Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

He’s here on my chest right now, watching YouTube with me.( he loves ww2 documentary films)View attachment 2539899

That is so sweet. You are a lucky man.

 

[Shadrach]

Mel is just out of the picture. Hurry is in the nest box in my house. Tackle is still in the car port. I had no idea where Treacle was.

 

[Ribh]

Anna brought the Pretties in today. They enjoyed a cuddle puddle on the back of the couch.
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I adore these birds!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

I adore these birds!

They really are the sweetest things!❤ They've developed a bit of SLM so I soaked legs and medicated this afternoon. Here they are drying out post-soak.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I don't know why everyone is laughing at this post. Did I say something I shouldn't?
I was being serious. Sometimes I wake up and just really feel grateful for everything good in my life. Sorry, maybe too maudlin to share. It was something about the beauty of the sun on the snow that set me off.
Also, it is an inherited weakness. My Dad when he was in his 90s used to weep sometimes out of the blue, and when asked why, he would say "because everything is so lovely", or "I read some beautiful poetry".
Mind you, he also wept whenever he watched the news on TV and saw cruelty and war and so on.
I guess he just cried easily.
I will show myself out and come back when I am feeling more normal.

So I put "sad" on this post here because you have nothing to apologize for! You said nothing you shouldn't have said. I think your reference to New Jersey probably is what got people laughing, it did give me a chuckle, because you are absolutely right - Northern New Jersey ain't no wilderness, except maybe to southern New Jersey residents!

I did a "love" on your previous post, not a "laugh", because I think I understand your love of the place and the connection with nature you get being there. I feel the same here. It's really GREAT! Also, I often think it can be better to have your own well water and septic system and tend to it yourself. Get your wood hauled in and / or gas delivered for heat, and to deal with your own garbage (though we can get that last service here if you pay for it). Every year some neighborhood somewhere in the US blows up from ruptured natural gas lines, and we've all heard about Flint MI, besides our own town's occasional boil water advisory due to some water main break. Where I grew up, our house sewer was always backing up and flooding in the cellar because the town's trees on the street were growing roots into the lines, and the lines were old, and they wouldn't fix them.

There are problems to solve wherever you are. While I can still manage it, I prefer the independence of the countryside.

Chicken tax. Queenie shortly after first joining the flock - demure and in a good sheltered position with an escape route.

 

[RoyalChick]

They really are the sweetest things!❤ They've developed a bit of SLM so I soaked legs and medicated this afternoon. Here they are drying out post-soak.
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They really are stunning!

 

[RoyalChick]

So I put "sad" on this post here because you have nothing to apologize for! You said nothing you shouldn't have said. I think your reference to New Jersey probably is what got people laughing, it did give me a chuckle, because you are absolutely right - Northern New Jersey ain't no wilderness, except maybe to southern New Jersey residents!

I did a "love" on your previous post, not a "laugh", because I think I understand your love of the place and the connection with nature you get being there. I feel the same here. It's really GREAT! Also, I often think it can be better to have your own well water and septic system and tend to it yourself. Get your wood hauled in and / or gas delivered for heat, and to deal with your own garbage (though we can get that last service here if you pay for it). Every year some neighborhood somewhere in the US blows up from ruptured natural gas lines, and we've all heard about Flint MI, besides our own town's occasional boil water advisory due to some water main break. Where I grew up, our house sewer was always backing up and flooding in the cellar because the town's trees on the street were growing roots into the lines, and the lines were old, and they wouldn't fix them.

There are problems to solve wherever you are. While I can still manage it, I prefer the independence of the countryside.

Chicken tax. Queenie shortly after first joining the flock - demure and in a good sheltered position with an escape route. View attachment 2539990

Thank you. Yes, I can see the NJ thing is pretty funny!
Queenie is very pretty. I can't believe that only a few weeks ago we were discussing whether you could keep her or not.
So glad you made the right decision there!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

They really are stunning!

Thank you!

I've decided this Spring to build them an aviary. They really like to fly and Phoenix has lost almost all of his long tail from catching on the frozen ground.

I found a 12' X 12' chain link dog run for free and I'm going to use that as the bones of their run. I'm going to build a small coop and the rest will be roosts of varying hight.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Thank you. Yes, I can see the NJ thing is pretty funny!
Queenie is very pretty. I can't believe that only a few weeks ago we were discussing whether you could keep her or not.
So glad you made the right decision there!

Oh yes, I am sooo glad too!

Country vs city short story: my band was playing a barn wedding in our area, high-end but in the countryside here. Lots of downstate New York City & Long Island folk attending. It gets dark outside. At break a lady near us starts to talk about how dark it is out there and that there are no street lights, you can't see anything and it's scary to drive. My band mate says to her, "What is there to see? You might see a cow....or a deer actually. What are you afraid of?" She doesn't know; basically she has a vague fear of crime. He says, "They are all law-abiding. Usually."

 

[RoyalChick]

Thank you!

I've decided this Spring to build them an aviary. They really like to fly and Phoenix has lost almost all of his long tail from catching on the frozen ground.

I found a 12' X 12' chain link dog run for free and I'm going to use that as the bones of their run. I'm going to build a small coop and the rest will be roosts of varying hight.

Where do they live now?