Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Such a clever girl! It looks pretty protected too.
Is she the only one using it do you think?

She is clearly the only one using it. Phyllis lays my only white egg. No brown eggs there.

 

[BY Bob]

DANG, Girl. Your mad photograph skills strike again!

She does have the knack for a great photo.

 

[BY Bob]

So strange. In California (where I am, north of Alex), it's so unseasonably cold my tomato plants are suffering. Awesome for chickens, but sucky for tomatoes. Tonight after work I changed into sweats, my nuclear hot Columbia puffer jacket and wool socks, and was perfectly comfortable outside. Crazy.

That's wild how different it is.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Rough Coop Drawings

I took some pictures and drew on them so you can get an idea of what the Polish Palace (I am open to name suggestions) will look like.

It will be built into the big run but will be elevated 16 inches or more above the run so I do not lose any run space.
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I am considering a porch on the end and a window either opening into the run or out through the run looking at the other coop. The nest box will stick out through the run to add space.

I am considering a flat roof to give more up space for the ladies to go up. I want the long wall in the run to either be removable or drop down for easy cleaning.

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As you can see I already have inspectors showing up to investigate my plans. I will be working square footage calculations today to determine the size and dimensions.

It's doubly secure from weather and predators by being inside the run. Very clever Bob.

How much will you need to bend down to see inside? It looks lower than the original coop.

 

[BY Bob]

Back to Where it All Began...

@MaryJanet pointed out on her thread that your profile stores all of you photos. She posted a copy of the first picture she had ever posted of Mary. What a darling she was.

This inspired me to check my photo library. While I did not actually find my first photo ever posted, either their is a limit or they started saving them after I started posting. Be that as it may, it led me to the thread that got me to set up an account and inspired me to post a photo for the first time.

Here is that photo from January 1, 2016. Just look at how white Daisy, the greatest hen ever, is and big old fluffy Patsy

The thread that inspired me to join and post was Fluffy Butt Friday. I posted every Friday that January and was the only one until someone joined me on the 28th. The thread would only last 32 pages but if you look you will find a lot of pictures of the Big 3 in there.

As you know we carry on the Fluffy Butt Friday tradition here and you can see how this simple thread inspired the name of our coop and me to start participating on BYC. Thank you so much @DallasUrbanChic for starting it.
Here is a link to that first post if anyone would care to see it or wander through the wonderful pictures on the thread.

Post in thread 'Fluffy Butt Friday' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/fluffy-butt-friday.1023049/post-16320476

 

[BY Bob]

It's doubly secure from weather and predators by being inside the run. Very clever Bob.

How much will you need to bend down to see inside? It looks lower than the original coop.

The main or original coop is only 16 inches high. I have raised this another 5 inches so it will be even closer to eye level.

 

[featherhead007]

Could be the heat. A night in the house might be very good for her.

Could be the heat. A night in the house might be very good for her.

She did sleep for 9 hours, and woke up when I did. I'm trying to get her to eat something.
I'm offering tuna, meally worms, vitamin water, (She's sampling) but distracted by Jaffar crowing his waddles off out in the barn/coop.

 

[featherhead007]

x2 heat could definitely be affecting her and being inside might be helpful. Do you happen to have any pedialyte or even gatorade on hand? Straight pedialyte or diluted gatorade can help if it's a heat issue.

I have "Fix a chick" vitamin water mix.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Better Coop Plans

I have translated the photo drawings to graph paper and sent them on to my engineer for working up. Here are the graph paper drawings for your perusal. Please feel free to make any and all suggestions that pop into your head.

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I would suggest you have it at a comfortable height for you to check on them and to clean out. Save your back! Of course , then you would need a longer ramp, or one with a landing and return.

If it is taller you could put extra perches under it too.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Popcorn. Trying to get a Monday mugshot, I followed her around. First trying for straight-on
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Then I followed her for a bit

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Then I thought a bugs-eye view might work
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Finally Popcorn gave me a look like, "Hey, I'm working here, seriously, back off!" So I did...
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I always feels like a bumbling paparazzi chasing my girls around with a camera. They look so offended.

(Really nice pics by the way. That second last one is wall worthy. )