Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

No mountain is too high .. ..
I brought a huge pile of semi rotted leaves into the Palace grounds.

This was a bit daunting for the Princesses at first. But, nothing deters Elizabeth ..

And 20 minutes later all that was left was this ..

Now I have to go get some more leaves!

 

[Ribh]

They know how to Break your Heart

Sydney was back on the nest this afternoon.
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So I went and removed all the eggs, ceramic included, and I removed Sydney. She came to the house with the flock and had some mealy worms.

And then she went back to the empty nest to sit.

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Why is she sitting on no eggs? It's just sad.

I have one of those @ present too.

 

[Ribh]

I guess it would take more than that to get rid of me ... and I would miss my friends here too much ❤

It seems I've missed something. Glad you're still with us.

 

[LozzyR]

A while back when I was without power for 5 days I mentioned how the live wire had turned the dirt to glass.
@BY Bob I think you said you were interested in seeing it. Of course I forgot but was in that area just now ‘cos another branch came down so I took some pics.
A bit difficult to show properly but I took some shots of the whole scorched area and some close-ups of the edges of the hole that the wire punched through the dirt and then I broke off some of the glass bits. Here goes (sorry if boring and not chicken related):
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Wow, not boring at all! That is fascinating, thanks for sharing!

 

[WhoDatChick]

Yall, I thought the bunny had mites so I brought her to a vet and found out that this vet also sees chickens! So now I have a chicken and bunny vet! And, no mites
Plus, just for FYI... bunny mites cannot transfer to chickens and vice versa... that was my main concern when I went on the bunny thread ... and why I ran to the vet! I needed piece of mind!

 

[WhoDatChick]

No mountain is too high .. ..
I brought a huge pile of semi rotted leaves into the Palace grounds.
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This was a bit daunting for the Princesses at first. But, nothing deters Elizabeth ..
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And 20 minutes later all that was left was this ..

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Now I have to go get some more leaves!

This is the best! And always their favorite... after they realize that what you left behind isn’t the swamp monster!!

 

[RoyalChick]

This is the best! And always their favorite... after they realize that what you left behind isn’t the swamp monster!!

Exactly right.
Elizabeth went in ready to tackle the swamp monster and instead found lots of lovely wriggly things!

 

[MaryJanet]

A while back when I was without power for 5 days I mentioned how the live wire had turned the dirt to glass.
@BY Bob I think you said you were interested in seeing it. Of course I forgot but was in that area just now ‘cos another branch came down so I took some pics.
A bit difficult to show properly but I took some shots of the whole scorched area and some close-ups of the edges of the hole that the wire punched through the dirt and then I broke off some of the glass bits. Here goes (sorry if boring and not chicken related):
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Ooooh that's coooool

 

[MaryJanet]

I think I will go out and get some more pieces - especially the round 'bubbly' ones and put a handful of them in a glass bowl to display them.
The electric utility guy told me they are really glass (not 'glass-like'). Apparently the way you make glass is by applying great heat to sand and the only difference here is there are a lot of other impurities (aka mud!).
They certainly feel like glass, it sounds like glass when you tap them, and if you break off a spiny bit it breaks like glass and is sharp.
Definitely in the weird and wonderful category and sort of a miracle the nearby shrubbery didn't burst into flames.

I was going to ask how much sand is in your soil! I wonder whether your new glass can refract light. Hmmm.

 

[Shadrach]

A while back when I was without power for 5 days I mentioned how the live wire had turned the dirt to glass.
@BY Bob I think you said you were interested in seeing it. Of course I forgot but was in that area just now ‘cos another branch came down so I took some pics.
A bit difficult to show properly but I took some shots of the whole scorched area and some close-ups of the edges of the hole that the wire punched through the dirt and then I broke off some of the glass bits. Here goes (sorry if boring and not chicken related):
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That's amazing! How many amps did it take to do that?