Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

The younger group is 2 1/2 weeks old and growing well. No one has popped their wattles yet and screamed "I'm a boy" but I have my eye on 2. Bigger then the others with tree trunk legs. Unless they are late maturing, which my line tends not to be any boys will reveal themselves in the coming week.

That one on the right with a chick in front of it. If there is a male in the bunch it has to be one of them. Attitude, stance, chunky legs, just waiting for the wattle pop.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Adorable! How do you like that no-slip matt on the roost? I’m been using towels, but have considered something like uou use.

It worked really well, it was cushiony and grabby and washed off easily. I removed the old one when I saw the edges were starting to get shredded.

I'm not sure I would use the exact same thing for adult birds. Two things to keep in mind here - 1) It had been outside, as a perch / walkway in front of their coop pop door, for some months and was likely degrading in the UV light, so it was more shreddable, and 2) Adult birds are way stronger than chicks and pullets and can really grab and pull hard.

I might put new material on the bigger 2x4 rounded board I have there now, but they don't spend all night on it so I am not highly motivated. They actually roost on the coop's roost bars component. It is a removeable platform of small bars set close together. I'd have to measure but they are maybe 1.5 inches wide with maybe 1.0 inch between them.

I have observed they put their feet on them in different ways, often standing on two bars with a toe or two spanning them, so their foot base probably gets a varied position. So far no bumblefoot from it but it has been less than a year.

I recall liking your towels method but does it require removing and cleaning a lot? For a single roost bar (maybe for the log perch in the run) I would definitely consider new rubber gripper material and keep an eye on it and watch for any shredding action. Dried poo just flakes off it and it is easy to wash. A small rubber sink mat with holes might work well too (and be easily washable).

 

[micstrachan]

It worked really well, it was cushiony and grabby and washed off easily. I removed the old one when I saw the edges were starting to get shredded.

I'm not sure I would use the exact same thing for adult birds. Two things to keep in mind here - 1) It had been outside, as a perch / walkway in front of their coop pop door, for some months and was likely degrading in the UV light, so it was more shreddable, and 2) Adult birds are way stronger than chicks and pullets and can really grab and pull hard.

I might put new material on the bigger 2x4 rounded board I have there now, but they don't spend all night on it so I am not highly motivated. They actually roost on the coop's roost bars component. It is a removeable platform of small bars set close together. I'd have to measure but they are maybe 1.5 inches wide with maybe 1.0 inch between them.

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I have observed they put their feet on them in different ways, often standing on two bars with a toe or two spanning them, so their foot base probably gets a varied position. So far no bumblefoot from it but it has been less than a year.

I recall liking your towels method but does it require removing and cleaning a lot? For a single roost bar (maybe for the log perch in the run) I would definitely consider new rubber gripper material and keep an eye on it and watch for any shredding action. Dried poo just flakes off it and it is easy to wash. A small rubber sink mat with holes might work well too (and be easily washable).

I only remove and machine was a few times a year, more for the dust than anything.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I love that story. I can see it all in my minds eye the way you write it.
And you gave me a great idea. I need crampons for my boot. Good idea. Wish I had thought of it weeks ago.

I like the Uelfbaby 19 spike crampons. I have the Large, to fit oversize 10 barn boots.
Tax, in warmer days last year

 

[BY Bob]

Fresh from the vine eaten like an apple with a light sprinkle of flakey sea salt

O so yummy.

 

[BY Bob]

The coconut oil would perhaps mask any visible change in the cloudy look to the cream though? Would the chlorhexidine visibly leach or curdle out? Several items (a big Aspercreme with lidocaine, Kwik Stop styptic powder, Chlor-Well spray, some blunt scissors & this cream) were packed together in a bubble-wrap Amazon bag, so changes would be pretty gradual. It sat in our mailbox overnight and it was probably 7-8F the next morning.

I can imagine that the glycerin could save it....would have to know how fast it could cool down in that situation, and then, even if it got as cold as it could in that time, whether the bottom temp in the cream was low enough to freeze it despite the glycerin. The chlorhexidine spray was solid as a rock (but no glycerin in that, just the surfactant that protected it although it froze?).

If it froze, you would see particulates and different layers as the different pieces froze and came out of solution. I am confident that it is fine. Glycerin also acts as a natural surfactant.

 

[LozzyR]

This got me interested in looking up tomatoes Lozzy. I didn't find any Green Gages but I found this

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TOMATO – Evergreen

(80 seeds)
$3.95

One of the best green tomatoes going around.
Medium-large fruit that stay "evergreen." This heirloom variety is one of the most popular tomatoes grown by market gardeners. The large plants produce heavy yields of beautiful fruit which have a lovely lime-green colour. The flavour is rich and superbly sweet. It's one of the best.
Link
https://seedsofplenty.com.au/product/tomato-evergreen-lycopersicon-esculentum/

Also the diggers club has other heritage breeds.

https://www.diggers.com.au/Search-Results?criteria=tomato&pn=1&filter=ap&stock=&sort=az&pagesize=24

Thanks ACM! I might have to try some.

 

[LozzyR]

That must have been a riot!

She was fascinated!

 

[LozzyR]

How do you know when to pick them?

That was my thought too!

 

[MaryJanet]

This got me interested in looking up tomatoes Lozzy. I didn't find any Green Gages but I found this

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TOMATO – Evergreen

(80 seeds)
$3.95

One of the best green tomatoes going around.
Medium-large fruit that stay "evergreen." This heirloom variety is one of the most popular tomatoes grown by market gardeners. The large plants produce heavy yields of beautiful fruit which have a lovely lime-green colour. The flavour is rich and superbly sweet. It's one of the best.
Link
https://seedsofplenty.com.au/product/tomato-evergreen-lycopersicon-esculentum/

Also the diggers club has other heritage breeds.

https://www.diggers.com.au/Search-Results?criteria=tomato&pn=1&filter=ap&stock=&sort=az&pagesize=24

I love diggers club! That's where I always get my seeds!