Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Grandmas Coop]

My history with leghorns is sadly riddled with tragedy. I will provide a brief synopsis of what happened with the first 6 chicks.

The plan was to keep 2 chickens and then donate the other 4 to the farm up the road from my parents house from where my very first chickens came. I regret this especially now as i have 6 chickens currently. With what occurred, we should have kept them all. So once the were old enough, I took the 4 pullets to the farm. Sadly, a fox got all 4 of them. I've been upset with the farmer ever since because he took no efforts to integrate or protect them. They knew nothing of foxes or the like having been raised by humans in a suburban back yard.

The two we kept were named Dolly and Trisha and they were beloved by my wife.
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Dolly would pass away in a hawk attack. They were free ranging in the backyard and I heard a ruckus. I came out of the house to find a hawk standing on Dolly's back. I had no idea that hawks could be predators to them as when I was young, there were no hawks.

We sourced a replacement leghorn, Elphie. Her and Trisha were mates for some time.
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Trisha would become egg bound and have a prolapse of her cloaca. I did the best I could with her and she would live a few weeks more but eventually we found her passed away in the run.

Trish's passing would lead to Daisy, The Greatest Hen Ever, joining us as Elphie's friend.
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Oh ya now I remember, I now remember reading all about all of this, I had forgotten.
And what an experience you had, I tell you what.

 

[BY Bob]

I came across this video last night and have rolled laughing since I watched it the first time. I'm sure all my fluffy butt acres friends can appreciate this one more then most of my facebook peeps.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=961966837914985

Too funny! Thanks for sharing!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

If possible could everyone send good vibes my sister's way this afternoon. She has to head to Tennessee in a bit to take her board certification test for being a x-ray tech. This will be her 2nd time taking it since she graduated in May. First time around it about crushed her as she was 2 points shy from passing it. Since then between starting and working full time at the hospital all she's done is study. Even more so then when she was in school.

 

[BY Bob]

So I meant to post this yesterday, but it was quite a day. Will post on that separately.

Here is a little demo on some of the chicken cooling methods I use.

This front part of the yard gets all day, hot sun. It’s just too hot and dry here to keep it green. It would take too much water and we are in a severe drought.

Thanks so much. I am looking to put mine in the coop to help with the high heat while Phyllis is setting. I am hopeful it will get here before the heat explode again.

 

[RoyalChick]

I came across this video last night and have rolled laughing since I watched it the first time. I'm sure all my fluffy butt acres friends can appreciate this one more then most of my facebook peeps.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=961966837914985

Oh that made me laugh. I don't have a firearm but that was exactly me the other day and I found I was wielding a garden rake (first thing to hand).

 

[RoyalChick]

If possible could everyone send good vibes my sister's way this afternoon. She has to head to Tennessee in a bit to take her board certification test for being a x-ray tech. This will be her 2nd time taking it since she graduated in May. First time around it about crushed her as she was 2 points shy from passing it. Since then between starting and working full time at the hospital all she's done is study. Even more so then when she was in school.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Oh that made me laugh. I don't have a firearm but that was exactly me the other day and I found I was wielding a garden rake (first thing to hand).

Most times I'm out there with the first thing handy to grab, either a hoe or shovel. But there have been times a shot gun is needed. Possums and Raccoons are one such instance.

 

[BY Bob]

Oh ya now I remember, I now remember reading all about all of this, I had forgotten.
And what an experience you had, I tell you what.

This is why it is a big step for me to get the Frost Legbar chick. I really loved my leghorns and Daisy was, well, The Greatest Hen Ever. I am hopeful that the Frost Legbar looks enough different that I don't have issues or flashbacks all the time.

 

[BY Bob]

If possible could everyone send good vibes my sister's way this afternoon. She has to head to Tennessee in a bit to take her board certification test for being a x-ray tech. This will be her 2nd time taking it since she graduated in May. First time around it about crushed her as she was 2 points shy from passing it. Since then between starting and working full time at the hospital all she's done is study. Even more so then when she was in school.

Done!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

This is why it is a big step for me to get the Frost Legbar chick. I really loved my leghorns and Daisy was, well, The Greatest Hen Ever. I am hopeful that the Frost Legbar looks enough different that I don't have issues or flashbacks all the time.

Hopefully she has you just as smitten with her as you did with your leghorns but is unique in her own way.