Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Not is this lifetime my friend. But Jaffar does make up for a lot.

I am so so sorry - won't ask what happened as it sounds like you are distraught

 

[Ponypoor]

Ahhhh! Freedom!

I feel that way when I walk out of work at the end of the day!!

 

[rural mouse]

My best luck has always been with east facing windows for all houseplants, I also tried to grow garlic indoors in the same window… lol but I started it at the wrong time of year.

Oddly, I managed to get an aloe to bloom....2 years running....in a northwest facing window with the afternoon sun blocked by a giant spruce tree.....move to here, none of the house plants have thrived...including the aloe. Am slowly replacing. Now have 2 aloes (shared the store pot). Side by side, 1 has produced babies (a first for me), the other not. Neither has bloomed. No idea what happened to get them to bloom, but my mother (born and raised in southern Cali) didn't know they could bloom either. Saw one in an outdoor planter there (visiting for a wedding), blooming. The outdoor S Cali aloe was blooming in mid January. My inside Montana house aloe bloomed in February.


Proof

Yes the window is frosted from the outside cold in that pic.

 

[rural mouse]

Turns out @micstrachan was correct, they were talking about eggs. They have all decided to lay at once and it is a big mess.
There was traffic congestion at the nest boxes so Minnie laid her egg on the floor in the middle of the coop.
Maggie laid a perfect brown egg which Diana messed up by laying one of her no-shell eggs and coating Maggie's egg in yolk.
Dotty laid a beautiful egg and as she often does then pooped all over it (I think it is an anatomical defect actually - she doesn't shut off the poop pipe when she lays).
So there I am with 4 eggs in various stages of sticky disgusting-ness and 4 hens all yelling at once to be escorted. Where exactly? They are all there together by the nest boxes.

Or the escort call....to the rooster 2 feet outside the door to the coop...

 

[rural mouse]

Oh he is a beauty, what is he? Cochin? Was he old when he passed? He is lovely! I would like to have a little Roo like him.

He simply vanished: suspected bird-knapping. Greatly missed.

 

[bgmathteach]

I would keep Pangoo but he is so big and my hens are mostly on the small side, and he really likes attacking me when I am not looking.

You know, he is young...as he matures he should learn to be 'gentler' on the hens. Most Roos are bigger than their own breed of hens, anyways.
As far as him attacking you...it is up to you to win him over (he sees you as competition for his hens!!) @Shadrach posted some wonderfully informative posts about this. Please give him another chance...he is such a good boy.......

 

[cfonts]

Hi Everybirdie
It's been a while since I've last been on here! How's everyone doing?! What've I missed? I'm sure A LOT since the last time I've posted in here was back in January

 

[bgmathteach]

Hi Everybirdie
It's been a while since I've last been on here! How's everyone doing?! What've I missed? I'm sure A LOT since the last time I've posted in here was back in January

Hi cfonts...welcome back!!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I had to really work to get a mugshot of Dotty this morning. I wanted to show you what looks like very encouraging progress on her comb.

First I got: I am way too busy eating to be bothered posing for your stupid mugshot.
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Then I got: OK but just for one second if you insist, but it has to be right now.
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Then: Absolutely not. I am done with you following me around with that thing.
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And finally. A mugshot for Monday. Her comb isn’t looking too bad.
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That is looking very, very good compared to the last time I caught a look at it! I recall there were two bits affected, I can only see one part that looks a tiny bit pale, the very long, exposed "finger" of the comb in the middle, no wonder it got frostbite. Did the other part fall off, or heal? What is here looks to my newbie eyes like it is truly healing so I'm hoping it continues!

 

[GregnLety]

No two for Tuesday unless you only count roosters. Pic of our young flock.