Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

I finally managed to caught a video of Gastounet being terrorized by Chipie!

She really is evil- starts by cooing and acting all nice and then she turns on him .

Gosh that almost makes me sad for him. Poor fellow.

 

[BY Bob]

Happy Friday

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

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Lovely butts, I really like Glenda's pristine white butt.

 

[lightm]

Tailess Wendy

I am beautiful and I know it!

Nobody can do fluffy better than me!

But do not come near me!

 

[featherhead007]

I handed the keys to the truck and I printed out a local map, then gave it to my guests, and directed them to “go see my little town. There’s an ice cream soda shop on Main Street.

 

[RoyalChick]

I finally managed to caught a video of Gastounet being terrorized by Chipie!

She really is evil- starts by cooing and acting all nice and then she turns on him .

Oh no! He really is intimidated by her. Poor chap.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I hate chicken math; since Im putting the youngsters in the outdoor coop, I ordered 10 more chicks. Mix of rare breeds

What kind of rare breeds? Chicken math is real.

 

[featherhead007]

Finally alone for a while, I can relax with my chooks, and mow the front yard.

 

[BY Bob]

90/10 Rule

I have just responded to the Cracked Corn article today. They quote the 90/10 rule when providing treats to chickens. I thought that perhaps a visualization of what that means might be useful.

Here is a bit of a copy of what I posted.

Chicken feed rates are most commonly expressed in studies as weight or mass not volume. Most of these studies were done to measure the delivery of antibiotics in feed. Despite that they do give a starting point to determine how much your chicken eats per day.

If we use a study done by B.B. Buck in 1985 they categorized feed consumption as a % of body weight.

So if we look at a 3.5 lb chicken, say a Polish or a Leghorn hen, they consumed 6.7% of their weight by day in feed. Let's convert lbs to ounces in order to make determining 10% easier. 3.5 lbs × 16 = 56 oz x 6.7% = 3.752 ounces of feed per day. That is about 3/4 of a cup.

10% of that would be 0.3752 oz of corn or no more than a palm-full per day.

Let's look at a bigger chicken, your typical layer. Not a dual purpose bird like an orpington, just a standard hen say around 5 lbs. In the study, a 5.5 lb chicken consumed 5.0% of their body weight. 5.5 lbs × 16 = 88 oz x 5.0% = 4.4 oz feed per day. That is approaching a cup of feed.

10% of that is 0.44 oz of corn or again, no more than a palm-full per day.

As you can see despite increasing the size of the chicken, it is still about a palm-full of corn per day.

 

[RoyalChick]

Finally alone for a while, I can relax with my chooks, and mow the front yard.

I noticed in one of your pics that it was looking quite green. Nice!
But lawn mowing is one of those chores that house guests can take responsibility for.