Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[MaryJanet]

I have a feeling she once belonged to someone (since she’s a bantam hen), but she’s been visiting my yard every day for the last year.

She's gorgeous!

 

[RoyalChick]

So one of the neighborhood hens, who I’ve named Pearl, stopped by and introduced me to her baby chicks this afternoon

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Oh oh oh oh! Words fail how adorable they are and that she brings them to meet you and lets you touch them.

 

[MaryJanet]

I'm so grateful you did. I think it would be a good idea to link it every week or so because people like myself for instance cannot get bookmarks on their phones.

Thank you so much

Does this help Marie?

I only use BYC on my phone and I can find the bookmarks by turning it sideways.

 

[MaryJanet]

Wormwood is Artemisia absinthium - it is bitter and used as a flavoring in absinthe. It is mildly toxic and repels bugs like fleas and lice (a few leaves in the nest boxes would be a good idea maybe?).
In the middle ages it was believed to be a preventative against intestinal worms and there has been at least one academic study that shows it as effective against tapeworms in dogs (as effective as commercial anti-worm medications).
I am thinking of planting some around the Chicken Palace in the spring.

The neighbours have a huge clump of it in their chicken yard.

 

[Shadrach]

I may have shared a picture of this egg a few weeks back. A bit of a mishap in the paint department of one of the Roadrunners.
Every time I reached to crack an egg I couldn’t bear to use this one. I think it is pretty!
So finally this morning I decided to blow it and make scrambled egg for the chickens without sacrificing the pretty shell.
I haven’t done that since I was a kid but I remembered the basics and it wasn’t that hard to do.
With apologies to the CDC I didn’t think to wash it before I started so I did expose myself to whatever disease the chickens might pass on. I think I will survive.
Now I just have to figure out how to display it!

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That is an extraordinary egg. Rather lovely I think.

 

[LozzyR]

That was so worth a re-read.

It was, wasn’t it!

 

[RoyalChick]

That is an extraordinary egg. Rather lovely I think.

I agree - I definitely feel good I was able to preserve it.

 

[MaryJanet]

She's a cat. You can't tell them what to do with any degree of certainty that they actually do it anyway.

At my house, that's a two way street. If you could ask her, Blossom would tell you I never give her enough treats.

 

[BY Bob]

Cluckle Hut Progress

Before I can finish the final touches on the Hut, I need to seal the leaks on the roof. In order to do that I had to clear everything off of the roof starting with the grape vines. Then clean the glass on the roof.

I was able to do that today. Here is the roof cleaned up.

The roof is comprised of 4 pieces of patio door glass with tempered glass from old storm doors covering the seems and gaps. Tomorrow I will use sealant to attach the tempered glass pieces to the patio door glass and close the gaps where the water is seeping through.

I closed the final gaps in the wire created by the "Hut" by placing this 2x4 and screwing the wire to it on the back side.

 

[BY Bob]

So one of the neighborhood hens, who I’ve named Pearl, stopped by and introduced me to her baby chicks this afternoon

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Just wonderful!