Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Not Done, Just Run Off

Hattie started laying her egg in the third nest box despite not letting Phyllis sit in box 1.

Hattie did eventually move to box 1 and lay her egg.

Once she left, Phyllis was back on the nest.

What do I do?

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Not Done, Just Run Off

Hattie started laying her egg in the third nest box despite not letting Phyllis sit in box 1.
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Hattie did eventually move to box 1 and lay her egg.
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Once she left, Phyllis was back on the nest.
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What do I do?

If you want her to sit there is nothing else to do but block the entrance of the box from the other hens. That does mean you or Mrs. BY BOB will have to be around to let her out once a day. It is possible that after a couple days of loudly complaining your other hens will get the message that their favorite box is off limits and you can remove the barrier. I think if she sticks for longer then 4 days its a go and fertile eggs can be placed under her. If that is what you want to do that is.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Here is a picture of the 6 Henrietta chicks. I removed them from the incubator and set them up in a brooder. I'm questioning the 7th egg now. The movement of the egg could have been from the vibrations of the other chicks. Will give it until tonight. It was one of the questionable ones we placed in the incubator and the one that got completely covered in goo. Sadly since they were rejected by Henrietta and will have to be hand raised I'm going to try and place them. I just have too much going on right now to hand rear chicks.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Oh and the horses and chickens alike are currently enjoying their bun treats. Russ and Drummie have forgiven me for being a scrooge yesterday.

 

[Marie2020]

Please Marie, his name is Jaffar, not Jaffa (you know, that magician from Disney’s Aladdin ) and he’s a magical rooster for sure. Just FYI

Oh dear, silly me

 

[Marie2020]

Here is a picture of the 6 Henrietta chicks. I removed them from the incubator and set them up in a brooder. I'm questioning the 7th egg now. The movement of the egg could have been from the vibrations of the other chicks. Will give it until tonight. It was one of the questionable ones we placed in the incubator and the one that got completely covered in goo. Sadly since they were rejected by Henrietta and will have to be hand raised I'm going to try and place them. I just have too much going on right now to hand rear chicks.
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If I was living near I would offer to help.

 

[Marie2020]

I love this photo!

She's offering a bit of the best strand of grass to Alex and Jaffar.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

If I was living near I would offer to help.

If we still were not jumping at grandma's every whim I would have time to possibly brood them myself. Between her and having multiple Dr. Appointments that my grandfather has where someone will have to go with him due to being partially deaf in the next 2 weeks. Me and mom are being pulled in too many different directions at once. My last living set of Grandparents are getting older, they are divorced and Mom is their only child. So all the responsibility falls on our shoulders.

 

[Marie2020]

There’s a reason why you forgot that scene!

I thought it was rather a good idea, smothering theirselves in dinosaur pee. That would put the old dino off the trail

 

[Marie2020]

It's been a very busy and stressful day today. My old boy went missing when outside was buzzing with activity.

(Him covered in goat yogurt)

Roof guttering being temporarily repaired a raised bed being built and hosing down of the pathway. I looked at my first chance and he had disappeared, someone had left the gate open .

All my worst nightmares was skidding through my head at 2000 miles an hour

He came back to my neighbor's garden, my gardener found him.

What was so comforting when people heard me calling they immediately started too search without being asked, a sweet woman heard me from her bathroom and got into her car and another guy I didn't even know, started searching in his van.

I got to the church and a local councillor put the word out then told me to let people know at our local shop. He's really well known there.

Meanwhile two ladies were on their mobiles about to put his face all over the internet. It was at that point I got a call telling me that he was home safe

He was then locked inside my gate with my gardener keeping a very close eye on him.

Wherever he had been he saved a nice big poop for my freshly mowed garden. So double relief for both of us

Here he is snoring without a care in the world.