Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Including killer corn?

 

[RoyalChick]

Why today!? The warmth earlier?

That is the only thing I can think of. I can't get to the servant's entrance where they cannot rush the door because of the hill that really is very icy scary. So I come in the front door and they have been uninterested in coming out into the white stuff until today.
The melt uncovered parts of some pavers I had left in front so there was a tiny bit of non-snow to stand on. But Maggie went all out snow-bunny and was wading through the white stuff chattering and just asking for a fox to pop by for dinner. My heart was racing.

 

[BY Bob]

That is the only thing I can think of. I can't get to the servant's entrance where they cannot rush the door because of the hill that really is very icy scary. So I come in the front door and they have been uninterested in coming out into the white stuff until today.
The melt uncovered parts of some pavers I had left in front so there was a tiny bit of non-snow to stand on. But Maggie went all out snow-bunny and was wading through the white stuff chattering and just asking for a fox to pop by for dinner. My heart was racing.

That must have been so scary. I can only imagine your blood ran cold. I guess she likes snow.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Looks Like Winter is not Quite Done Yet

The sun is gone, the west wind has fired up and is starting to howl. It's still 44°F but it feels cold again. This warning just fired up on all my devices.



WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow accumulations of 5 to 8 inches and ice accumulations of a light glaze possible.

* WHERE...Portions of central Pennsylvania.

* WHEN...From late Wednesday night through Friday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commute.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A period of heavy snow is possible Thursday morning into the afternoon, especially in south-central Pennsylvania.


Chicken Tax
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This is a chicken just floored by the weather forecast

 

[RoyalChick]

That must have been so scary. I can only imagine your blood ran cold. I guess she likes snow.

My conclusion is she likes annoying me!
Because she has been 'not herself' for so long I had completely forgotten her habit of rushing the door and going for a walk on her own.
I posted about that before when she led me on a long walk around outside. Which is just fine when I can follow her but not so fine when I risk breaking my neck with every step!
Tomorrow I will have mealy worms in my pocket - that will keep her close to home!

 

[featherhead007]

My conclusion is she likes annoying me!
Because she has been 'not herself' for so long I had completely forgotten her habit of rushing the door and going for a walk on her own.
I posted about that before when she led me on a long walk around outside. Which is just fine when I can follow her but not so fine when I risk breaking my neck with every step!
Tomorrow I will have mealy worms in my pocket - that will keep her close to home!

You mean to tell me, you don’t have meally worms in your pocket all the time?

 

[BY Bob]

This is a chicken just floored by the weather forecast

Knocked her right off her feet!

 

[BY Bob]

My conclusion is she likes annoying me!
Because she has been 'not herself' for so long I had completely forgotten her habit of rushing the door and going for a walk on her own.
I posted about that before when she led me on a long walk around outside. Which is just fine when I can follow her but not so fine when I risk breaking my neck with every step!
Tomorrow I will have mealy worms in my pocket - that will keep her close to home!

Good Planning! I like it. So she is like Phyllis, you open the door and, excuse me, she brushes right past you like you are nothing.

 

[featherhead007]

It would appear the legbars certainly know what to do to try and stay warm. If nothing else.

Right! My Leghorns have been wearing a Cochin jacket all day today. (Jaffar)!

 

[BY Bob]

Sansa Update

Since I believe that I may be the cause of Sansa's anxiety, I have been trying to think of how I can examine the situation better without effecting it with my presence. The solution came to me this morning, the cameras. I observed Sansa for over an hour this morning via the cameras and the hen I was watching seemed to behave as she should and normally does. She was eating, scratching, hanging out with Lilly. She just really seemed normal.

Then the sun came out and I released everyone from the complex. As you saw in an earlier post, everyone came to the deck except Sansa. She would not come. So I took her over her own bowl of chopped up cheese omelet and fried potatoes. She ate them. After that initial visit, everyone went back to the coop to hang out with her.

Later in the afternoon I look out the door and I see Sansa standing alone in the 1 yard square grass patch looking at the deck. That is when I realized everyone except her and Sydney are on the deck. Well everyone that braved the killer pool cover deserve snacks and so I provide them. In this case some leftover Taco meat and walnuts. Sydney must have been laying an egg and before you know it a Barred Rock hen is sailing over the pool. Flying for all she is worth. Well she did not quite make it but the pool is solid ice. She hit, skidded, and would up on the deck like she planned it that way.

Feeling bad for Sansa, I grabbed a couple of walnuts and went over to the coop to share them with her. She is very much anxious being around me but she did take one from my hand. I went to put the rest on the pavers and we wound up switching positions with her now between me and the deck. I went to go back and in order to stay away from me, she went first. So Sansa wound up on the deck with everyone else this afternoon. I learned that apparently I am scarier than the pool cover.

As I said, they enjoyed their day playing on the deck, grooming under the table, eating exotic foods from foreign countries (taco meat), and in general, enjoying a day out. Sansa seemed to enjoy it as much as everyone else, especially the Killer Corn!

I did not see everyone else leave and go back to the coop so I have no idea how long Sansa was left behind but I came out and found her alone on the little fence. I could tell right away she was measuring for flight and before I could even get my phone out of my pocket, she was airborne. Over the pool she sailed. Sadly, just like Sydney, she did not make it. About a foot short of the other side she hit the ice, slid, and was up on solid ground like she planned it. Into the complex she went.

Everyone roosted as usual and I sit here wondering what to do next. Aside from her new found fears of me and the pool cover, she seemed fairly normal today. What to do?