Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

I managed to record this one because it went on for a long time.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-23569837

Yes that is what my gals were doing. Looks like the airplane flying overhead, sort of distracted them. In my case Henny and Rose also got quite serious with them.

 

[Ponypoor]

In other words, Mr. P felt outnumbered????

Yup likely!

 

[BY Bob]

Oh my!! Maybe I should be concerned about the cats safety! I am now reassessing my assumptions of their ambivalence towards the cats. Perhaps it isnt an unawareness of a potential threat maybe its that they know there isn't one. Clearly after watching your videos the threat isn't the cat but the chicken. I will keep an eye on them but relax some and let em continue to grow. It seems there is a very good chance it will be just fine! And GO Glynda!! Thank you very much for the videos put into perspective very well. Rule!

Glynda is a pistol.

Daisy, the greatest hen ever, had a similar attitude. She once pecked our orange tabby right between the eyes. It sounded like a hammer hitting a coconut. That cat was forever afraid of the chickens.

 

[featherhead007]

I managed to record this one because it went on for a long time.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-23569837

There can only be one! (Highlander)

 

[LozzyR]

I know I wish I could afford a backyard concert. That would be incredible. Is he really as down to earth as he seems?

Musician obsession tax

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He totally is, there is nothing diva about him in the slightest. And you might find his house concerts are more affordable than you think… otherwise he might hold one near you that you could attend. If you don’t ask, you don’t get!

Fangirl tax;

 

[RoyalChick]

I managed to record this one because it went on for a long time.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-23569837

I remember that. So disturbing.

 

[LozzyR]

Sorry RC but “quadruped Sunday” just doesn’t have the same ring to it as “pony sunday” even if some of those pony’s woof or have horns… or are of the “giant land Chicken” breed View attachment 3289653

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Is that Gus?

 

[RoyalChick]

I failed at the first hurdle.
I blocked off the ground level nest boxes which is where Maggie has been going. I was optimistic she would roost with everyone else if she couldn't get in there because she was quite active all day and had eaten a good load of corn before bed, and was generally behaving like a very slightly slower version of herself.

But never underestimate a chicken's ability to mess with your plans. When she couldn't get in to the ground floor she tried for the upper deck. She bounced up on the tree stump with no issue, but she failed the second leap up to the nest boxes and fell to the floor.
So of course I felt terrible and rushed to open up the lower box for her. So once again she is going to be soaking her butt in icky liquid poo all night.


I don't know if she is going into the nest box for warmth (logical but odd as it was 70F degrees today and hasn't been below the high 40s any night this week). Or whether she wants to sit rather than roost. If the latter then my Plan B will also fail. Plan B is to construct a tiny roost inside the nest box so I can elevate her butt so she doesn't bathe in all the ick.

Of course I am also worried about why she failed to get up to the upper nest box. It is a big leap, though roughly the same as the tree stump that she managed just fine. I think she doesn't have any flight feathers - but does she need that for jumping? Or is she really weak? Could molting make her really weak?

So many questions. Sorry. Just worried about my beloved Maggie.

 

[LozzyR]

You sound like me. I love to sing. (Although whenever I do outside, my chickens start screaming and clucking.) I can Irish Step dance a tiny bit, but I'm still learning how to do that. I love to draw, but none of my pictures turn out the way I was hoping.

I took up Irish dancing in my 30s and really enjoyed it (apart from when I kicked myself in the ankle with my hard-shoes! ) I’m sad I can’t do it now because I’ve got limited mobility in my knees.

Riverdance tax:

 

[GregnLety]

Good question!

He knew better than intervene because the gals would have turned on him. It happened to me once. The lady I was dating and her teen daughter were arguing and I got pulled into and they both turned on me! I grabbed a sixer of beer and sat on the porch while they worked it out. I should have done that sooner