Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

These girls are the reason that if I was in a position that if it meant to keep chickens confined in a coop 24/7 was the only way to keep them I would not have any. He had more predator issues then I do so his only option was no free ranging at all. His chicks that he ordered this spring never came and he is happy about it. Don't get me wrong, he and his wife loved their chickens, but came to the conclusion that if these girls were given a shot at a place where they could free range eventually and be "chickens" it was for the best. My mom and his wife have become Facebook buddies and have a shared interest in yard sales and estate sales. They've already made plans to get together when covid dies down in our area and hit a few "junk sales" as I call them. It would not surprise me at all that if when I got sawdust delivered that she tags along to come visit "her girls" and that would be perfectly fine. In fact when my sawdust is delivered I'm sending a dozen eggs home with him.

 

[rural mouse]

I did actually get snow shoes and perhaps predictably as soon as they arrived the snow melted. There is always this winter!

Better to have and not need than need and not have. Because we can (and have) gotten the occasional snow in the summer, the winter travel kits never leave the car and we take at least a jacket (if not heavier gear) everywhere. The travel kits include matches, hatchet/saw, knife, flashlights, blankets, sand, shovels, jumper cables, oil, coolant/antifreeze, rope or some sort of tow cables, tire iron, spare tire (none of those silly little donuts), gloves, hats, scarves, food and water, phone, battery pack (solar powered are very nice). Cell signals can be spotty so being prepared to hunker down until found (or going for a hike to find signal) is wise. most of the time the kit gets used to rescue others. Lots of farmers/ranchers = have to get themselves out because won't get out otherwise. Many have CB radios in all the rigs so they can contact the house. sometimes they're rescuing the cows instead....they can get into some of the hardest places.

 

[rural mouse]

That last definitely requires a tax.

This is Twirp. Not positive what she is. Best guess: Legbar, but she hasn't popped a crest yet (neither have the sapphires). Probably have to wait for eggs. She looked like a classic chipmunk baby but with willow green legs.

 

[featherhead007]

Shortly after we first got ours (silver is only one left of that group), they were still figuring out the "go into the coop before dark" thing. (We were just as lost on the how tos). Full dark, they're in the car port. Trying to herd then down the hill to the coop. 8 inches of snow...silver scooted PDQ. Buster (SLW roo gotten by fox in May) wasn't going without Lady (barred rock, lost to injury in April 2020). She was NOT happy about the process, but got smart.... hopped up on the tip of my boot to stay out of the snow. I wear kids sized shoes, so I'm floundering down the hillside through the snow walking on 1 heel only to keep my toes up with a large hen perched on the tip and Buster supervising the whole way, complaining about the snow, his hens getting messed with, it's dark, the snow, his feathers were ruffled, the snow...

@featherhead007
ALEX, come and get me I really want Bob's chicks and I just got too have them .

Babies now I'm really broody

Me first! But I don't steal precious things from Bob, He's my friend!

 

[Marie2020]

Jaffar where for art thy Jaffar

Quick before amber catches me flirting

 

[rural mouse]

Oh no! That is sort of sad and funny at the same time. I bet you are right - something unfamiliar and lime green is inherently terrifying. Like lettuce the very first time.

Like feeding them red cabbage?

 

[Marie2020]

Me first! But I don't steal precious things from Bob, He's my friend!

He's mine too, I hope but these babies are more tempting than chocolate

 

[RoyalChick]

That would be just my luck. Then I would misplace them when it snows the following year and find them again in either the spring or summer

That would be me too - but @rural mouse made me realize that the right place for them is the car. Now if I can just find them I will store them in the car ... ... ...

 

[rural mouse]

Let's go with that! 35 chicks please!

+1 just in case?

 

[rural mouse]

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I've been using this too! I like the protein content, especially for molting/winter