Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

Truly visiting with the gang

Hey there little buddies
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What a magnificent sight too behold

 

[RoyalChick]

Coop Remediation

Someone noticed a while back that it looked like i was getting moisture in the main coop. That was absolutely true. It was under control until the last big rain storm we had. 3 inches of rain overwhelmed the coop roof and I had water dropping inside.

So I figured I would cover the roof with a tarp to buy me time for spring to arrive and find a better solution. So today, since the tribe was already out, I decided to tarp the roof. Unfortunately what I found was easy worse than I expected. I planned to tack the tarp to the existing roof. What I found was that the roof was so rotted the tacks would have never held the tarp down in even a mild wind. Whatever I do, the roof will need a new board even as a base for some other roofing material. If I squeezed it hard right now the edges would crumble in my hands.

So how to ensure the tap would stay in place?

From remodeling the dining room floor I had a very long piece of trim. Using the same methodology I do to hold the shower curtains on the run I ran the trim along the roof edge. Here is how it came out. The arrows indicate the primary wind direction as it hits the coop.

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The piece of wood I used to put on the roof was recycled from its previous life as bracing wood for deep trenches. So there is no shame for it starting to rot but this happened fast.

Hopefully this fix will get me a couple of months until spring is fully here and the ground is hard enough for heavy construction.

@Ribh @Aussie-Chookmum @LozzyR @MaryJanet @Marie2020 @ChicoryBlue @micstrachan

Clever fix Bob!

 

[RoyalChick]

They all fly down. I think @RoyalChick bigger hens will ramp down sometimes. They would fly down out of a tree.

Mostly my big ladies ramp both up and down. Sometimes they fly up from the top of a tree stump - so roughly 2x2' jumps. With the Roadrunners there is no telling. Sometimes they follow the big ladies and sometimes they fly.

 

[RoyalChick]

@RoyalChick remind me which of your hens had the frostbite. How are they doing?

Dotty - I think it is because she got soaking wet in the rain and then didn't have enough feathers to bury her head in. I should have brought her in but it wasn't that cold so I didn't think about it. It was about 26F which is way warmer than it had been.

 

[Marie2020]

Coop Remediation

Someone noticed a while back that it looked like i was getting moisture in the main coop. That was absolutely true. It was under control until the last big rain storm we had. 3 inches of rain overwhelmed the coop roof and I had water dropping inside.

So I figured I would cover the roof with a tarp to buy me time for spring to arrive and find a better solution. So today, since the tribe was already out, I decided to tarp the roof. Unfortunately what I found was easy worse than I expected. I planned to tack the tarp to the existing roof. What I found was that the roof was so rotted the tacks would have never held the tarp down in even a mild wind. Whatever I do, the roof will need a new board even as a base for some other roofing material. If I squeezed it hard right now the edges would crumble in my hands.

So how to ensure the tap would stay in place?

From remodeling the dining room floor I had a very long piece of trim. Using the same methodology I do to hold the shower curtains on the run I ran the trim along the roof edge. Here is how it came out. The arrows indicate the primary wind direction as it hits the coop.

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The piece of wood I used to put on the roof was recycled from its previous life as bracing wood for deep trenches. So there is no shame for it starting to rot but this happened fast.

Hopefully this fix will get me a couple of months until spring is fully here and the ground is hard enough for heavy construction.

@Ribh @Aussie-Chookmum @LozzyR @MaryJanet @Marie2020 @ChicoryBlue @micstrachan

Great improvisation Bob

 

[Ribh]

The Phyllistines in Slo-Mo

I got some video yesterday of both Phyllis and Betty together in slow motion. They way their feathers move is very cool.

@Ribh @Aussie-Chookmum @MaryJanet @LozzyR @Marie2020 @micstrachan @ChicoryBlue

I have to admitt the feather movement is half the fascination of Frizzles. It is mesmerizing.

 

[BY Bob]

Clever fix Bob!

Thanks RC. Hopefully it holds up long enough.

 

[BY Bob]

Dotty - I think it is because she got soaking wet in the rain and then didn't have enough feathers to bury her head in. I should have brought her in but it wasn't that cold so I didn't think about it. It was about 26F which is way warmer than it had been.

How is she doing?

 

[BY Bob]

Great improvisation Bob

Thanks Marie.

 

[BY Bob]

I have to admitt the feather movement is half the fascination of Frizzles. It is mesmerizing.

There is always something in motion on Betty. It's like she is never still even when standing still.