Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

I’m not understanding any of this? Way too early for bed. But they do pretty much whatever they want to.

The chickens went into the coop for the night earlier than they usually do. They didn't go in the order they usually do (Hector last with cheetah chasing him back out several times). Last in tonight were Lark, Indigo and Pippa. I'm wondering if tomorrow's weather is the culprit

 

[rural mouse]

I love you pictures of chickens in the long grass. They seem so happy there.

They like eating the grass seeds of the stems and the grasshoppers that hide in it.

 

[ValarieF]

 

[knoturavggrl]

That is scary. That's a lot of bees!

It is! The hornets and wasps are actually easier to deal with you can usually find the nest fairly quickly in a eve or up high somewhere and kill the nest.

The yellow jackets on the other hand are quite clever and they build hives underground using abandoned underground tunnels built by snakes or moles ect.. so they can be pretty large and it really is frightening when you find that they are there when your shovel strikes into the nest . The joys of rural living!

Luckily the digging is done for the time being. My husband said no more of that till its much colder. In other good news the Coop should be done in the next few days, I am so excited!! It will be so cool to see them explore it. Then the covered run will need a door and lots and lots of hardware cloth. So close!!

 

[Kris5902]

I need a runway at least 850 ft to take off and land the SkyHawk.

I have a field that fits the bill, and there’s a couple private runways on island… if you get really bored I’m always accepting help with goatwalking and building projects…and I think I might be closer… considering fuel costs and all.

Taxes: and older but goodie… I still love that rogue tail feather… and you know it’s from spring because everything here is crispy brown now

 

[Kris5902]

That is not true. Many a butterfly has disappeared around my yard. I believe they are pollinators.

It’s mostly the bad bite-y bug thing… or sting-y bug thing. Not all my chooks will go for the extra spicy treats (spiders), much to my dismay. And wasps? Even the poor little guys that drowned in my soda leavings? Nope! Hard Nope! It could be the yellow and black stripes are a deterrent?

 

[ValarieF]

 

[rural mouse]

Fluffy days in profile

The tempering process on the wood stove is going on too. Not sure how high it's gone (the stove surface temp, currently cooling down to 100F), but it's currently 39F outside. This is wonderful for the wildfire sites (colder temps really help put them OUT). The stove circulation fan is quiet and I feel like a giddy kid (it's christmas!)
(it's dropped a couple more degrees outside, may go down a couple more before sunrise)

 

[RoyalChick]

The yellow jackets are still alive and thriving. I don't have a next level of weaponry other than burning down the house.


I will have to tell guests not to use the door into the kitchen but to go around the other side. I haven't been out to see if the deck nest is silent but if not I will need to figure a plan B for that too.
I still have 24 hours so I can try dusting again in daylight. Maybe these are different wasps, maybe they just showed up for the funerals of the ones I killed overnight. Doubt it, they look very much at home.

 

[BY Bob]

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Chicks!