Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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Mugshot Monday pic:

 

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Good rooster Jaffar’s Rocks:

 

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Update on Light: She has perked up and was eating/drinking/scratching, almost behave like normal. We are so happy and will continue to massage her.

Poor Inky is in her own run now (a small run we had for the babies, who are now successfully integrated). Inky and Light were free ranging this whole morning while the bullies were watching. But I know they are not getting the memo. Too bad Inky's egg hatched out a rooster, otherwise she may have had a friend by now. Speaking of rooster, I know this bullying wouldn't have happened if Foggy were still here.

Some chicken photos for Monday (not exactly mug)

Tina

Poopy

Wendy

Ginger

 

[Ponypoor]

Thanks so much for all the advice, I'm glad I asked. l will be making a mix of all. I think I need to first get them used to getting locked up in the run on their own, which is easy to do in the morning as they are the last to leave the coop. It's harder at night because they are also last to go in and waiting impatiently for the older chickens to have gone to roost so they can do the same safely.
And I need them to learn to share a feeding space with the others, but I'll begin outside, so it's easier for them to escape when they are attacked.

It's hard to find a really special treat when they have free access to all the fruits and vegetables in the garden! They went crazy for broiled eggs the two times I gave them some but obviously not sufficient to overcome their fear today.

Our run isn't a run, it's just a small pen, we were planning on redoing it this week but my stepmom in hospital means we have to postpone. However it will never be bigger than 8/9 m square due to the land configuration.
Also, I don't want to be leaving food in the coop / run all day (I don't feed at given time, I let them have free access to feed) because we got rid of a bad mice situation and I think stopping leaving accessible food inside helped. So I will have to play with treats to make them follow us, and then maybe feed them in the run when they wake up in the morning.
Once they get used to that and when we have redone the run, we'll try keeping them locked in with all the other chickens in the morning. It will be slightly bigger and certainly more confortable once we've redone it.

I'm trying to find an excuse for my unorthodox mugshot and actually Grochatila was one of the main asset in the fight against mice in the coop. We call him "tigre des Sauches". Hard to believe he's such a fierce hunter.
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Hey pretty kitty!

I am sure your plan will work, the thing is conditioning to what you require. Have you tried scratch grain? I only ever give it as a treat to keep them conditioned.

your plan is sound and should work fine believe me I know all about the stampede and rodeo of chasing down one’s animals hahaha!

 

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Someone must have dropped off their unwanted cats near my home yesterday. There are cats roaming around here this morning. Six cats! I’m sorry but I’m not a cat person. I hope that they go somewhere else for food.

 

[Ponypoor]

Update on Light: She has perked up and was eating/drinking/scratching, almost behave like normal. We are so happy and will continue to massage her.

Poor Inky is in her own run now (a small run we had for the babies, who are now successfully integrated). Inky and Light were free ranging this whole morning while the bullies were watching. But I know they are not getting the memo. Too bad Inky's egg hatched out a rooster, otherwise she may have had a friend by now. Speaking of rooster, I know this bullying wouldn't have happened if Foggy were still here.

Some chicken photos for Monday (not exactly mug)

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Poopy
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Ginger
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It’s too bad poor inky is having such drama, sounds like maybe needs to be rehomed someplace where there are some quieter hens - I am glad you were able to get her into a safe location!

Also glad Light seems to be doing better

 

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Bernadette’s mugshot for Monday. She is getting a nice set of wattles with some swing to them!
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Our little photo shoot was closely observed from the other side of the fence and gave me a chance to get another couple of mugshots.

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Bernadette is such a beautiful lady. Every picture of her seems to make her more interesting to me. What wonderful coloring she has.

 

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Mugshot Monday pic:
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Good morning lovely gal

 

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She looks like she is singing