Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

Oh so sad

Kids, elderly and animals are always the ones that suffer the most

As far as livestock goes, after the clean up from the floods there will be another huge concern. There will probably be hay and feed shortages. Me and dad were talking and plotting the other day. If we can find it, and while it is still at a reasonable price which probably will not be for much longer, we need to stock pile about 200 bales. With the 3 boys we like to have around 75 by the middle of October. We then try to get another 50 around the first of January and if we can another 50 around the end of March. Hay is a huge part of their diet, and in the winter it can be hard to find so we load up when it is available. There is nothing worse then to be down to under 5 bales and have to scramble to find some and find out most of the places are sold out. My 3 are also picky, if it is not good hay, you are wasting your money trying to feed it to them. They let you know their displeasure when they take a few bites then pee and poop on it.

 

[lightm]

I drag my broodies off the nest at least twice a day to poop and eat/drink, fluff in the dirt…. More often when I am home all day.

Inky would take a break on her own. But hubby does drag her out too from time to time.

 

[bgmathteach]

The new kid on the block

Well I went to take a look at the Polish Roo, and immediately took hm, he is full of lice, and could use some weight. And one of the other Roos has tore his right wattle and pecked his poor scalp - poor wee little man.

Anyways a shot of ivermectin will cure the external parasites and take care of any internal ones, and some away time from bossy birds will help him gain weight and grow back feathers.

So there he sits in the garage separated from the rest like Typhoid Mary, I stripped my clothes when I got home not sure if I could carry lice to my gang or not….

He is just over a year, and the lady who had him hatched him out. And while he seeems very docile I imagine most of that is likely because he is poorly. In a couple weeks I am sure he will be a randy Roo

I give you- Pom Pom (I think I will call him Pompei), he is a bit stressed from the drive so I have just kept him in the garage…

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I'm so glad he found you! Sounds like he needs some TLC

Hopefully he will come into his own once quarantine is over and he is healthy and...he has his own girls.

 

[lightm]

The new chicks are lovely. Glad you found all your boy's homes. I don't care where you are it is very hard to rehome a rooster. I am also jealous of your roo to hen ratio. 12 chicks and only 3 boys total, that is pure heaven. If that were me, it would be reversed, with only 3 girls total. Yes with the majority of chicks I hatch if I catch them wet and see combs and big feet I peg them as boys, never fails. This works for me because for the most part I hatch Marans and Marans crosses. Big chickens with eventual big combs even for the hens. Silkies and the 2 silkie crosses I have hatched that theory is thrown out the window and it is a wait and see game. Your flock being RIR, RIB and black Australop based the theory would also work, big single combed chickens eventually. I also hope one day you have a place where you can have and enjoy a nice Rooster. I love all my girls, really I do. My heart though, belongs to my boys. If I had the space, and no neighbors, I would take in every single unwanted rooster and live happily to the music of never ending crowing.

Awww thank you so much. Our first flock were supposed to be all girls so that doesn't count.

I will tell you who is lucky, my friend who hatched these babies. She hatched eggs from our and her own flock, then she gave us 4, and gave another friend 8. She had 5 left and every single one of the 5 is a pullet!!! If I did not take Meimei from her, she would have had 6 pullets. Her friend who got 8 has more roos but still not too bad. So her batch had crazy pullet ratio.

I believe that male ratio in chickens is slightly over 1/2 though.

 

[lightm]

I'm also now starting to see another sad after affect of the flooding. People have not only lost their houses but their barns. In the last 24 hours one of my local horse facebook groups is being flooded with people having to sell their horses. Good horses as well, ones that just a week ago if you had asked them they never had any intention of selling. I feel really bad for them. I'm just glad I'm not in the market for another horse, we could all be saying bad, bad Rebecca.

So sorry. Hope you get dry weather soon.

 

[rural mouse]

The new kid on the block

Well I went to take a look at the Polish Roo, and immediately took hm, he is full of lice, and could use some weight. And one of the other Roos has tore his right wattle and pecked his poor scalp - poor wee little man.

Anyways a shot of ivermectin will cure the external parasites and take care of any internal ones, and some away time from bossy birds will help him gain weight and grow back feathers.

So there he sits in the garage separated from the rest like Typhoid Mary, I stripped my clothes when I got home not sure if I could carry lice to my gang or not….

He is just over a year, and the lady who had him hatched him out. And while he seeems very docile I imagine most of that is likely because he is poorly. In a couple weeks I am sure he will be a randy Roo

I give you- Pom Pom (I think I will call him Pompei), he is a bit stressed from the drive so I have just kept him in the garage…

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Glad you took him. He needs a good home, and you will certainly give him that. The lady ought to be reported

 

[rural mouse]

Bad Kelly…

No, good Kelly! You're giving him a MUCH better life

 

[rural mouse]

You’ve mentioned lowering the roosts, which sounds like a project (construction things always give me pause!) Something right now for your worries about dismounts would be a deep “gym mat”of bedding on the floor maybe? Soften those landings…

That's a fantastic idea! An old gym mat would have some give to it and still be cleanable.

 

[lightm]

WOW. I am all caught up. I am ready for the final exam!!!

But what am I supposed to do before the final exam... "MAYBE GET BACK TO YOUR FULL TIME JOB."

(Sorry for being so chatty lately.)

 

[Marie2020]

The new kid on the block

Well I went to take a look at the Polish Roo, and immediately took hm, he is full of lice, and could use some weight. And one of the other Roos has tore his right wattle and pecked his poor scalp - poor wee little man.

Anyways a shot of ivermectin will cure the external parasites and take care of any internal ones, and some away time from bossy birds will help him gain weight and grow back feathers.

So there he sits in the garage separated from the rest like Typhoid Mary, I stripped my clothes when I got home not sure if I could carry lice to my gang or not….

He is just over a year, and the lady who had him hatched him out. And while he seeems very docile I imagine most of that is likely because he is poorly. In a couple weeks I am sure he will be a randy Roo

I give you- Pom Pom (I think I will call him Pompei), he is a bit stressed from the drive so I have just kept him in the garage…

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The poor little thing. I would have felt sick dealing with the supplier leaving him in such a bad state

I've changed my mind on him now, he doesn't look at all scary .