Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Aussie-Chookmum]

They are doing great!! Here's Ned from this evening.

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No pictures of Lucky tonight, she was too busy digging for bugs in the creek. ❤

Ned is such a handsome lad.

 

[featherhead007]

Okay, add frustration to my anxiety. Half my chooks are near the coop (where they should be) the rest are raiding my grape vines on the other side of the property, Jumping as high as five feet to snatch the grapes off. I will let them play, but only until dusk. (I sound like a worried parent with youngsters)

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Gratuitous afternoon chicken pic as I water my tree.View attachment 2784730

Look at Jaffar guarding those huge ladies! How tall is he? A Mighty Rooster in a small package! And the ladies look good, tails up and happy.

 

[featherhead007]

Look at Jaffar guarding those huge ladies! How tall is he? A Mighty Rooster in a small package! And the ladies look good, tails up and happy.

Everyone is happy (bird wise) on this funny farm. Thanks for the compliment

 

[featherhead007]

They are all back in the barn/coop (Arizona and Dakota are inside the chickens room. I’m done for the day.
(Jaffar still jumps on the last hen in, so I think the ladies are learning to hurry home)

 

[LozzyR]

He has not left my side since I got back except to hop down and vomit on my office floor.

While I was on a conference call for work of course. Luckily I was prepared and muted.

At least he got down.....

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I don't think you need to hang up half a cow - a bite-sized chunk would be plenty for the flies!

True! I love the image the half-cow is bringing up! ... I'm afraid by us, even a bit of meat scrap in the garbage will bring a bear by in the night, besides coyotes and feral cats and the general raccoon / possums. We don't put anything out until the morning of pickup. Wouldn't one have vultures circling overhead by day?

The other thing is, could encouraging maggot flies to hang around the chickens increase the chances of flystrike?

I may worry too much, sorry.

Was it @Kris5902 who showed pictures of how she raised live mealworms or crickets or something in drawers? I like that idea better.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Phyllis likes to get beakbook every now and then. Here's a post of her chatting with Peggy.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/mjs-little-flock.1334809/post-23043325

That's so nice!

 

[LozzyR]

I will try and capture it - I am on a short trip the next couple of days so will have to wait a bit.
Today there was such a ruckus that both me and the Tradies working on the house came running - I could hear it in my office with doors and windows close and I could hear it - turns out nothing bad was happening they were just yelling because they can.

I know... what is UP with that?! My girls were doing that this morning! Possibly because they were still locked in the run and it was windy, they wanted to get out and find a sheltered spot.

 

[LozzyR]

I am not dealing very well. I'll head out to the coop in a bit and start refining it.

Yes, I imagine you would be feeling pretty anxious and disappointed. I know I was disappointed when I jumped on this morning and there were no chicks!