Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ValarieF]

The girls really love me this morning I thought they were all gonna jump on me so I got them a big bowl of scratch and bugs

 

[RoyalChick]

Okay, @BY Bob , you asked for it...it will be a long post:

How I make a cardboard sleeve for my heated bricks:

Items required: Duct tape, scissors, brick, & corrugated cardboard box
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Remove packing tape & open box up:
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I like to use the small 'flap' of cardboard that held the box together as my overlap (seen above on the far left)

Lay brick against that crease, then 'roll/flip' brick to determine where to cut the cardboard. Note: make it just a hair bigger, so it isn't too tight.
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Notice above I scored the box where I need to cut (both for reference and makes cutting easier) You could also use a sharpie to draw the 'cut' line.


Now I determine the length needed, and cut the flap that I will fold in to close the sleeve when completed:View attachment 3292960
Hard to tell in the pic above, but I folded it over...note I'm using a natural crease for ease.

Next I trim the ends of the flap so it will slide into the box when the brick is inserted:View attachment 3292961View attachment 3292962

Next, trim at the bottom end so there is enough of a flap to tape up/seal/cover the bottom end of the brick: Here I scored again where I needed to cut. Notice the longer peice at the back - that will be the flap that covers the bottom of the brick.View attachment 3292994

Now that it is cut to size, fold around brick. (Again, be sure it isn't tight, or brick won't slide in/out easily)
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now that it is in place, tape up the long side:View attachment 3292995

Then tape up bottom flap:View attachment 3292997View attachment 3292998

Now fold and tuck top flap closed:View attachment 3292999

'Box' closed:
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Leave it like this once hot brick is inserted.


Then, later when brick has cooled, just open and remove brick for reheating:View attachment 3293001

The cardboard helps the brick release heat slowly, as it is a decent insulator. It also keeps the chickens from burning their feet if they step on it. Plus, protects the brick from the inevitable poop....so it can be reheated without having to wash it each time.

Hope this is clearer than mud.

Now everyone knows what I will be doing this morning!

 

[RoyalChick]

Monday Mug

Someone is turning bright red in comb and wattles.

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She is looking more and more like a Leghorn every day.

Lovely. But don’t confuse me. Isn’t it Sunday today?

 

[ValarieF]

 

[rural mouse]

Lovely. But don’t confuse me. Isn’t it Sunday today?

Not in Australia...

 

[RoyalChick]

Not in Australia...

Good point. But somehow that is making me more confused not less!

 

[ValarieF]

And cuteness overload

 

[ValarieF]

? Is success the hatching of the chicks, or the giving away of them afterwards???

How old are roosters when they get their grove on I need eggs, and fertile eggs hehehe.

 

[featherhead007]

And cuteness overload

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[lightm]

? Is success the hatching of the chicks, or the giving away of them afterwards???

Neither. It would be convince my husband to let Inky set.