Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

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GoodMonday morning, just sitting here with my coffee and you all. It’s a inside chore day, it’s been raining for the last 24 hours.
Here is a Monday mug I have been saving for you. Rooster Cornelius and a little hen.
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Good morning to you and Cornelius

 

[Ponypoor]

It may come back to bite me in the butt. Thanks to me she has her own personal flock of chickens. Her dad informed me this evening that payback was coming.

Hope he doesn’t send you all the Roos!!!

 

[BY Bob]

Monday Mugs

I honor of today being Halloween, I give you "Arm Candy".

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Good morning to you and Cornelius

We got up at 5 , so it won’t be light out for 2 more hours. I’ll open the coop at 7 and turn the light on.

 

[Ponypoor]

Boo = okay for a name

Boo-Boo = not so much for a manly Roo!

Which is why my Roo is now Mr Pompei rather then Pom- Pom

 

[Ponypoor]

Monday Mugs

I honor of today being Halloween, I give you "Arm Candy".
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I LOVE IT ! Good one! Hello Princesses

 

[knoturavggrl]

Under Construction

I did not have time to replace the coop roof today but i did have time to expand the porch so more hens can sunbathe this winter.

First I had to disassemble the existing porch without wrecking it. I then had to expand the sides to the limit of the roof.

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I then had to put a floor on the porch. This is going to make it significantly heavier but by expanding it I am going beyond the coop base so I need the floor to be part of the porch.

This did create a space under the porch that I would need to close with a cross piece under the floor. I had to patch the floor together as I had no plywood pieces large enough for the entire floor.

Here it is prior to painting.

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Then it was time for painting and installation of hardware cloth.

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Betty chose to throw new straw all over it as I cleaned the coop and gave them new straw. Everyone was partying in the new straw. Except Sydney, she just went to bed.

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Awesome build! I am sure they will love having the extra sunny space this winter! Do you use chopped straw or regular straw from bales? I have been wanting to add some layers for the winter to help insulate but I see many differences of opinions on whats safe or not. Chopped straw here is to pricey for my largish coop size but I could grab some bales I just cant work out if its fine or actually dangerous and they will consume it and possibly get crop blockages.

Today chickens discovered a not so small frog (or toad, not sure). It was bigger than what they usually like, so all lost interest after 2 seconds EXCEPT FOR Foxy. Foxy is apparently the little hunter in the flock.

She was the only one that kept working on it. She even ignored the dinner. After Foxy working on it for HOURS, we finally saw that they've eaten the guts of the frog (poor froggy), but Foxy was still playing with the skin part .

Here is a little video (my first video!)

I watched Jurassic Park last night and the whole time I was like yep I see the similarities! They sure can be brutal sometimes.

If only he thought that way. They have ducks which hatch off ducklings every year, kittens from their barn cats and a few pregnant mini horses. Plus, apparently the chicks I gave her last year ended up being 1 roo and 3 hens. They have had chicks themselves this spring and summer. He argued why did she need another boy when she had hatched off 4 more of her own so far this year. She told him yes she had boys, but she did not have a silkie so she needed it. If he wanted to be mean and make me pay, he easily could.

I forsee you getting some kittens and a mini horse delivered sometime this yr

We've been told he's around thirty ! Well know for sure they've lived there for more than ten years, when they were retired from a riding center.

Beautiful colors! Bernie's plumage is very well assorted to fall colors.

Very clever - not too complicated to build, and I'm sure they love it in winter !
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As some of you read elsewhere we're having rooster drama here. I would like to know for those of you who have multiple coops how you manage your settings. Are the coops very close to each other or are they far apart ? Do you let the chickens choose in which coop they roost and if not, what type of separation keep them apart ? And most of all I'd be interested to know if any one of you ever had to move one or many chickens to a different coop, how you did it.

I was also wondering @knoturavggrl how your cat and chicks are coming along ? My female cat has gotten a few pecks the last days as she's been very clingy with the chickens- she got chased off by both Théo and Merle.

Here are Monday mugs. I hope you all have a nice week. We have strong rains forecasted tomorrow and Thursday - really hope for rain, but no torrential outpour please .

Gastounet has suddenly grown huge and is in full hormonal mode.
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Théo.
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Merle on her favorite spot
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Cannelle. She's doing ok one day and terrible the next, today is a good day.
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Nougat with the sun
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Blanche
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So far so good. I have stopped shooing the cats away when I let the chickens do supervised free range time. The only time I almost launched out of my chair to grab the cat was when they got spooked by something my son did and flew towards where the cat was. I could see the temptation on my cats face he was clearly thinking chase and attack as I saw the butt wiggle a little. However they settled quickly and he decided better of it. That is the sole incident though so I think it will be fine. We are getting the rest of the run wired in this week. Also, zero unsupervised free ranging will occur until next spring when they are full grown, if ever I am still not 100% decided on that yet but I think all will be well as far as the cats are concerned.

Mugs!

 

[Ponypoor]

Today chickens discovered a not so small frog (or toad, not sure). It was bigger than what they usually like, so all lost interest after 2 seconds EXCEPT FOR Foxy. Foxy is apparently the little hunter in the flock.

She was the only one that kept working on it. She even ignored the dinner. After Foxy working on it for HOURS, we finally saw that they've eaten the guts of the frog (poor froggy), but Foxy was still playing with the skin part .

Here is a little video (my first video!)

Wow! She sure is enjoying pummelling that toad into oblivion! True enrichment for her

 

[rural mouse]

Mugs from the other day.

Close up of Cheetah in all his tatty splendor

He's now down to one flag feather

Whiskey looking for things to tidbit over

Lark, as a brand new egg layer. They're small (and I hope they stay on that end of the spectrum) from a dainty beauty.

 

[Ponypoor]

She of course has hurt herself during my work week. I think it is her foot, but not positive, it looked a bit swollen yesterday, might be her ankle. She would probably be more into it if i brought her in and put her in something she could sit in. I was trying to just do her foot.

Just like my horses, always coming in with knocks and bumps and cuts…

SHRA Tax
Henny Penny