Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[LozzyR]

Yeah, we do that too. Yesterday I caught Tuppence drinking from one of the waterlily buckets ~ & that water is filthy. Perfectly good clean water in the coop, but nope, she gotta drink the disgusting stuff.

You can lead a chook to water..... but if you want them to drink you have to tip it onto the ground.

 

[MaryJanet]

so true!

 

[BY Bob]

I hope ByBob and anyone else who may be offended will forgive me for the morbid pictures.
I read so often on BYC how wonderful and easy chicken keeping is. It seems it doesn't matter how you keep them, they die in runs, in coops and out in the open.
I certainly haven't and I think I speak for many others, you don't get used to it. All the deaths hurt.
A thing I've always liked about the Irish is the wake and how they deal with death. Many in civilized countries hide the whole business of dying away from the rest of society.
I have the dead in the house while I dig their graves. They all take something with them for the ferry man.

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I am not offended. I posted a picture of Patsy in my arms. Death is a part of life. You treat yours with deep respect and I appreciate that.

 

[LozzyR]

So I went and got some straw bales today and also some more shade cloth (and got a $20 discount! ). My poor father-in-law now has straw all through his car! I offered to help him clean it! Anyway, I made a little pyramid and tied the string together so it shouldn’t move.

 

[BY Bob]

So I went and got some straw bales today and also some more shade cloth (and got a $20 discount! ). My poor father-in-law now has straw all through his car! I offered to help him clean it! Anyway, I made a little pyramid and tied the string together so it shouldn’t move.

Show us what it looks like! It sounds great.

 

[LozzyR]

 

[ValerieJ]

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That's cool! What is it for?

 

[LozzyR]

Show us what it looks like! It sounds great.

For some reason, when I tried to attach the pic from my phone, it was sideways, so I jumped on my iPad and uploaded from there.

 

[LozzyR]

That's cool! What is it for?

Some shade and something to play on. I think Lucy was a monkey in a previous life.

 

[BY Bob]

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That will work great for them to hide in from the sun. Nice job