Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

I can one up any bonehead move you did @BY Bob

Was in the chicken yard sitting in a relatively clean chair and Piscia wanted to fly up to perch with me... or on me....
she missed and landed on my back, kind of. My hair was down and I had flashbacks to the parrot being tangled in my hair. Maybe I freaked out a little and made it worse.

Anyway...I now have an 8 inch scratch down my back and a chunk of skin missing.

Turns out playing with the chickens in a backless dress isn't a great idea.

Ouch! That smarts! You have my sympathy. That sounds nasty.

 

[BY Bob]

I prefer my locks to be bird free 100% of the time

So no Kentucky derby hats for you!

 

[BY Bob]

It has been hot here for several days in a row.

Some of my girls don't want to got to bed (in the coop) on these nights. They perch on top of the run attached to the coop.

I have been picking them up and putting in the run. They then meander into the coop.

I've been leaving the coop door open so they can roost in the run if they.choose. It is secure with 3 latches on the door and a cement base buried to discourage digging. I feel this is not an unsafe option to allow them.

I am not going to let them sleep outside of the coop/run. But I am wondering if the heat is impacting their willingness to go to bed.

Do you have a thermometer in the coop? I imagine it is much hotter than outside. I have a fan cooling my coop so it stays pretty close to the ambient temperature. They can get very warm inside. It is likely much cooler to roost outside.

 

[Lady Red]

So no Kentucky derby hats for you!

Mint julep in hand is as KD as I get.

 

[Lady Red]

Do you have a thermometer in the coop? I imagine it is much hotter than outside. I have a fan cooling my coop so it stays pretty close to the ambient temperature. They can get very warm inside. It is likely much cooler to roost outside.

I don't. We are planning for a bigger coop in a few months so I should add that to the plans.

 

[BY Bob]

They are standing on the roost though when you do this, right? Not crouched down on it....This must be what @Shadrach described in getting his chickens out of trees using a T-pole.

It is indeed what @Shadrach described. They are standing when you do it. It really does work.

 

[BY Bob]

Phyllis has determination and gumption, and finds her own way. Very cool. She can chicken with the best of 'em!

I find her very impressive. She amazes me all the time.

 

[BY Bob]

I don't. We are planning for a bigger coop in a few months so I should add that to the plans.

I monitor temperature in the summer and temperature and humidity in the winter. Humidity is a frostbite maker in the winter. Mine are wireless and I can monitor the coop from in the house. I got them on Amazon.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Hmmm maybe I should get a thermometer like an indoor-outdoor one, but one that is weather-resistant. I have one but the unit itself is made to be indoors.

 

[featherhead007]

So it’s “Nestkeeping” not housekeeping?

I could have said “House-peeping “