Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Good Lord what a rukus!

They were very vocal today! Lots of bawking going on.

 

[Kris5902]

She is quite the looker and a great model! More pictures are just fine! Does she have a name?

No name yet, I’m sure she will have one though, just before I got those pics she was relaxing in the sun with her best chicken friend, who this morning is having some trouble walking. I believe she was jumped by a cockerel while still in the coop this morning before I let them out. I wasn’t able to get a pic of the two of them together because her buddy is even less trustful of the foodbringer, still. Well today she discovered today the giant weird rooster isn’t actually that bad, as I carried her out for a drink and some treats, then put her in the least favourite nest box for some added cover. Pretty sure it’s just a little strain, and she needs to rest it. I also had a jolly time chasing the 6jerks away while she was drinking.

 

[Ponypoor]

Sydney is a little over 2

Ok so not elderly by any means

 

[Ponypoor]

Russ and Louis are Tennessee Walkers. Dirt is a Rocky Mountain Horse.

All lovely breeds

 

[Ponypoor]

Question:

Is kiwi ok for chickens?

 

[rural mouse]

Hardly any snow! Nice! Looks like lots of great places to ride also.

What sort of predators do you have there? It looks very open with hardly any trees, I bet coyotes, do you also have bobcat?

Predator list, ground only, not including eagles, owls, hawks, etc.

Wolf, coyote, fox, bear (black and griz), mountain lion, bobcat, wolverine, weasel....have seen everything on the list except bear and mountain lion within 20 miles of home. Have seen bear (both kinds) in state, just not that close. Neighbors have had bear and lion in area, prior to us moving here.

 

[rural mouse]

Breakfast

Breakfast hopeful

 

[Ponypoor]

Predator list, ground only, not including eagles, owls, hawks, etc.

Wolf, coyote, fox, bear (black and griz), mountain lion, bobcat, wolverine, weasel....have seen everything on the list except bear and mountain lion within 20 miles of home. Have seen bear (both kinds) in state, just not that close. Neighbors have had bear and lion in area, prior to us moving here.

Wow that's a list! Minus the Wolverines (much further northern Ontario for that), no grizzlies and cougars (though some here might challenge me on that), same here.

Otters are big here too, saw one run across the road in front of my truck Thur on my way home from work! Then Friday morning a coyote roaming my neighbours field. Oh and Lynx - so awesome! We get a couple black bears every spring roaming through, none that stay around.

 

[Ponypoor]

Breakfast
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Breakfast hopeful
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Tell her careful, too nflders she would be breakfast hahaha.

We only have white tail deer here, smaller - that's a mule deer right? I see many in AB when I am working.

 

[RoyalChick]

I'm sorry your Arab has trouble sleeping. It is rare to find Russ and Louis down napping during the day. At night though, it is a given to find them both down normally by midnight until 3 am. Dirt puts them all to shame though. I can time his naps, 9 am after breakfast he's down for roughly a hour. He will then go down again for a quick nap between noon and 1. All through the night, he's up and down several times. For those who think horses don't sleep laying down he really would worry someone. When I call him lazy I'm serious. Even when riding, he is at his happiest at a walk, he would walk all day long. When he is ridden dad lets him walk about 15 minutes to loosen him up, then its slow gaiting *racking* for about a hour or so then another 15 minute walk cool down. After which he is taken to go pick for another hour or so.

I am learning so much (I know nothing about horses so that isn't so difficult!). I thought horses slept standing up. Apparently not. For some reason I find Dirt curling up for a nap unbearably cute.