Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[LaFemmeKatia]

Wellllll...she's in the infirmary tonight. Giant egg by 530 am this morning, soft shell egg at 530p and a shell less egg by 630p.
Her vet appt is Friday for initial consult... I think if vet agrees, we will do hormone implant.

Oh no. I’m sorry. Poor girl. I think the hormone therapy might be the best for her.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

As some of you are aware, I've been moving around a bit.
This is Clevedon a few miles down the coast from Bristol. My eldest daughter and I spent a lovley afternoon walking one of the coastal paths here.
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Not far from Bristol heading inland is the city of Bath. I took my daughters mother here for the day. I'm still struggling with that frustrating gadget called the smart phone, paticulalry the camera which has it's own idea of the pictures I should be taking. The city is stupid expensive. Don't bother looking for some classic city houses unless you've got a million plus to spend. There are some lovley little cobbled streets and stacks of history. Anyway, some culture shots.
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Beautiful place!

 

[LozzyR]

It has been a while. I was on a very boring, forever-taking, conference call today.

Good to see your multi-tasking skills!

 

[LozzyR]

That was a great education! Thanks for sharing. Mrs BY Bob and giggled a lot.

I do have to point out one thing. Sadly it think there is an error in the document.

Spoiler: An Error

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I missed that, well spotted!

 

[goldenfingers]

Mugs Monday

Everyone pick your favorite!

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[LozzyR]

Best typo ever!

What were we saying about dumbphones?

I missed that one too! You must have corrected it before I saw your original post.

 

[featherhead007]

I've got a two mile radius on most days....but so many other destinations once things open up to cross off my bucket list! Told hubby our next big anniversary will be celebrated with a big trip! I'm pushing for Africa

I like the song by Toto but that’s About it by Africa

 

[LozzyR]

I also prefer the old-fashioned method. I have seen a few stories of chickens getting caught under the door. Plus, I actually go in the coop when they are all roosting and count them to make sure I have them all. I’m one of THOSE moms.

I do that too; I call it “tucking the girls in”.

 

[featherhead007]

I can't! You know I love Phyllis and am totally biased.

100,000 votes for Phyllis. Nuff said! And if Jaffar could vote, make it 100,001!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I love the omlet one

I don't have a comparison to judge by, but Omlet is the type of auto-door I have too, and it's worked out. I use the timer and have not tried the light sensor. It has the anti-crush push sensor on the side jamb that works well. One slight nudge, or a tail feather in there, and it reverses and then tries again. It will try four times before it quits. I check the coop and the runs every night, haven't got a camera yet. It has not closed a few times, I think from general roosting shenanigans and the crush sensor. The door track is very sensitive, I have had it not close (once), not because of the crush sensor but because it detects some crud on or in the inside track. General dirt on the threshold doesn't cause problems, good thing cause chickens have dirty feet, but bits in the runner track will.

The manual outer coop door is still operational from the top even with the auto-door installed, which is nice.

I think long-term a door that slowly lowers down via pulley, and is only using the weight of the door to lower it might be better/safer because it's not dependent on electronics for crush sensitivity. You could probably kill a chick or small pullet with it though, and the Omlet door would not. I have not heard any stories or rumors on the Omlet Facebook. Group or internet about it hurting any chickens, and it's been around for awhile. Most problems are when there is anything amiss detected, it won't close, and you have to figure out why, and the readout panel is a bit obscure as to what's going on.