Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[MaryJanet]

I won't do the production breeds because of that ~ & some of them are too domineering for my liking. I do better with skittish than I do with aggro.

I have to admit Sandy has given me way more cause for concern than the other two put together.

But her personality is twice as delightful

 

[MaryJanet]

And now I'll trot off fo catch up on @Ribh 's thread

 

[Kris5902]

Sounds like my man. Didn't want chickens. Didn't want eggs but built me a super coop & run & spent a whole Sunday afternoon looking @ chicken pictures with me & discussing various attributes before I consider my next buy ~ which I plan on being more Campines, silver if I can get them. He'd like to do meat chickens but I won't take any responsibility for them. I don't eat meat.

Careful if he does, they can have quite the interesting personalities too! And might accidentally join “your” flock.

The usual suspects

“The service here is terrible! Wake me when breakfast is served”.

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I know you don't want to read this but they definitely want in.

The want in because they know she has air conditioning! “Let us in mom, we saw those posts of pictures of chooks in other people’s livingrooms... we won’t make a mess... really!”

 

[Kirkland1610]

Hello from Fluffy Butts Farm! I raise standard Cochins, the ultimate fluffy butt!

 

[MaryJanet]

Cochins! I have cochins on my wish list

 

[Kris5902]

Hello from Fluffy Butts Farm! I raise standard Cochins, the ultimate fluffy butt!

hi, and welcome! I’m going to tag you in over on another thread, surely you know a little something about feathered feet?

 

[Ribh]

Careful if he does, they can have quite the interesting personalities too! And might accidentally join “your” flock.

Yes. What I'm worried about.

 

[Ribh]

I have to admit Sandy has given me way more cause for concern than the other two put together.

But her personality is twice as delightful

Oh yes. They have personality plus but I have to consider the overall flock & my personal wish list. The breeds I really want don't do so well with the Australorps, RIRs, Production reds etc. Even the BRs can be bigger bullies than I'm comfortable with & one of my favorelles is absolutely awful & they're supposed to be quite gentle, docile girls!

 

[Kirkland1610]

They are gentle giants. I’ve had them for years. Now they are the only breed I have but they got along with my others before I downsized to just Cochins. They are hilarious with those feathered legs and feet when they run!!!

 

[BY Bob]

On the topic of autodoors, we're in a hot, dry location so I don't have a coop as such, I've been calling it a henhouse. It's got a solid back wall (mini orb but I'm not sure what it's called elsewhere in the world), the side walls are about an arm length mini orb and two arm lengths' galvanised mesh, the front wall is all mesh with a human-sized door, there's a mini orb roof over rhe top, and a mesh floor to keep predators out. I attached the floor to the coop with strong gauge wire using the lock-wire pliers.

So the door situation is manual at present.

But for the new henhouse, I'm planning to use an auto door thingy to lower the ramp into the raised roosting box in the mornings to let the hens come down and raise the ramp at nighttime because I'm thinking of keeping mice and rats out while the hens are sleeping.

I think I'll get a solar-powered one that has a manual timer I can adjust each week.

The fancy new henhouse will have a run built in and the whole thing will be rooved to prevent flying predators and I'll pave a path all the way around the perimeter to prevent digging predators.

Even though it's going to be a very spacious and comfy environment, I'll of course allow the hens out to rumnage around the garden if I'm home to ensure their safety.

So far it's just a dream, but I hope to make progress on it later this year or 2021.

It sounds amazing. I can't wait to see it some day.