Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Kris5902]

Two sides that allows minimal movement so the horse can lean against it and if the legs sink the horse goes straight down and doesn't tip over?

Basically what I was thinking… the biggest worry with falls IMO is breaking something or with cattle and sheep going caste. I don’t know if that’s a thing with horses as they are far more capable of getting up and rolling over from their sides/backs… Raymond used to really go to town rolling over both his riders and when doing the horse version of a dust bath.

 

[Kris5902]

I have several pounda of a lovely chicken forage blend from last year. Do you think the seeds are still good?

Yes! If stored in reasonably decent conditions they should be just fine

 

[micstrachan]

Yes! If stored in reasonably decent conditions they should be just fine

Well, they have been in the plastic bag they came in, sitting in a plastic bin in tge yard… hot in the summer, but probably didn’t freeze in the winter. I’ll give it a go this weekend!

 

[Kris5902]

Well, looks like something happened mid afternoonish in the coop and Jess has rejected 3 or the chicks. They're back inside in the brooder. Things were good this morning, all under her, she's ok with it. This evening, she had her little under her, the other little dark next to her and the others weren't allowed near her. Unless anyone has some ideas on this, looks like 3 will be in the house for a bit. glad she has the 2 and as she's a first time mama, it's an adventure. What am I saying? It's always an adventure!

Stuff them under in full darkness and hope for the best? Check in regularly and first thing in the morning? That’s how I usually give them extra babies, unless it’s one of my chick stealers, or the co-parents… but the mink got one of that pair of mamas (they couldn’t keep their chicks straight and it would vary who had how many and which throughout the day)

 

[micstrachan]

Not good… Aurora needs to get her stuff together and get the girls out of sight for Red Tails… they are BBB very, very BBB. They scare me more than the eagles.

The chickens have really been going off a lot lately because Geese, Goats, Ravens, and so forth… well, today I figured it was the geese. The first four times were the geese. No Ravens in sight, goats were too far away for the fuss. I’m looking out the window and no geese in sight and everyone is under cover. That’s odd even for the awful rain we were getting. Giant Juvenile Eagle perched on my gravel pile. Even the Geese were hiding out from him by the barn. I ran out in my slippers with no jacket in the pouring rain, chasing it and chucking rocks, and the Gander has decided, maybe I’m not half bad after all. He went after one idiot cockerel and scared off both my Ravens twice today, drank from the chickens waterer, and was looking at the coop as though he was half inclined to take it over.

Yikes! Golden Eagle or Bald? Juveniles can be hard to tell apart.

 

[Kris5902]

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Yikes! Golden Eagle or Bald? Juveniles can be hard to tell apart.

Bald, the Goldens live about halfway down the farm. I’ve got a pair of Adults and about three Juveniles here, they will be less of a problem when the Abattoir starts up in fall and they are getting fed twice a week at the pit, but in spring and early summer the whole darn family hangs out here.

 

[Kris5902]

They grow up even faster than chickens…this is from yesterday, with the rain today I didn’t get any decent pictures, most of my chickens were either hiding our somewhere dry or (a few) were standing randomly in the rain getting even wetter than poor Betty!

 

[Kris5902]

Other chicken updates… I now have Broody Mama number three. My crazy roost under the trusses and hatch more babies than anyone else mama is now grumpily sitting on a nest in a cat carrier, and I have one more you going threatening to go broody, but still refusing to sit on the nest overnight.

 

[Ponypoor]

Basically what I was thinking… the biggest worry with falls IMO is breaking something or with cattle and sheep going caste. I don’t know if that’s a thing with horses as they are far more capable of getting up and rolling over from their sides/backs… Raymond used to really go to town rolling over both his riders and when doing the horse version of a dust bath.

Yes some horses can roll from side to - I will try to get vid of my thoroughbred mare who does this

As for Truly and sleep deprivation, horses are difficult to hoist/contain with a crush or slings, them tend to panic. But they have been trained to be in a sling if for instance they fracture a leg.

My big concern with Truly is if she falls and breaks a leg. Which is why I have her in an extra big stall. If she does fall she will have space to get up.

Sheesh its a wonder I am going bonkers, worry about silly horses, worry about hawks and foxes and racoons with the chickies... I think kids are far less stress haha

 

[BY Bob]

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I'm so jealous. That looks wonderful. How are you doing with the Covid?