Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ChicoryBlue]

Happy FB Friday
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Is that Beethov-hen photobombing in the back there?

 

[ChicoryBlue]

How do you like my new Chicken Palace decorations. They are metal cut-outs of chickens. I thought they were cute. They are a bit blurry in this picture I must admit.
I mean the ones up on the frame against the sky. The one in the foreground is a real chicken.

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I noticed those! Wasn't sure if they were new or if I hadn't seen them before. I like the way you've arranged them.

 

[RoyalChick]

I saw the cover still and couldn't bear to watch. Maybe I'll have more courage tomorrow.

Not me - I can't watch.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

OH BOY, Too big for the brooder now, but too young to stay out in the Barn/coop quite yet!
Help! Any ideas would be much appreciated. Please.

Do you have any hardware cloth or small-hole garden fencing you could use as a divider for day use? Are they big enough to not get caught in 1.5 inch chicken wire? Or small-slat fencing works. You can still use the brooder as a coop for night roosting if you predator-proof it, or bring them in at night. I don't remember what you're using for a brooder (for instance you can cover a dog crate in hardware cloth). Your coop is not big enough to divide?

 

[ChicoryBlue]

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Going behind the scenes?

Now that chick is checking the specs on that camera. What a brainy bunch!

 

[featherhead007]

Do you have any hardware cloth or small-hole garden fencing you could use as a divider for day use? Are they big enough to not get caught in 1.5 inch chicken wire? Or small-slat fencing works. You can still use the brooder as a coop for night roosting if you predator-proof it, or bring them in at night. I don't remember what you're using for a brooder (for instance you can cover a dog crate in hardware cloth). Your coop is not big enough to divide?

The big birds are out free range all day. The new ones, use the run during the day. But at night, it is still too cold to have the littles out all night. I’m building another coop today. But a good project takes time (And patience) too difficult to just divide the barn/coop (way to much area to cover with hardware cloth. (It’s two stories high)

 

[featherhead007]

I’m in the spare room with the littles all over me once again. Too cold to take them out yet today

 

[featherhead007]

I was told a secret about chickens, from an old friend (RIP)
A chicken won’t poop on you, if they are sitting down, or laying down. It works! Just FYI

 

[featherhead007]

Do you have any hardware cloth or small-hole garden fencing you could use as a divider for day use? Are they big enough to not get caught in 1.5 inch chicken wire? Or small-slat fencing works. You can still use the brooder as a coop for night roosting if you predator-proof it, or bring them in at night. I don't remember what you're using for a brooder (for instance you can cover a dog crate in hardware cloth). Your coop is not big enough to divide?

Size wise, the littles are 1/2 scale of the big birds now. Going on 4.5 weeks old today.

 

[featherhead007]

Is that Beethov-hen photobombing in the back there?

That’s Hen-Rietta in the background