Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

@BY Bob

Please link me if I'm falling behind.

I'm trying to start my thread off and getting carried away

That will happen. I will add you to the list Marie

 

[BY Bob]

I’m going to have to get a picture of Teenies’ Spurs. She is 3 and a halfish, and she has quite the little stabbers going on! I don’t have any crowing hens I know about, but with so many cockerels and rooster around… who knows!

Hens will usually only start crowing when there are no roosters present. I doubt you have any crowers.

 

[Marie2020]

That will happen. I will add you to the list Marie

Thank you Bob. Please do not think I'm slipping away from fluffy butts. I love this thread

 

[BY Bob]

Thank you Bob. Please do not think I'm slipping away from fluffy butts. I love this thread

No worries Marie. This thread limits my ability to look at others. That's the nature of starting your own.

 

[Marie2020]

No worries Marie. This thread limits my ability to look at others. That's the nature of starting your own.

how dare you not visit my thread.

Get him Alex


@every one even Bob

I've just come across an old thread on hawks, there may or may not be interesting information in there for all of us. One person recommended keeping certain hawks near because they believe some hawks can be beneficial too our chickens

Please take a look

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/coopers-hawk-checking-out-free-range-chickens.1496586/

 

[LozzyR]

Out and About

Well I pulled a Lozzy.

That is too day I did not close the entire complex up last night. I forgot to close the drop door.

This greeted me at the back door this morning as I went to make tea.
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Lozzy? Or ACM?

 

[LozzyR]

So at 6:30 AM, I just got up, as it’s a holiday so I got to sleep in. Sitting in the living room bundled under my chicken quilt waiting for the house to warm up and I could hear a cashew crowing. So I opened up the kitchen door and now you get to hear it, too. I’m pretty sure she’s doing this every day, now. At least it’s a quiet little crow.

That’s a full-on crow!

 

[Ponypoor]

She is out with everyone else. I moved my office to the dining room to keep track of them. Fortunately it is going up into the 60s today so I can keep the door cracked and listen to them as well. I'm going to knock off work early today and hang out with them.

They are sticking to cover and hopefully I could intervene before a hawk strike but I am taking a calculated risk today trusting them to be aware.

Same here, I have had them running in and out most of the day, everytime Pangoo rumbles I run to my office door tho! Good thing I am not working, just whining

 

[Ponypoor]

Out and About

Well I pulled a Lozzy.

That is too day I did not close the entire complex up last night. I forgot to close the drop door.

This greeted me at the back door this morning as I went to make tea.
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So how much did you freak out??!! Did that coffee go spraying about?!

 

[Marie2020]

After Beetov-Hen stopped laying, she grew spurs, but never crowed. (She didn’t have to, she was Alfa and just a stare was enough to keep the others in line) RIP dear Beetov-Hen