Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[micstrachan]

Let me know how they go!!
The place I get feed from here has containers of live crickets and meal worms (they sell reptiles there) and I’ve been so tempted to get the crickets!

I had a starving (molting) hen inside the house for a couple weeks this winter and stole a few of my husband’s reptile’s crickets and she loved them! But yes, I’ll share Operation Cricket results here.

 

[micstrachan]

Did you see the piece of corn fly out of Sydney's beak? I thought that was pretty cool.

I saw corn flying!

 

[micstrachan]

We will need cricket video. Just saying.

Ooohhh... good point! I think they’re coming today!

 

[featherhead007]

Ooohhh... good point! I think they’re coming today!

But not to me.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Ooohhh... good point! I think they’re coming today!

Shipping crickets, I don't have that problem. If my crew want a cricket feast I raise up part of the tarp covering the sawdust. They know where all the best bug spots are and if they need something removed they let me know. One thing I wish they didn't know about. The grub worm spot. Before the chickens, if i wanted grubs for fishing would have over 2 dozen in a few minutes. Now, if I want to use them have to buy them. There is no collecting grubs with them around, and you can't sneak and do it either, they have eye's like a hawk. Today since its warm taking the older group outside for a bit. Hopefully they will appreciate the worms i plan to offer them.

 

[LozzyR]

I had a big day yesterday. 3 separate social calls adding up to about 4.5 hours of driving.

I spoke to my Dad. He used to sit by the radio after dinner and embroider the table clothes and doilies to give to my Mum to encourage her to go out with him. Rather like a bower bird trying to impress the ladies come to think of it.
He says that he bought the fabric with the designs printed on them and he would fill them in with embroidery.
His Mum, my Nana, would then crochet the lace for the border. She must have liked my Mum too.
One of the tablecloth + doily sets took him over twelve months. Now that's dedication!

Alice laid another egg today. I have put them both on another, much larger, doily to show off.
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Given that this is Australia and it would have been an era where embroidery wouldn’t have been at all ‘blokey’, I think that’s awesome that your dad did that to impress your mum. She obviously was impressed!

 

[Cynthia12]

Yes, I sure have! I have wheat sprouts on the counter as I type this. I probably won’t let it get to the fodder stage, as we have lots of lush green right now. Sprouts are a treat for days they don’t get any free range time.

Yes!

 

[Cynthia12]

Yep! They do wonders for coaxing a sick bird to eat. I believe they are very high in fat, so they are an extremely rare treat.

Having said that, I do have crickets on order and some are arriving tomorrow. I can’t wait to see what the girls think!

Have you ever watched chicks hoping and jumping after a bunch of baby grasshoppers? Too funny.

 

[BY Bob]

I did put photo's up of him on facebook, and many of my local friends shared it as well. I will keep them up as my neighbor said that if his owner did step forward they could have him back. I'm relieved she took him though honestly though for as much as I felt bad for him, I'm not set up to properly isolate him and he is going to need some time alone to recuperate. And even though they couldn't get to him, Drumstick and Bumblebee knew there was a strange boy here and they were NOT happy. In their frustration of not being able to get to him, the boy's turned on each other. They are fine, Bumblebee mostly got his pride hurt, but it was the first time they got into a serious fight. They settled down yesterday after he left, and by nightfall the boys were snuggled up to each other on the roost so I hope it was a one time occurrence. Once the white boy is recovered he does have a treat waiting on him. He gets to join a flock of 8 ladies who have no rooster. He'll have 4 Black Australop and 4 Buff Orp girls. In a way I hope the owner doesn't step forward, Sara my neighbor has fallen in love with him already. Took a walk up the road yesterday while Rosie was riding and she stopped us. Had me come look at his hospital set up. She didn't wait to take him to the vet today, squeezed him in yesterday. He's on antibiotics for a week to prevent infection, got wormed just incase there were no other injuries to be found beside his tail. And his name is Chicken Little.

Such a wonderful story. Whatever brought him to this state, he is headed for a wonderful new life. I sure love a happy ending.

 

[BY Bob]

Have you ever watched chicks hoping and jumping after a bunch of baby grasshoppers? Too funny.

I can see that in my mind.