Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Three more pages until 11111

I al NOT gonna count any more

It was hard enough counting 500 bales of hay

Thankfully the flatbed took 5 bales across and 5bales the length of it so we only had to count rows of 20!

 

[Ponypoor]

That must have been a surprise.

Yup! They weren’t there that long, maybe 4 or 5 days and it’s been chilly so they kept cool real well.

 

[rural mouse]

At this rate they will be laying before Bernie!
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She looks like any day

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

All done, packed to the roof top….

500 rather large heavy square bales of really nice hay packed away for the geegees and we made the hay elevator fit too hahaha.


In the beginning, it was a big void… occupied by the dreaded hay elevator, and about 150 of last years bales.
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I even put the horse trailer to use - I was able to put 50 bales in it! Load…. Unload…. Hard work! But my cousin and her husband helped
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Then it started to fill up, 300 bales is a lot of hay! But I wheezed and struggled and my cousin her husband and I (and eventually my niece) did 300…. Filling up nicely!
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Today we completed the job with an additional 200. Packed it in, and dragged the dreaded hay elevator back up for storage for the winter.
Done for another year

The east side of the barn where my access hatch is located.
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The west side of the barn and the dreaded hay elevator, without which non of this would be possible! Had to haul out my ladder to access this side.
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Truly hoping I will throw down some hay for her… hold the ladder Tru! I am coming down…
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Do you know what I see in those hay storage pictures? I see plenty of spaces for a very sneaky hen to hide away to hatch babies. I would not expect the silkies to make it up there, but your other girls, they have it made if they want to make your life miserable.

 

[rural mouse]

She has been bright red for weeks but shows no sign of really thinking about it. She will be six months old next week.
I am more than fine with it though I am curious to see what her eggs look like.

My hobbit brahmas are 27 weeks....and no eggs yet (breedwise, 6-7 months for POL). The younger girls are 19 weeks, and some look like any day now.

 

[RoyalChick]

All done, packed to the roof top….

500 rather large heavy square bales of really nice hay packed away for the geegees and we made the hay elevator fit too hahaha.


In the beginning, it was a big void… occupied by the dreaded hay elevator, and about 150 of last years bales.
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I even put the horse trailer to use - I was able to put 50 bales in it! Load…. Unload…. Hard work! But my cousin and her husband helped
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Then it started to fill up, 300 bales is a lot of hay! But I wheezed and struggled and my cousin her husband and I (and eventually my niece) did 300…. Filling up nicely!
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Today we completed the job with an additional 200. Packed it in, and dragged the dreaded hay elevator back up for storage for the winter.
Done for another year

The east side of the barn where my access hatch is located.
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The west side of the barn and the dreaded hay elevator, without which non of this would be possible! Had to haul out my ladder to access this side.
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Truly hoping I will throw down some hay for her… hold the ladder Tru! I am coming down…
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Well done! Quite some achievement. So glad it is done.

 

[RoyalChick]

She looks like any day

Yeah she does. And has done for quite some time!

 

[Ponypoor]

Do you know what I see in those hay storage pictures? I see plenty of spaces for a very sneaky hen to hide away to hatch babies. I would not expect the silkies to make it up there, but your other girls, they have it made if they want to make your life miserable.

Hey Rebecca don’t jinx me

 

[BY Bob]

Do you know what I see in those hay storage pictures? I see plenty of spaces for a very sneaky hen to hide away to hatch babies. I would not expect the silkies to make it up there, but your other girls, they have it made if they want to make your life miserable.

You are broody obsessed!

It's like broody PTSD. You see them everywhere!

 

[BY Bob]

Hey Rebecca don’t jinx me

They can get through that opening for sure. They just need to get there. If you had a Polish they could helicopter all the way up there. Just saying.