Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[micstrachan]

Happened twice to me, well more times, but these times had unfortunate results:

#1 Had three eggs in my big sweatjacket pouch. Hung out with the chickens, did some chores around them, had a great time. Left to go in and lifted my knees to get out of my barn boots.
Result: three eggs smashed on the barn floor.

#2 Had one egg in my pants pocket. Better place than the pouch! Played with chickens, decided to do some chores and pulled out the poop tray to clean. Bumped my leg on it. Result: just missed the egg in my pants pocket. Yay! Carried on. Decided to shovel some snow away from the coop on the side. Oops. Roughly bumped my pants pocket with the handle.
Result: Uh-oh. There was an egg in there! Yes, that feels like egg white now. Darn!

Lesson learned: when collecting eggs, bring them in right away. Do it AFTER playing with them!

I did it once nudging the (stuck) door open with my hip.

 

[micstrachan]

Where do you buy it? I get tired of having to order online and pay shipping prices.

I buy it at my local feed store. Along with (almost) everything else I buy for them.

 

[BY Bob]

Good Sunday Morning everyone I thought you mite like this--

Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier​

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I surely do. That is beautiful.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

BTW, I buy PDZ granules for HORSES. Exact same stuff, but fit some reason less expensive without a chicken on the bag.

Yes, I found that to be the case too (eventually). Good information to post, thanks! The one important thing I think here is to make sure it's granules and to look for any other ingredients that may be added when advertised for stall animals.

 

[drstratton]

Good Sunday Morning everyone I thought you mite like this--

Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier​

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That is a very cool picture! I've been to all of them except Mt Jefferson!

I take that back...I was very close to Mt Jefferson, when we visited Detroit Lake!

 

[featherhead007]

Those kittens aren't going to get much milk from her....

 

[featherhead007]

Okay, I broke down and gave the chickens a can of tuna today.

 

[Shadrach]

I am not disagreeing with you but I have tiers. Until this (in the spoiler) is eliminated chicks hatched with no mums are nowhere on my list.

Please don't check the spoiler unless you want to be very sad.

Spoiler: This Keeps Me Up Some Nights

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This is what a leghorn should look like.
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I've watched a few of those "this is what really goes on in hatcheries" films. To the best of my knowledge, most of the farm stores in the US get their chicks from these places.
I can't see any difference between hatcheries and battery egg production with regards to the horror of how the chicken is treated.
I find it strange that many will rant about the horrors of battery egg production units and then happily buy chicks out of buckets in farm stores.
There is the arguement that buying such chicks will give them a better life. The thing is, if people didn't buy them then demand would drop and the production of these poor creatures would drop as well.

 

[Shadrach]

That’s because they have their own roosters. But I know you already know that.

I did think this may be the reason. Does this mean I'm a hen, or something inbetween. Maybe they view me as they do Lock, not one, nor the other.

 

[Shadrach]

Hmmm... I have not yet had roosters. Holding him in your arm to assert dominance and get him comfortable being handled seems ok. But capturing him with the dog going crazy on the other side of the see-through fence seemed kind of mean and scary for the rooster. Especially when he needs to show the hens he can protect them. A little warped for me. However, remove the dog from the picture and don’t shove his head down and the rest seems ok. I could probably have a more valid response if I actually had roosters. LOL.

I think you've covered the main problems I had with the video. I don't know what it is about some people. They seem fixated on this idea of dominance. Makes me wonder what sort of lives they lead.
Anyway, it looks like I'm a negotiator when dealing with bad behaviour here. Now if I could adopt that role for dealing with humans I would get into a lot less trouble.