Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

And I have no waddles, or comb!

That's good. I don't think you want them.

BFTP:

Umm...I would think he would want a comb.....unless he has a complete buzz cut

 

[BY Bob]

So I've had a busy morning. Took a trashcan, half a wire coat hanger, a couple of boards, and an empty toilet paper roll and built a mousetrap. We'll see how it doesover the next week.

Warm day (pushing 60f) so have been out working on cleaning the coop. 5 wheelbarrows out and not finished yet. Had feathered helpers sporadically.

Cheetah kept calling out alerts. Doves, magpies, starlings....all slightly different sounds. Then I heard one I've never heard from him before: the pair of hawks that nested in the willow trees up the creek a ways are back. He used that sound EVERY time they circled past. All the hens froze and watched until hawk passed by. I'd been thinking him a bit of a teenage ding a ling, alerting to everything. Hearing that sound made me realize he was calling out aerial birds vs DANGEROUS aerial birds. Ladies have been crossing the yard via sheltered locations, until he started crowing again. Guessing is the all clear sound?

I need to see a photo of this "mouse trap". I'm having trouble visualizing.

Good work by cheetah today.

 

[BY Bob]

Not when the project is only partway done, not cleaned up, and not at a point that knocking off for the day is an option. Now I've pulled 6 (or was that 7?) Barrows out, dumped 3 bales of pine shavings (5 cubic feet each (I think), waited for them to go spread the pile, cleaned up, spread the pile (they're spreading consisted of avoiding the coop at all costs or scratching in the dirt AROUND the pile). Doing the baby fencing and spreading the straw can wait a few days. The babies arent going out there for another week at least. Now that I've showered and changed clothes, I'm going to head back out with a handful of meal worms to toss in the shavings. Let them brave them then!

The pile of dumped stuff is more interesting
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The lone brave one...Twirp, of course
View attachment 3035333I probably could have dug out at least 2 more barrows worth, but I was done in by the carpet. What on earth was carpet doing in a chicken coop? (Not my doing, buried before we bought the place, don't think it had chickens in it for at least a decade before).

That is crazy. Carpet in a coop.

 

[BY Bob]

Not when the project is only partway done, not cleaned up, and not at a point that knocking off for the day is an option. Now I've pulled 6 (or was that 7?) Barrows out, dumped 3 bales of pine shavings (5 cubic feet each (I think), waited for them to go spread the pile, cleaned up, spread the pile (they're spreading consisted of avoiding the coop at all costs or scratching in the dirt AROUND the pile). Doing the baby fencing and spreading the straw can wait a few days. The babies arent going out there for another week at least. Now that I've showered and changed clothes, I'm going to head back out with a handful of meal worms to toss in the shavings. Let them brave them then!

The pile of dumped stuff is more interesting
View attachment 3035337View attachment 3035349
The lone brave one...Twirp, of course
View attachment 3035333I probably could have dug out at least 2 more barrows worth, but I was done in by the carpet. What on earth was carpet doing in a chicken coop? (Not my doing, buried before we bought the place, don't think it had chickens in it for at least a decade before).

That is crazy. Carpet in a coop.

 

[rural mouse]

I need to see a photo of this "mouse trap". I'm having trouble visualizing.

Good work by cheetah today.

 

[rural mouse]

That is crazy. Carpet in a coop.

what was left was pink....

 

[BY Bob]

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This should be fun! I can't wait to see how many you catch!

 

[Ponypoor]

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Let me know how it works I might use it in the loft.

 

[Ponypoor]

Jaffar can’t get a break! He goes to lay down in the sun, and gets surrounded by his ladies.
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Hi everyone

 

[Ponypoor]

Had a pile up in the one nest box today....

They all want to lay their eggs in this box now.... Oi boy make up your minds gals!!

But they left me a selection of lovely eggs and a lovely golf ball, sorry no light bulbs today...