Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[WhoDatChick]

Those lovely chickens look so great against the wood chips. Do you have a preference for wood, or aged vs fresh?

For awhile I was able to get wagon loads from my neighbor who had cut a bunch of trees.. but the last time I got some it was loaded with fire ants ... so now I just buy bags of this from Lowe’s... and it is pretty cheap.. don’t get any that is dyed...

 

[WhoDatChick]

Those lovely chickens look so great against the wood chips. Do you have a preference for wood, or aged vs fresh?

Also want to mention that my entire run is covered so that plays a big role in the freshness...

 

[WhoDatChick]

Unfluffy Butt Friday

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Oh ga! This reminds me of the naked dream I had last night

 

[Ribh]

Unfluffy Butt Friday

The molt does unkind things...

 

[LozzyR]

I’ll hug em for ya

Ok, I’ll hug them vicariously through you.

 

[BY Bob]

The molt does unkind things...

It is really unfortunate. Lilly has been molting for weeks. Nice and slow. Hattie is just not as lucky

 

[Ribh]

It is really unfortunate. Lilly has been molting for weeks. Nice and slow. Hattie is just not as lucky

I hate the hard molt. I'm pretty sure that's what did for Namaste in the long run. She just got very run down & wasn't able to recover.

 

[BY Bob]

I hate the hard molt. I'm pretty sure that's what did for Namaste in the long run. She just got very run down & wasn't able to recover.

Patsy always had a hard molt. One year she looked like this and it snowed!

You can see I had cleared the deck in anticipation.

 

[Ribh]

Patsy always had a hard molt. One year she looked like this and it snowed!

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Ouch. That's just cruel.

 

[BY Bob]

Ouch. That's just cruel.

I supplied supplemental heat and locked them in the coop for 3 days until it warmed back up. I was so worried for her.