Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Scrambles83]

Get pallets, to raise a platform for the chooks. Let the water drain out off the property naturally. Bark or anything dead just won’t work. I have tried.

Hmmmm, thanks, hadn’t considered that

 

[featherhead007]

I'll have some cake too if it's homemade

How bout some peach cobbler?

 

[Scrambles83]

Sand?

I considered sand but thought it might get mixed up with the wet dirt and compound into slush if it’s days of heavy rain. Thanks for the input MJ, it all adds options to my considerations

 

[RoyalChick]

Alice had a lot of pin feathers on her head at the end of her last moult and they were taking ages to open out and lose the cuticle around them. I mentioned how I just wanted to get my fingers on them and preen her head. The only time I get to do that is if she is in a nesting box at night instead of a roost. I preen her head until she gets sick of me (about 15 seconds) and leaves to get on a perch.

I found a video of people preening their birds like I want to. They aren't chickens unfortunately. But the birds look like they are really enjoying it. I thought my chicken friends might enjoy it too.

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What a great video. That white bird looks sooooo happy having that done.

 

[RoyalChick]

Ok, brains trust, I am thinking ahead to winter. We have had a few wet days so far this autumn and with our run not being covered I am thinking of solutions to the slushy cesspool potential of the ground before it happens.
I was originally thinking of a tarp over most of the top but I don’t think i will get it tight enough so the rain water will pool and won’t be a solution at all.
So I guess my question is what do you think will work as a ground cover in the run that will not get slushy but will not be too harsh on the girls soft beautiful feet? I think bark chips may present a problem but any opinions will be taken on board
Thank you in advance

Edited to add these pics, 2 things I found at my supply place that could work. Not as harsh as wood chips I don’t think but may provide a healthy cover and drain enough through to the soil but not allow it to be muddy ground if it is a thick enough covering
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If it isn’t constantly under water wood chips work just great.

 

[RoyalChick]

No tomato, the acid hurts my mouth

But you are ok with pineapple?

 

[featherhead007]

But you are ok with pineapple?

In very small amounts, covered in dilution cottage cheese

 

[Scrambles83]

In very small amounts, covered in dilution cottage cheese

The cottage cheese counters the acids? Interesting…

 

[featherhead007]

The cottage cheese counters the acids? Interesting…

Yep

 

[featherhead007]

Isn’t this a beautiful appendage? (Means tail section of an aircraft) but she doesn’t use her wings. I do!