Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[cfonts]

I have the flu.

Get well soon Bob

 

[BY Bob]

Get well soon Bob

Thanks

 

[cfonts]

Kiko was feeling unwell this afternoon (she is better now). Gizmo stayed by her side the whole afternoon and made sure she was okay. He's such a good boy

 

[Ponypoor]

I got this via a search within that organization and got that article, so does this work?
https://www.google.com/url?client=i...gQFnoECAAQAg&usg=AOvVaw0noJDLRiUT0r9OgSAU-4Rg

Yay! Yes sure does thanks!

 

[Ponypoor]

I wish my phone would stop trying to correct me.

There must be a setting somewhere.

Found it!

OMG yes, autocorrect is terrible! Microsoft word will do that, I turn it off when I am working because it wants to correct my Canadian spelling of different words (anything ending 'our' esp! ie: colour, behaviour....) hahaha

 

[Ponypoor]

Tax:

For my rant on autocorrect, here are my gang all tucked up sleeping naughty Misty sleeping up on the nest box.

 

[micstrachan]

What do you do when you get the flu? I haven’t a clue.
I just suffer through
Sorry to hear that you have it too!

You sound like Dr. Seuss!

 

[micstrachan]

It is 14F (-10C) and everyone is sheltering inside. But the sun just peeked through the trees and so Maggie rushes out to greet it. My little sun-worshipper is not going to let some crazy cold temperature get in her way.

That is so completely adorable!!!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

This is a picture of the girl I'm picking up tomorrow evening. Now that everything is set in place I told Rosie about her. She want's to name her Wasabi, I'm not so sure about that. I will admit when I first saw the picture before I was told her age that comb scared me for a minute. But she's for sure a girl and even better if I want to look at it that way a proven momma.

 

[RoyalChick]

Got no pictures today, soooo cold outside, -7.7F (-22C), kept gloves on 99% of time while out tending to the Buckeyes. Yesterday moved all the pellet feeders into the little coop run, the wind was very strong and that is the most sheltered place, and put one right next to the Cozy Coop, so someone (Peanut) can be next to the heater and eat too. She is shivering hard when outside the coop. She looks covered but barely fluffs up, she looks pullet small. Contrast that with Butters, granted she is the biggest, she looks like a walking blimp in this cold. Like one of @RebeccaBoyd 's Marans rescues.

Also upped the temp on the heating pad in the coop to Medium because of the open pop door. I do have a vague concern that too much heat is bad, would it be too big a contrast to the actual temps outside, too unnatural, and could it retard Peanut's molt, the feathering-in? But before roost today checked the pad and it barely felt warm, so decided to leave it that way for the night. It is warmer now, but not great, -2F. This morning I also moved the heating pad closer to the middle of the roosting bars platform, so that there is space behind it and everyone can perch in some way on it or around it and get some part of themselves onto it if they want. Peanut as Alpha has had no problem taking a good spot but I don't want anyone left out. Tonight it looked like everyone was totally on it except Butters, who seemed to be perching on the low divider to the nest box, but her chest feathers seemed to be on it. There's still space to not be on it also.

Gave everyone a small amount of cracked corn right late today. Peanuit got a bunch but then went right back up into the coop. I checked the coop after roost as always and found the auto-door did not close due to frozen poop right there on the threshold. Need a good stick to get it off, probably would break the plastic kitty litter scoop I have, so resorted to the manual pop door. I had the foresight to extend the tarp which covers the top of the little coop run further onto that part of the coop, enough to cover the manual door handle and keep ice out of the shaft of the operating dowel. After I knocked ice off the tarp to get at it (talking to the chickens the whole time, sometimes they talked back), it worked like a dream.

Will try to get pictures tomorrow!

Bone chilling. I can't even imagine! It is down to 7F here later this week and I am dreading it. My mud room is down to 37F, and that is indoors!
Remind me what your heat pad set-up is. I have never provided heat but am wondering if I should have something available.