Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[LozzyR]

I'm sure.

I would have to change a lot to be able to do that. I want to be that great a person but I also know my limitations. My heart could not take it. You are a much better person than me.

To be perfectly honest, I was really naive as to how long they would live.

 

[BY Bob]

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Nice mug.

 

[micstrachan]

Chicken Tax.​

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Oh my gosh! Those balls of fluff!!!

 

[Kris5902]

I'm sure.

I would have to change a lot to be able to do that. I want to be that great a person but I also know my limitations. My heart could not take it. You are a much better person than me.

You are a great person Bob, don’t ever think otherwise! And understanding our own limitations is both precious, and hard earned. And the way we all find that point is hitting the “I could never do that again” point. Finding your own limits breaks you a little bit. Hopefully only a little bit. But they are things we need to find out on our own. (Or I might have been a Vet, myself)

To be perfectly honest, I was really naive as to how long they would live.

But you were still there for them, and that difference was everything to them, I’m sure. That’s what really matters in the end.

 

[micstrachan]

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Preggo DOGGO

What a love!

 

[micstrachan]

I took a video of everyone in the coop tonight. Please excuse my stupid voice, it's been a long weekend.

your voice is adorable. And so are the birds!

 

[Scrambles83]

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That sounds about right, re cutting costs. I’ve put a new perch in, although it’s quite close to the floor as I screwed the original perch to the plank of wood and slotted it in. I also took @Aussie-Chookmum ’s advice and put a big bit of cardboard in over the nest.

I know this is an old post but did you put the cardboard in at night so the young hens can’t sleep in the nesting box and are kinda forced to roost?
I just put an extra roost in my prefab coop yesterday because Bok has decided to take up the whole original one now she is roosting again which meant the little ones spent the the night in the nesting boxes where she normally would be
Can you go out after dark and move them to the roost instead of blocking it off or will that not get them to learn what to do because I am doing it for them?

 

[fuentemoon]

Hmmm Alinta is the name of an energy company. But perhaps it has a meaning in one of the aboriginal languages.

Fire if I remember correctly I have it written in one of my little notebooks somewhere...

 

[LozzyR]

But you were still there for them, and that difference was everything to them, I’m sure. That’s what really matters in the end.

Thanks Kris. Lucy really was a mummy’s girl.

 

[LozzyR]

I know this is an old post but did you put the cardboard in at night so the young hens can’t sleep in the nesting box and are kinda forced to roost?
I just put an extra roost in my prefab coop yesterday because Bok has decided to take up the whole original one now she is roosting again which meant the little ones spent the the night in the nesting boxes where she normally would be
Can you go out after dark and move them to the roost instead of blocking it off or will that not get them to learn what to do because I am doing it for them?

Out of the nine hens I’ve had, only two have ever roosted and one of them has decided she prefers not to roost. You may come across a later post showing that I moved the roost higher, but I’m limited to how high I can get it as it’s a prefab. I do actually block off the nests with cardboard, which forces them to sleep in the main bit as a) the nesting box lids were getting mouldy, b) the main bit has a higher roof and a window for ventilation and c) it keeps the nests cleaner for longer.

Edit: forgot to answer your last questions; they may learn if you keep moving them after dark, or they may choose to ignore your wishes and continue to bed in the nest.