Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Scrambles83]

First eggs are the best!

Way to go Belle! Congratulations!

Why thank you.
I only noticed because Snow was making an absolute racket in the run because she couldn’t see Belle in the coop.
Later, not to be shown up, Snow went in to lay and of course Belle went in to sit with her like always so all was quiet.

 

[MaryJanet]

Soggy Hens

Let me start by saying what we are going through does not compare at all with what those poor people in Louisiana have gone and are going through. But we are drowning here. It is estimated that we are well over 3 inches of rain today on land that was already saturated with water. I am so glad that we are on the top of the hill. Streams are starting to flood and the city is in danger of flooding from the river.

My back yard is a giant pond right now with standing water everywhere. The ladies have found the only dry spot outside of the coop to huddle.

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that is our old patio table which I stuck in the side yard to get it off of the deck until it goes to its new home. That just happens to be the high point of the yard. If you look to the right of it you can see how the water has puddles next to the pool cement. It is two inches deep in there.

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They are hanging out there because the area under the coop and the run are all flooded.

Under the coop. Closing the door did not help at all.
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A clear spot in the grass showing how deep the water in the grass is.
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The Big Run. Look at all the water by the chair. It is flooded under the grapevines as well.
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The Big Run under the Cluckle Hut.

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If they were smart, they would go up in the coop. But they just want to be out.

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Tables make excellent chicken shelters.

So much water! When will the rain ease?

 

[featherhead007]

I’m sitting here with Xzit, watching YouTube videos petting Xzit and texting on my iPhone. She’s wondering why I multitask so much?!

 

[MaryJanet]

Things in the past aren't really in the past. I'm finding the present often brings a new perspective, reckoning and hopefully forgiveness of things past.

I was attentive to my past for a while and thoughtful of how it colours my present. Then after a while I realised daily decisions are incredibly important because they are the building blocks of my future joy.

It's such a simple concept yet somehow I didn't pick it up from either of my parents.

At the end, I hope to look back at myself and smile with love.

 

[MaryJanet]

Why thank you.
I only noticed because Snow was making an absolute racket in the run because she couldn’t see Belle in the coop.
Later, not to be shown up, Snow went in to lay and of course Belle went in to sit with her like always so all was quiet.

So sweet.

 

[featherhead007]

hopefully you will find room for her, she's beautiful

Does the property you got from your nice lady neighbor give you enough space?
Demolish the house, merge the lots, turn it into pasture. May be cheaper than buying new land as tax basis if the lot will go down.
only works if it is big enough.

My properties are too close to town. The ranch is further out in the country. I like it right here. 6 miles away from my airplane, but having those extra 20 acres would be very nice, and a great investment (just my opinion)

 

[featherhead007]

I'm still hopping mad at the post office.

I will never send live animals or even eggs in the mail! EVER!

 

[MaryJanet]

I will never send live animals or even eggs in the mail! EVER!

I feel ok about eggs, but not chicks. Mind you, Australia Post doesn't carry live animals anyway.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I cheated and Googled it! I know I am severely under-read when it comes to Lewis Carrol. Truth is, I was introduced to Roal Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - by a librarian story-telling session in early elementary school, and I was too young, or too trusting and naive, or something, and was actually rather traumatized by it. After some kids drowned in liquid chocolate I remember suddenly focusing on the rug weave, and the book spines on the shelves near me instead. I couldn't tell you what happens after that, or how it ends, probably badly.

Here was this kindly school librarian, smiling and telling this most gruesome story, in a talking-to-little-kids sing-song voice that I remember to this day. I was afraid of her after that. In a way, that experience was a double-helping of the same dark humor! So, later on when I encountered Lewis Carrol and Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, I smelled another rat. It's only through repeated exposure in adulthood do I have any clue about it. I've always loved the Jabberwocky poem though.

I’m glad I’m not the only one.

Everyone seems to think Carrol and Dahl are classic reads for children but I have always found them disturbing if not outright horrifying.

Except for Jabberwocky. I’m very fond of Jabberwocky. My eldest memorised it for a talent show in primary school and performed it on stage. Our family will often quote lines to each other.

 

[BY Bob]

The Bottom of the Hill

A short video of the rain water when it reaches the bottom of the hill.