Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

I got my eye on you he can't have you

Forget the cat please rub my belly

 

[Marie2020]

I'm sure I saw a worm and you are not having it

 

[rural mouse]

Spent a couple of hours in the coop taking pics of the junior crew in training....in the middle of a ruckus...Twirp was upper left nest box when I came in. Blanche came in, started the Bok-boks. Twirp screamed at her (or me). Blanche settled into middle top box. Twirp came down, ate a bit and left (no egg, not expected). Storm came on quietly, slipped into the box Twirp was in, and eventually laid an egg, no fuss, and left, also no fuss. Meanwhile, Nellie came in and set to Bokking , inside, outside, back in, continuous noise. ...15 min later, stopped when Sstorm left....started in again within 5 min without testing the nest box vacated....30 min later (I checked the clock), is still going. Cuckoo comes in for a bite. PITA comes to stand in the doorway. Nellie submits to a peck or 2, then scrambles through PITA's legs (Nellie swept Cheetah's feet) and out of the coop, blessedly quiet. PITA comes on in, only having 1 leg get knocked by Nellie. She starts investigating, quietly. Blanche lays her egg, then stands there panting, decides to hop down for a bite. I go check the egg (still trying to ID which white egg belongs to whom). Blanche fusses, gets chased out by PITA who also chases out Cuckoo. PITA starts testing nest boxes (after watching me closely on the egg examine ) , finally settle into the one Blanche vacated. I headed back inside to start the post, meanwhile the ruckus started again. Nellie went back in and started fussing. PITA joined in and Cheetah went running off to maybe try to settle it.

Leaving pics at the bottom.

 

[MaryJanet]

How are the chicks going @RoyalChick ? All good?

 

[MaryJanet]

I'm sure I saw a worm and you are not having it
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That's nice terrain for them to live on. Do any plants grow there at other times of the year?

 

[RoyalChick]

How are the chicks going @RoyalChick ? All good?

They really are hooligans. They are wildly active with one incessant game of tag. Lots of laughs.
I was going to take them on a field trip to meet grass, but it has been so cold I have held off. I think at the weekend I will move them to the garage to get acclimatized to some lower temperatures before moving them out to the brooder in the coop.
I had to raise the height of the heat plate today - I think they were too hot under it so were sleeping half out in the open. Either too hot or want to keep their little faces close to the food in case of night time starvation!

 

[Marie2020]

That's nice terrain for them to live on. Do any plants grow there at other times of the year?

That area was supposed too be for herbs as a sort of rockery but they absolutely love that part and there's a tree for them to shelter
I will split some of the garden for growing but I've lost my herb garden

Chickens rule I'm sure you are well aware

 

[Ponypoor]

I got my eye on you he can't have you
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Forget the cat please rub my belly
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Awwww hi guys!!!

 

[Kris5902]

Sad but better than spreading their diseases in your oven

Why it wouldn’t just go for the tasty peanut butter in the innocent looking grey device, I don’t know. I hate it when the drown. But am happy to be able to clean the counters again and have them stay that way. I am still going to put the hardware cloth over the opening. This wasn’t the first stove mouse and might not be the last.

 

[Ponypoor]

Tata, time to fly.

Wave as u fly over