Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ribh]

Ok with the calendar contest in mind I have some of Drummie I took today. They are all similar looking. Which one is your favorite.

#1
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#2
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#4
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I like #1. He is standing so tall & proud.

 

[RoyalChick]

Here is a picture of Cluck, my flock lead hen. Looking very much in control!
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I am going to stick my neck out on the topic of chicken breeds and guess that Cluck is a Barred Rock.
Did I get that right?

 

[micstrachan]

It's not like you live in Australia with all the drop bears and killer magpies.

True dat!

 

[RoyalChick]

The Heat Goes On

this was the temp at noon today.
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A cool 102°F.

I opened the coop and hosed down under the magnolia tree and coop.

It is 97 here and I have just let everyone out because there is shade. Maggie however is in the one patch of sun chasing bugs.
And in more news. Remember the duck that laid eggs by my pool? Remember she narrowly escaped a raccoon who ate two of her eggs and I ate the remaining ones to discourage her return to such a dangerous place.
Well, she is back. And she had the last laugh.

 

[Ribh]

It is 97 here and I have just let everyone out because there is shade. Maggie however is in the one patch of sun chasing bugs.
And in more news. Remember the duck that laid eggs by my pool? Remember she narrowly escaped a raccoon who ate two of her eggs and I ate the remaining ones to discourage her return to such a dangerous place.
Well, she is back. And she had the last laugh.

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That is so nice!

 

[RoyalChick]

Ok with the calendar contest in mind I have some of Drummie I took today. They are all similar looking. Which one is your favorite.

#1
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#2
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#3
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#4
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I like number 2 best because of the green and the angle of his head.

 

[WhoDatChick]

It is 97 here and I have just let everyone out because there is shade. Maggie however is in the one patch of sun chasing bugs.
And in more news. Remember the duck that laid eggs by my pool? Remember she narrowly escaped a raccoon who ate two of her eggs and I ate the remaining ones to discourage her return to such a dangerous place.
Well, she is back. And she had the last laugh.

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Oh ma ga!! Adorable!! You’re so lucky!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Baby it's Hot Outside

I just checked the Temp Gauge that I have in the coop. Here is what it is reading. (The top temp and Humidity are from the remote sensor)
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I put that into a Heat index calculator and this is what I get.
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109 F and who is inside laying an egg!

Spoiler: Who is on the nest?

NO ONE! Thankfully!
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The rest of the tribe is hanging out where I wet down the ground earlier. I will be going out to re-wet everything around 3:00 or 4:00 pm. Everyone seems to be bearing the heat just fine so far.

To go back to the sensor above, the bottom part of the sensor displays the inside temperature and humidity. You can see that the air conditioner has lowered the humidity significantly. It states that the SE facing side of the house is 84.9 F while the thermostat in the center of the house is showing 77 F. That is from the sun baking the back of the house. You can feel how much warmer it is just by walking into the kitchen. Right now the sun is dead overhead. Once it comes over to the NW side of the house, that side will start baking and until the SE side cools down the air conditioner will struggle to cool the house.

Wow. Yes, I was just reading a bulletin link posted (here?) about the relative humidity really adding to heat stress! Everybody here has been doing okay so far.

 

[RoyalChick]

5:00 pm Heat.

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How do they beat the heat, dog a hole in the most ground and lay around in the shade.


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You have more sensible chickens than me

 

[Scrambles83]

It is 97 here and I have just let everyone out because there is shade. Maggie however is in the one patch of sun chasing bugs.
And in more news. Remember the duck that laid eggs by my pool? Remember she narrowly escaped a raccoon who ate two of her eggs and I ate the remaining ones to discourage her return to such a dangerous place.
Well, she is back. And she had the last laugh.

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Hahaha, this is awesome!!! Go mummy duck