Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[MaryJanet]

Just popping in to say Hi! I’ve not forgotten about everyone… I got a new phone and have been having a really hard time getting on line with it (buying a signal booster thing, very soon) I wanted to let everyone know we are mostly doing ok, and working on raising some more funds to get the house up. FIL’s friends now want cash in addition to lots of Goat meat for life, thanks to yet more family drama. I’m getting close to having the house at least weather tight for winter, I hope.

Chicken news… we have some more new chicks and I’m getting more hatching eggs from my friend. My roosters can’t really cover the flock right now and all my Brodie’s keep trying to sit on dud eggs. We lost Cass to a raccoon, and my friend lost 8 of his hens to a mink (we eventually got the mink trapped and taken care of).

Arduinna keeps going into heat and attempting to go find herself a boyfriend. So we are now on leash at all times outside until she’s actually old enough to breed.

Our Summer markets have resumed, so we are quite busy with sausagemaking. And I’m now selling all my eggs through our general store, which is helping keep things more manageable.

I hope everyone is doing well, and that I can get our internet situation worked out soon and get back in touch more regularly.

Great to hear from you Kris

 

[featherhead007]

That is the the largest pupil I've seen on a chicken....are you sure she's not high?

are you?

 

[fuentemoon]

We had a very nice mild day today, I was of course inside at work for most of it. Still a little reprieve in between upper 90s last week and a return to 100 degree temps this week. Might have to go find some water, what little there is. So many of our reservoirs are down well below 50%!
Edit
Some down south in particular as low as 4% full.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Just popping in to say Hi! I’ve not forgotten about everyone… I got a new phone and have been having a really hard time getting on line with it (buying a signal booster thing, very soon) I wanted to let everyone know we are mostly doing ok, and working on raising some more funds to get the house up. FIL’s friends now want cash in addition to lots of Goat meat for life, thanks to yet more family drama. I’m getting close to having the house at least weather tight for winter, I hope.

Chicken news… we have some more new chicks and I’m getting more hatching eggs from my friend. My roosters can’t really cover the flock right now and all my Brodie’s keep trying to sit on dud eggs. We lost Cass to a raccoon, and my friend lost 8 of his hens to a mink (we eventually got the mink trapped and taken care of).

Arduinna keeps going into heat and attempting to go find herself a boyfriend. So we are now on leash at all times outside until she’s actually old enough to breed.

Our Summer markets have resumed, so we are quite busy with sausagemaking. And I’m now selling all my eggs through our general store, which is helping keep things more manageable.

I hope everyone is doing well, and that I can get our internet situation worked out soon and get back in touch more regularly.

It’s good to hear from you. You are pretty busy!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Hi everyone, I've been busy the last few days and have missed a lot.

First off I want to express my deepest sympathy to BY BOB over the postal fiasco and the loss of his new chicks. Words do not begin to describe my anger at the post office over what I'm calling negligence.

I'm currently in back to school mode as school starts back up the 13th and as of right now even though covid is rampant in Kentucky virtual is not being offered. So it was lovely this past Saturday to get a notification in the mail that my daughter's shot record is out of date and she can not set foot on school grounds until it is taken care of. Fine simple fix and made a dr appointment for Tuesday. We spent 3 hours there waiting only to finally be told that due to computer systems down state wide they could not pull up her record to see what she needed. They thought she might need 2 boosters, but were not sure. They even told me that it would be safe to give them to her even if she didn't need them but with systems down could not print off a updated copy to give to the school so they chose not to administer the shots. They were supposed to call me by noon the following day and if she needed them could just walk in anytime. I heard nothing Wednesday and started repeatedly calling Thursday only to be told I had to wait until the nurse had time to access the system and they would let me know. They did, 20 minutes before the office closed yesterday, yup she needs the shots come in Monday. No big deal, until 3 this afternoon. My sister who lives in the house and works at the hospital tested positive for covid. We are now in quarantine. Health department is supposed to call Monday to give us official instructions on how long and what to do. I do know one thing though, I can breath a bit on the shot record because regardless thanks to my sister she is not going back when school starts.
If everyone could say a prayer for my sister I would really appreciate it. This hit fast, she was fine last night although tired. It didn't seem out of the ordinary as several in her department are out with it and she has been working overtime the last 2 weeks to cover their shifts. She woke up this morning with a headache, sore throat, nausea and body aches. Suspected strep throat as she is prone to it and that is how it starts with her. By noon though she started running a fever and when she left to get tested was already 102. Her breathing is still good and right now only has minor coughing. As long as her fever stays under control and it does not affect her breathing she can stay home, the minute that changes she and mom are emergency room bound.

Hugs for you and your family and I hope everything is still okay.

 

[Scrambles83]

Just popping in to say Hi! I’ve not forgotten about everyone… I got a new phone and have been having a really hard time getting on line with it (buying a signal booster thing, very soon) I wanted to let everyone know we are mostly doing ok, and working on raising some more funds to get the house up. FIL’s friends now want cash in addition to lots of Goat meat for life, thanks to yet more family drama. I’m getting close to having the house at least weather tight for winter, I hope.

Chicken news… we have some more new chicks and I’m getting more hatching eggs from my friend. My roosters can’t really cover the flock right now and all my Brodie’s keep trying to sit on dud eggs. We lost Cass to a raccoon, and my friend lost 8 of his hens to a mink (we eventually got the mink trapped and taken care of).

Arduinna keeps going into heat and attempting to go find herself a boyfriend. So we are now on leash at all times outside until she’s actually old enough to breed.

Our Summer markets have resumed, so we are quite busy with sausagemaking. And I’m now selling all my eggs through our general store, which is helping keep things more manageable.

I hope everyone is doing well, and that I can get our internet situation worked out soon and get back in touch more regularly.

Good to hear from you Kris!

 

[featherhead007]

Just because I wanted to share this:

 

[micstrachan]

Just popping in to say Hi! I’ve not forgotten about everyone… I got a new phone and have been having a really hard time getting on line with it (buying a signal booster thing, very soon) I wanted to let everyone know we are mostly doing ok, and working on raising some more funds to get the house up. FIL’s friends now want cash in addition to lots of Goat meat for life, thanks to yet more family drama. I’m getting close to having the house at least weather tight for winter, I hope.

Chicken news… we have some more new chicks and I’m getting more hatching eggs from my friend. My roosters can’t really cover the flock right now and all my Brodie’s keep trying to sit on dud eggs. We lost Cass to a raccoon, and my friend lost 8 of his hens to a mink (we eventually got the mink trapped and taken care of).

Arduinna keeps going into heat and attempting to go find herself a boyfriend. So we are now on leash at all times outside until she’s actually old enough to breed.

Our Summer markets have resumed, so we are quite busy with sausagemaking. And I’m now selling all my eggs through our general store, which is helping keep things more manageable.

I hope everyone is doing well, and that I can get our internet situation worked out soon and get back in touch more regularly.

Hi, Kris!!! So great to see you on the thread!!!

 

[micstrachan]

Michelle, I really want that picture/art, can we trade?

Seriously? Let me think about it. It’s supposed to be my Margo, so I will likely keep it.

 

[featherhead007]

Seriously? Let me think about it. It’s supposed to be my Margo, so I will likely keep it.

But I really want it!