Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Lady Red]

Plant Updates

It's is spring time and it is time to see what plants survived the winter.

I am thrilled to say that Maleficent's flowers and Daisy's (TGHE) Daisies have survived.
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This is the first time that Daisy's Daisies have survived the winter.

I was talking to either @LozzyR or @Aussie-Chookmum about my lilacs. They are still with us but you can see how I have lost most of the bush and I don't know why. I cut out most of the dead stuff last year to try and see what I have left.
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A sweet tribute to TGHE

 

[Ribh]

35 is a handful! I've had 31 at one point and it was mayhem.

I only have 24 & it's insane.

 

[MaryJanet]

I only have 24 & it's insane.

To be fair, a number of them are campines, which are at least double the "fun"!

 

[featherhead007]

Wow, so many chickens some people have. How can you be able to tuck all of them in at night? I have 13 and after the bedtime story, it gets late in the evening .

 

[Ribh]

Overlook my messy floors, but I had to share these photo's I just took. Butter is not only standing, she's eating while doing it. I know her stance clearly states she's still in some pain and she's not entirely comfortable. She has a long way to go to be 100% but she's trying and is a far cry from the hen Thursday night I'd thought had given up her will to live.View attachment 2635616View attachment 2635618View attachment 2635620

Go Butter!

 

[Ribh]

Wow, so many chickens some people have. How can you be able to tuck all of them in at night? I have 13 and after the bedtime story, it gets late in the evening .

It's the couple who get up after being put to bed that cause all the trouble!

 

[Ribh]

Glad to be able to stop by... I took a solid break from all the big projects for about four days while my friend visited, but even the daily chores are still a lot... there’s about four to five hours a day minimum for me, longer if I have to walk to the other side. I won’t drive the 2wd truck off the farm without a license and on our narrow roads (a jeep is a slightly different matter though should I get one working again) so there’s also lots of cardio. I’m now playing catch-up on procrastinated chores/projects I delayed while my friend was here.

Here’s a good farming soap opera plot for you... just needs a catchy title.

For the real Drama, it was all going down at my friend’s farm, where I’m planting my garden and brooding my chicks. So my Friend “W” (64m) who I previously hatched with, has a drinking problem, loves animals, and is a little less than mentally stable. Farm owner “A”(43m) had his cows calf processed last fall leaving one lonely mama cow. “A” has a tenant “R” (23m) and his gf “B”(~20f) living in a tiny home ie: shack with a heater woodstove, and is also renting an 5th wheel to Chefs that keep quitting the pub.

“B” just rubs me the wrong way, so I’m scaling back my gardening and pulling out a bit, planning on also doing some planting around my trailer. “R” is flaky at best, somewhat skeezy feeling to me. So it’s all really about the cow... W,R, and The chef were all feeding her. An agreement was reached that W would feed her (amongst A,W,R, the chef and A’s father who actually owns the property) W is buying the bagged feed out of pocket because he likes/felt bad for the cow. R decides to let B and apparently a second gf I’ve never met feed her the grain W has been buying (and I’ve been bringing in for him). This happens several times, feed is consistently going missing, the cow is getting fat and a little ill. W confronts R in the store over it, and R sucker punches him, then calls the police claiming he was strangled and is being threatened. Of course the store security cameras “aren’t working” but two people witnessed the assault. W was about two sheets to the wind when the incident happened and doesn’t like the police... I can also assume he was being a little confrontational/belligerent. Still it takes a really brave person to punch a 64 year old man in the back of the head... personal aside, my money is also on R and B for the tire flattening incident...

I so miss your stories, @Kris5902 !

 

[LozzyR]

That should work out really well..nice slant to it. At least it looks like it's slanted..?

Yes, it does have a slight slant to it. Come on rain!

 

[Ribh]

To be fair, a number of them are campines, which are at least double the "fun"!

Very funny, MJ! It's not Campines trying to roost on me @ night.

 

[MaryJanet]

Very funny, MJ! It's not Campines trying to roost on me @ night.

Fair play.