Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[micstrachan]

Chicken Palace Tour: The servants' quarters (long post with lots of pics)
The main servant of course is me.
The basic set-up of the Palace is a coop at the top of the hill and then two covered runs stepping down the hill.

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The servants' quarters are where I can store feed and egg cartons and medicine and all my 'chicken-kit'. Naturally, I enter through the servants' entrance. The servants' entrance, like all the doors and windows, were a great salvage find and is why the thing is so big because it needed to accommodate full size people-doors - I was worried at first about that but now am very happy because it makes it so light and airy.

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Hopefully one day the servants' entrance will have a proper step - but for now the cement block works fine. For those worried about ventilation, note the hardware cloth covering the whole of the gable end as well as the soffits.

Coming in through the servants' entrance on the left is the kitchen cabinet which has the nesting boxes (I shared a few posts ago) as well as my chicken jail/hospital/brooder box (which can also just be storage when not in use). It doesn't have its doors on yet.


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At this point Diana is wondering why I am standing in the servants' quarters and not doing anything for her.
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At the other end of the servants' quarters is a door into the main part of the coop (so the servant can serve lunch of course!). It is another salvaged door where we cut out the panels and replaced by wire so I can see through into the coop. It doesn't really need that fancy vinyl 1/2" hardware cloth but it looks smart and we had plenty of scraps left over from the runs.

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And on the other side of the servants quarters is storage - I am hoping to rig up a water system to harvest rain water off the roof so some of the space will be taken up by a water barrel. The heater is not for the coop - it is for the people who are working to build the coop on some very cold days - it can come out soon. And above the storage is more ventilation into covered run #1.View attachment 2045221View attachment 2045222

And now the other princesses have joined Diana in demanding to know what I am doing just standing around in the servants' quarters. So time to stop now and go play with the chickens.

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@BY Bob - I am so sorry. I seem to have taken over your thread. I should have posted all this to a different thread and just posted a link here. I wasn't thinking it would get so long when I started! I will see if I can figure out how to do that for the next part of the Chicken Palace tour.

Thank you for the tour! It’s fabulous!

 

[BY Bob]

Thank you @BY Bob you are a wonderful and generous host.
I hope to catch video of this to share - but now that the whole Palace is open for the princesses they have taken to flying the full length of the structure. Elizabeth can fly from the uphill side of the coop all the way to the end of run #2 (~35'). Maggie is bigger and heavier and usually lands a few feet short. I hadn't really expected them to be so into flying, but now that they have the space to do so they appear to do it mainly for fun. Makes me happy to hear (it certainly isn't a stealth flight!).

That is awesome and so very cool. Video of that is required. I love that they are flying. Sounds Luke's they are playing!

"Bet you I can fly further"

"No way I'm the best flyer."

1. 2 3. GO!!!

FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP

I WIN! I WIN!

 

[micstrachan]

This Happened Today for about 5 Minutes

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Yay!

 

[BY Bob]

Thanks for the response! I'm still not sure what is appropriate to post. I don't want to mess up your thread .

When they were younger last summer, we saw them running toward each other (playing chicken), but we still could not figure out who actually won the contest. Oh well, we'll just be happy that we don't have to watch them fight, like you're dealing with right now.

You can post on your flock anytime. We just love talking chickens here. In particular I like photos and videos.

 

[BY Bob]

I wonder if your Sydney sounds like my Bessie sounded. It was heart-rending. I can understand your heart-strings being tugged!

I just hate hearing them upset. I happens every integration and I will never get used to it.

 

[BY Bob]

I struggle to figure out the pecking order among my princesses. @BY Bob and @Shadrach have encouraged us all to observe our chickens’ behavior closely. So I am doing that but still can’t quite figure it out.

You will. Give it time. Watch them roost more on ther camera. You will see it.

 

[BY Bob]

Yayyyyyyyyy!!!! This makes me so happy

You are my inspiration.

 

[MaryJanet]

You are my inspiration.

I like showcasing and celebrating the chickens personalities!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Hi folks. Sorry I’ve been MIA. My SIL was visiting, we’ve been crazy swamped at work (I work for a public school district and we’re staying on top of coronavirus status and messaging) and I’ve been a bit sick myself. Today is my big 5-0 birthday. Look at the cute card a work friend gave me and the adorable cake my sisters did for my surprise party DH threw last weekend. Yep . I’m a true Chicken Lady.
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Happy Birthday!!! What wonderful friends and family you have!!

 

[RoyalChick]

That is awesome and so very cool. Video of that is required. I love that they are flying. Sounds Luke's they are playing!

"Bet you I can fly further"

"No way I'm the best flyer."

1. 2 3. GO!!!

FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP

I WIN! I WIN!

Yes! That is it exactly.