Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Fluffy Butt Friday

Marty and Misty

Rose

Dorothy Blanche and Sophia

Mr P - not sure why he is holding his foot up bu he isn’t t limping, I think he is just cold, it’s nippy here with a heavy frost.

 

[Ponypoor]

A clever book indeed and one that could make a parent go nut .

At last! Pumpkin victory ! Great action from Phyllis .!
I missed if you cooked it a bit or did it just take them a lot of time to get used to it ?

My younger chickens eat pumpkins, but my ex-batts don't (Vanille did love squash though). The younger chickens grew spending a lot of time on the compost pile so they have much more open taste than the ex-batts, who had never tasted anything other than commercial feed when we got them at three months.
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@ValarieF how are you doing today ? I hope your painkiller meds are helping you some.
@featherhead007 hope you are not feeling so sad today .
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Here are the Friday butts, fluffy or not !

Piou-piou has Shakira's butt size to global size ratio.
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Blanche has some fluff but no tail.It's not molting, her feathers are broken.
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Cannelle's butt is painful .
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Gastounet's tail is almost nearly grown back. He should soon be over with molting!
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Same for Léa.
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And Merle, like Bernadette, believes Fluffy butts are overrated.
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Merle may wish for some fluff come January!

Glad your moulting seems to be coming to any end.

 

[RoyalChick]

Wow, that looks great! What are the dimensions...it really is huge!...and just how big is the 'pasture' attachment portion? (Where your hidden chicken ?Diana? is. )

What is that 'stuff' called...that sounds like a really good option. I hate using plastic....but I have gone with the plastic roofing panels because they are light, and water-proof. (Like the metal roofing ones better, but much more expensive and HEAVY on my small coops that were intended to be light enough to move...but I'm rethinking the extra weight versus durability & env. impact of horrid plastic...which I keep learning more & worse things about!

As you can sort of see there are 3 sections: The one at the top of the hill which is the 'coop' where they sleep but also hang out when it is windy is 14'x10' and a quarter of that is carved out as servant's quarters where I have all my storage. Then the first roofed run is 10'x12' and the second roofed run is 8'x12'. Then the two little 'pasture' enclosures where indeed it is Diana is hanging out are each 12'x4'.
I will have to look up what the roof stuff is called. It is not cheap - but is definitely a lifetime roof! I like that it is 100% recycled material. It is also very heavy. Not as heavy as slate, but definitely heavier than real cedar. I think it is called Bravo or Brava or something. There are probably other brands. It is basically melted down drinks containers with a color added and then extruded into roof tiles.
It is fixed like real cedar - so you need a plywood base and then each tile is nailed into the plywood - so the total roof including the plywood is pretty heavy.

More roofing tax - all three Hooligans tucking into Bernie’s bright yellow vitamin B2 mash.

 

[GregnLety]

I can’t do that. I lost my heart, my dog, my houses and more in a nasty divorce.
I’m still looking for it!

Me too, in 2000 I permanently separated from my first wife. The following year I lost everything in the divorce. In 2015 I met Lety. Good things come to those who wait even though the waiting time can be very trying.

 

[featherhead007]

What is it with hotel “gratuitous breakfasts” my ladies eggs, don’t look fake but these do. At least the waffles are decent enough!

 

[featherhead007]

Me too, in 2000 I permanently separated from my first wife. The following year I lost everything in the divorce. In 2015 I met Lety. Good things come to those who wait even though the waiting time can be very trying.

Does Lety have a sister, or near cousin?

 

[featherhead007]

Fluffy Butt Friday

Marty and Misty
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Rose
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Dorothy Blanche and Sophia
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Mr P - not sure why he is holding his foot up bu he isn’t t limping, I think he is just cold, it’s nippy here with a heavy frost.
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Darn it Pompeii, put that tail away!

 

[featherhead007]

Does Lety have a sister, or near cousin?

(I’m kidding)!

 

[Ponypoor]

She went with Natural. The widths don't matter because each pallet comes with a mix of widths. They are made from recycled milk and juice containers and look for all the world like real cedar shakes.
My house still has its original cedar shake roof so I wanted the Chicken Palace (which is very close to the house) to match, but Cedar needs maintenance with an oil that I was worried would be toxic to chickens, so I went for this recycled plastic stuff.
I have to say it honestly looks better than 'the real thing' on the house! And as an obsessive re-user I have found endless uses for the 'scrap' pieces left over!

Not-really-cedar-roof tax. The Chicken Palace showing the roof with a bit of the house roof too (can anyone spot the hidden chicken?), and baby Lulu and Bella.

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Wow that’s a lovely chicken coop

 

[Ponypoor]

Darn it Pompeii, put that tail away!

He did a mini molt about a month ago and the feathers haven’t grown in as I thought they would.

You home yet? It only early there for you..