Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ChicoryBlue]

She spent another few minutes on the couch throwing socks over her back. She then hopped down and started to head back outside. I had to chase her down to get the 1 sock that was still on her back.

 

[BY Bob]

Did you ever lose it?

I tamp it down most of the time. But it is starting to explode out of me again. I was just telling Mrs BY Bob how our next chicken has to be white.

Maybe one of these.....

Or these

 

[BY Bob]

I will take two dozen hatching eggs, and train them to attack the trespassers or in-laws… whichever seems most inconvenient to me after they arrive! Mwahahahah!!! I shall take over the entire island with my army of poultry, possibly mounted on the goats, if I can get enough of the Ferals to cooperate. And the store thought the turkeys were scaring off the customers? Wait until they meet the feral Emus and Cassowaries!

I love this plan!

 

[BY Bob]

The feeder issue for the Hooligans is reaching crisis point.
I filled the feeder at 3pm. By the time they went to bed about three and a half hours later they had emptied it.
Of course a lot is going on the floor and presumably they can tootle for it in the bedding - but I can’t see myself leaving the feeder empty.
This feeder is designed for chicks. The Roadrunners used it until they were fully integrated and eating with the others. I know there were only two Roadrunners and there are three Hooligans - but seriously, the Hooligans are not yet three weeks old.
Any ideas?

There is a lot more on the floor than you think. I had one of those and switched to a rabbit feeder model because of all the spillage.

 

[BY Bob]

I think it's wonderful! Go babies! Eat yourselves silly!

It is the one time in their lives that it is OK to do so. Let them enjoy it.

 

[BY Bob]

Unless you are a goat… puddle water is great, and gutter/rain water is lovely as long as it doesn’t go in the rain barrel and is directly put into the RV tank. Store water at $1.40/gallon is acceptable, but farm water and system water are not drinkable… ever. Of course the preferred activity for using this expensive or painstakingly gathered resource is to knock it over with your tie out.

My eggs sell out the day they hit the store 15-20 dozen gone witching 24hrs… if people only knew what the chickens get into… they have water… good clean water which we have sometimes even bought from the store… they drink pee. Straight from the goat, or person, given the opportunity. DH found this out accidentally by peeing too near the chickens… you would think he was tossing out treats we now have a minimum 50’ distance for outside pees from any chickens. I don’t think the medications he takes are transmissible that way… but better safe than sorry, and I don’t need to worry about petting chickens and where they have been quite so much!

I did not know they would drink pee. That is disconcerting somehow.

 

[featherhead007]

Coop time, and Shenandoah is still outside somewhere. Everyone else came in on time. I’m still waiting.

 

[LozzyR]

I recall Mark was concerned about the right sort of fat, hence the prescription of cottage cheese in Peggy's diet.

I might have to get hubs to buy some cottage cheese for the girls.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Hi, @BY Bob and everyone else on this thread. Seeing this thread has a lot of fluffy butts, hence the name, do you mind if I share this contest here? And everyone is welcome to enter.

13th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along—Fluffy Butt Photo Contest

 

[featherhead007]

Coop time, and Shenandoah is still outside somewhere. Everyone else came in on time. I’m still waiting.

Found her. Sneaky gal, wanted to sleep on the porch, under the table. After a short discussion, she’s in the coop too.