Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[MaryJanet]

You know I love those white chickens with yellow legs.

What colour are the other two's legs? My guess is slate grey and off white

 

[RoyalChick]

Um, correct me if I am wrong, but you have long wanted that barn repaired/improved. What a GREAT trade-off. Repaired barn for the honor of hosting some adorable Nubians. Win-win in my opinion!

Besides, they will keep some of the brushy/woody weeds in check. Including poison Ivy & bittersweet.

Oh you are all such terrible enablers. I have a massive poison ivy issue all around the barn. Frankly a herd of goats could grow fat on poison ivy alone!
But I do NOT need goats. I do not need floppy eared goats!

 

[MaryJanet]

There's an interesting poll available if you'd like to participate. @U_Stormcrow started it to gather data on chicken keeping arrangements.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/feed-management-methods-poll.1533521/page-16#post-25876789

 

[RoyalChick]

Once Hector got outside on a regular basis, his feet settled down really quickly...I also added a handful of rice krispies to the scratch for all of them. (It has a B vitamin smorgasbord in it) It won't hurt the others and is available in a way that gets them outside.

Yes - I am basically assuming everyone can eat vitamin B so I can get some in Bernadette and worst case I can pull her off the roost at night and pop a capsule in her.
I say that like that would be easy to do - she is kinda impossible to control actually so I have no idea if that would be doable!

 

[MaryJanet]

Oh you are all such terrible enablers. I have a massive poison ivy issue all around the barn. Frankly a herd of goats could grow fat on poison ivy alone!
But I do NOT need goats. I do not need floppy eared goats!

I'm on your side RC. No one knows you and your needs better than you do.

 

[RoyalChick]

There's an interesting poll available if you'd like to participate. @U_Stormcrow started it to gather data on chicken keeping arrangements.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/feed-management-methods-poll.1533521/page-16#post-25876789

Yup - already done.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

There's an interesting poll available if you'd like to participate. @U_Stormcrow started it to gather data on chicken keeping arrangements.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/feed-management-methods-poll.1533521/page-16#post-25876789

TY! TY! Better data helps all of us.
There will another poll shortly (next day or two) to look at ages and genders, and a third poll to look at the "quality" as opposed to the "quantity" of pasture.

 

[BY Bob]

Xzit broke one of her eggs. I had to give her a bath, and clean up her broody box. (Stains of yolk and blood) so it was possibly fertile.

I so sorry. For Xzit and you both.

 

[BY Bob]

Yes, a white hen should be FBA fixture. Will you name her after TGHE?

I know I'm anthropomorphising, but the polish is leaning in and saying cheeeeeeese! And they both look so happy.

They really do seem to be a pair!

No, the legbar will not be named after TGHE. She will get her own name. There will never be another Daisy.

 

[BY Bob]

What colour are the other two's legs? My guess is slate grey and off white

I need to look closer at their legs. They both seemed grey to me. I think The Polish's legs might actually be the darker of the two.