Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Chickens like ham, salami and Swiss cheese sandwiches. At least mine do…

...bagels, and roast beast and mashed potatoes

 

[BY Bob]

Chickens like mushrooms....at least mine do...

Mine do not. They even pick them out of a mushroom and cheese omelet.

 

[BY Bob]

BRAZEN!!!!!

The hawk has not been around for a while. it returned at disk tonight. Just after Betty had gone in the coop, it landed in the Birch tree. Right here.

I was standing at the garden having just planted it. Éowyn was NOT out with me. It has been a few weeks since I saw it and I was unarmed. It stood there screeching for a while and then flew across the street.

I am convinced it is after Betty. She goes to bed last most nights and I bet it has been studying her patterns from afar. It was just too late tonight for the kill.

Tomorrow night I will be outside waiting for it at dusk.

Fully armed.

Enough is enough.


Don't anyone worry, I'm not going to kill it but I AM going to hurt it.

 

[Ponypoor]

BRAZEN!!!!!

The hawk has not been around for a while. it returned at disk tonight. Just after Betty had gone in the coop, it landed in the Birch tree. Right here.

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I was standing at the garden having just planted it. Éowyn was NOT out with me. It has been a few weeks since I saw it and I was unarmed. It stood there screeching for a while and then flew across the street.

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I am convinced it is after Betty. She goes to bed last most nights and I bet it has been studying her patterns from afar. It was just too late tonight for the kill.

Tomorrow night I will be outside waiting for it at dusk.

Fully armed.

Enough is enough.


Don't anyone worry, I'm not going to kill it but I AM going to hurt it.

Yes that is a cheeky bird.

Ok well I hope for its sake it doesn't come back!

 

[Ponypoor]

Bit warm tonight, Dorothy has the right idea of roosting in the hen house window. Sure hope she does do too much doodoo up there ewwwww!

 

[GregnLety]

That is an odd one.

Still have not figured out who laid it..

 

[bgmathteach]

Oh no. At least you know something more than you did. Poor Arizona.

The neighbor with the chickens that are doing fine isn't the nasty neighbor is it? Perhaps you could talk to the neighbor with the chickens and see if s/he knows anything about it. Maybe you could even join up with them to ask the other neighbors not to use rat poison.
I am so sorry - this is all just too awful.

@featherhead007 Please keep a record of this, and DO talk with any good neighbors about it - both so they can try to protect their own chickens and as @RoyalChickmentioned, maybe you can band together. Are there any regulations in CA regarding what and how rat/mouse poison can be used?

 

[BY Bob]

Still have not figured out who laid it..

It's a mystery!

Did someone say mystery?

Come along John, it's time for you to record another story!

By George, let's do it Holmes!

 

[bgmathteach]

@BY Bob , have you submitted your max photos for picture of the week? If not, you should submit that coy one of Daisy, TGHE, peeking out from under her voluptuous comb. (?Are you allowed to use that one? Didn't that win something before I was on BYC?)

 

[BY Bob]

@BY Bob , have you submitted your max photos for picture of the week? If not, you should submit that coy one of Daisy, TGHE, peeking out from under her voluptuous comb. (?Are you allowed to use that one? Didn't that win something before I was on BYC?)

It has won nothing. There actually 2 selfies of her.