Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Do you like wine? We make lots and lots of really good wine in South Australia and beaches? We've got lovely beaches. Want to cuddle a koala? Can do. Want to feed a wallaby? No problem, too easy.

And the chickens of course!

Sounds like you work for the tourist bureau.

 

[BY Bob]

What a nice way to meet them all in their environment. Ruby looks really good. Thanks for sharing this moment with us. It is especially appreciated here in cold Winnipeg, -8°F here right now. That's too cold for C to calculate.

 

[LozzyR]

Right down the road a piece.

In Australian parlance: “a stone’s throw”.

 

[BY Bob]

If you don’t mind small sea planes not that far at all... if you’re thinking of driving... a whole long way and I hope you brought winter tires for getting through the Rockies! Our last WWOOFer, who was here over Christmas, just posted a dogsledding pic to FBook, he’s in Quebec!

We should find a way to arrange some sort of chicken convention... I’m thinking we meet up at @Shadrach’s and oust his relatives from the big house for a bit. That’s probably the best spot for being in the center of us all! A little less jetlag for everyone that way

Call it the Wine and Roosters convention. We can all observe the tribes in action during the day. Then sit around after dark, drink wine, and tell chicken stories.

 

[LozzyR]

"Are you spying on me Bucket Boy?"
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I had to fez up. I was spying on her. She was about to lay her first egg. She's been all over the place looking for somewhere to do it. Obviously didn't find anywhere suitable.
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You are most definitely getting “the look” in that first photo!

 

[BY Bob]

And you’re going to have to find a better hiding place for the meal worms, or the girls will get too chubby! Hey, if you let some of them move into the big coop you’lol have more space for some colored egg layers! See you solved it

You are so helpful. Thanks.

 

[micstrachan]

What a nice way to meet them all in their environment. Ruby looks really good. Thanks for sharing this moment with us. It is especially appreciated here in cold Winnipeg, -8°F here right now. That's too cold for C to calculate.

Brrrr!!!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

It is especially appreciated here in cold Winnipeg, -8°F here right now. That's too cold for C to calculate.

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[pspatbyc]

And yet you know most of my new girls have been roosting on the floor of the little coop or a nesting box & all got on a roost when I moved them last night. I'm pretty blind & have had a couple of bad falls recently so I was taking no chances & probably had more light from my phone than I should have had because everyone hoped down off the roost to start with but everyone ended up on it so given a little more space they all did what was required of them with no interference from me.

I use one of those lights that mount to your head. Made by Energizer. Has two white leds and one red led and a switch to chose one or the other. I find i can use the white leds to get there and then I switch over to the red when I'm with the chickens. I can see pretty well but they can't so they stay put . Also it leaves both hands free

 

[micstrachan]

I use one of those lights that mount to your head. Made by Energizer. Has two white leds and one red led and a switch to chose one or the other. I find i can use the white leds to get there and then I switch over to the red when I'm with the chickens. I can see pretty well but they can't so they stay put . Also it leaves both hands free
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I use a headlamp all the time. But DUH! Never thought of a red one for working with the chickens at night. Great idea!