (17 weeks) have figured out the roosts, except tonight the Black Copper Maran with the iridescence and one buff lady with cheek puffs and light feathers on her feet/shanks who didn’t make it up. They haven’t been broody, just not getting the whole “roosts” thing. Perils of using the meat tractor to grow them out in?

Of course, it has to be Mr Marans tractor... the door/ramp is about 1-2” too narrow for me to easily get my torso in. Shoulders go in just fine but there’s two little problems between them and my waist. I can actually get my hips through Chickie Heak and Mr Eyebrows doorways, if I suck in my “beer baby” although it does take some acrobatics (that was last night’s fun!). And of course the Marans floor-rooster was in the far corner. I got her up, with lots of squeezing twisting and shimmying so I could get far enough in to reach her. I’ll admit to a slight tail grab and gentle pull, before she realized and grabbed the floor, but by then I had her with both hands.

These are the images that make your posts so enjoyable! Thanks Kris.

By the way I have also grabbed the occasional tail and done a slide. No hens have ever been injured!

 

[BY Bob]

Chook baths..... not a job for one person!

Also,
Vent lice.... urgh!!!!!

That is all.

Oh no! At least you found out and can correct now. Poor girl.

 

[LozzyR]

Oh no! At least you found out and can correct now. Poor girl.

I was dusting beds once a week and then it sometimes slipped to once a fortnight... I’m wondering if the lice can get a hold if it’s more than a week, or can they develop a resistance if it’s too regular??

 

[mixedUPturk]

I was dusting beds once a week and then it sometimes slipped to once a fortnight... I’m wondering if the lice can get a hold if it’s more than a week, or can they develop a resistance if it’s too regular??

Depends on the chemical in the dust. If permethrin (most common) then yes ma'am the bugs do develop a resistance to that.

 

[LozzyR]

Depends on the chemical in the dust. If permethrin (most common) then yes ma'am the bugs do develop a resistance to that.

Hmm, I'm not sure what the active ingredient is. I need to go and buy some more so I'll check it out and maybe get a different one. Thanks!

 

[BY Bob]

Dirty White Girl

I was cleaning out my phone the other day and I found this video of Daisy (greatest hen ever) dust bathing. She chose an area underneath a finch feeder which had contained nyjer seed shells. Because of that, the dirt was as black as any I have ever seen. The white hen and the black dirt made quite a contrast.

 

[BY Bob]

The Article is Up!

I toook @Shadrach advise and created an article on the egg song. You can find it here.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...r-people-the-egg-song-why-do-hens-sing.75323/

Shadrach, if you give me an address for yours i will add a referefence to yours from mine.

 

[Ribh]

The Article is Up!

I toook @Shadrach advise and created an article on the egg song. You can find it here.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...r-people-the-egg-song-why-do-hens-sing.75323/

Shadrach, if you give me an address for yours i will add a referefence to yours from mine.

I have reviewed, Bob.

 

[LozzyR]

The Article is Up!

I toook @Shadrach advise and created an article on the egg song. You can find it here.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...r-people-the-egg-song-why-do-hens-sing.75323/

Shadrach, if you give me an address for yours i will add a referefence to yours from mine.

Awesome Bob! BTW, I didn't realise you are a microbiologist, kudos to you!

 

[BY Bob]

Awesome Bob! BTW, I didn't realise you are a microbiologist, kudos to you!

Thanks. I'm pretty good when the girls have infections or parasites, the egg laying problems scare me. Im learning though.