Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

This morning, my chickens showed me, just how spoiled they are. I threw treats on the ground,
but they just stepped closer to me. (Expecting to peck from my hand) Yep. I let them

I have that problem now with Maggie.
Ever since the vet handed down her death sentence I have been giving special treats just for her by letting her into the people only part of the Chicken Palace (i.e., the servants quarters) and we share a moment. Now she expects to be let in there for special treats every time I go in - even if I am just stacking feed bins or collecting eggs.

 

[ILoveDaffy]

She is an EE... her full name is Daffodil.. this is before molt...View attachment 2412889

Mine was named Daffodil too, but she was a buff orpington!

 

[BY Bob]

Hopefully this will help.
So far nobody has dug under the skirt. They find little gaps where the horizontal skirt joins the vertical hardware cloth. They are fixed together but not tightly enough it seems.
In terms of the hot wire set up it is still a bit temporary but here are the parts.
1) This is where the juice comes from. It is the only expensive part of the set-up. It is a solar panel fixed to a 6 Volt battery.
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2) This is the hot wire. I set it up as a loop with one low down and one higher up. I set the heights after observing the raccoon behavior. They poke their nose low down and stand up and lean their paws higher up.

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3) Then I ran a ground (earth) wire to a ground rod. I need to bury that part so I can landscape over it and plant some shrubs. The ground wire is on the top of the pasture run because that is where the raccoons jump up. When I extend the hot wire to areas where there isn’t a pasture run lid to stand on, I will rely on the actual earth to complete the circuit back to the ground rod.
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it all sounds more complicated than it actually is. I read up a lot before buying anything and was still a bit unsure. But the charger came with reasonably good instructions and I just jumped in.
I am pretty pleased with the set up. The charger can charge 2 miles of wire so I could create a nice safe zone for the ladies to free range with a 2 mile perimeter.

2 miles! That’s amazing! You did a great job with this.

 

[BY Bob]

Sounds like good child rearing to me.
You brought them into the world, why dump the job of teaching them ethics and morals on the local kids?
okay, chicken picture...View attachment 2413342

What an adorable lady!

 

[BY Bob]

You are right, but bizarre cults are the minority. The rest of us shouldn’t be penalized for the few. And even the few have their rights to their beliefs, and should be left to their own devices unless abuse of their children is part of their actions.
Chicken...
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what a cutie!

 

[BY Bob]

This morning, my chickens showed me, just how spoiled they are. I threw treats on the ground,
but they just stepped closer to me. (Expecting to peck from my hand) Yep. I let them

This happens all the time here.

 

[featherhead007]

This happens all the time here.

Point being: (The chickens have us trained)

 

[Shadrach]

And that’s a bad thing...?

Depends on the values of the parents.
There's a little island off the UK called Ireland. A further bit of that is sectioned off.
It's a long story. But, the hatred persits, not because of recent events but because the adults teach the children at an early age to hate. They pass their values down to their children. I can't see that as being good.

How many pictures did that cost me Bob?

 

[Shadrach]

An oceanic type chicken! View attachment 2412745

That's a shite hawk! Are you sure you've been cuddling roosters?

 

[featherhead007]

Depends on the values of the parents.
There's a little island off the UK called Ireland. A further bit of that is sectioned off.
It's a long story. But, the hatred persits, not because of recent events but because the adults teach the children at an early age to hate. They pass their values down to their children. I can't see that as being good.

How many pictures did that cost me Bob?

It's that IRA thing isn't it?