Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Oh man am I mixing up my songs again?!

Maybe - don’t know, just caught the tail end as I was heading to the barn…

@ChicoryBlue yep I for sure got it wrong! I always thought that was a Beatles song!



Oh course your mention of Cat Stevens then put his wonderful some moonshadow in my ear and I was singing that all afternoon

(Leaping and hopping on a moonshadow…)

Moonshadow Tax

 

[RoyalChick]

bookmarked. 1 question. How does this factor in with DRY soil?

Nvm, the link has info. Of course it also says to stay 50 feet away from power grounds and from underground pipes (power ground on the spot I need to run this, and underground sprinkler system 10-15 feet away from point pic was taken), and away from metal (I was leaning against the above ground fuel tank refill holder thing. Much as I want to ZAP the critters, maybe rigging some snow fencing while planting another hedgerow would be better.

Sounds like the positive/negative fence would work well for you.

 

[featherhead007]

bookmarked. 1 question. How does this factor in with DRY soil?

Nvm, the link has info. Of course it also says to stay 50 feet away from power grounds and from underground pipes (power ground on the spot I need to run this, and underground sprinkler system 10-15 feet away from point pic was taken), and away from metal (I was leaning against the above ground fuel tank refill holder thing. Much as I want to ZAP the critters, maybe rigging some snow fencing while planting another hedgerow would be better.

Better not to blow yourself up!

 

[Ponypoor]

Hi, friends. I’m feeling quite under the weather and look at this very sweet visitor I have right now. I’m not waiting till post since it’s already Monday in Australia. She’s at the bottom of the pecking order, so doesn’t visit my lap very often. However, I know she enjoys it, as she was hand raised and liked to nap on me as a chick. Her little visit warms my soul.

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Such a pretty gal, I love her topknot!

I hope you feel better soon

 

[Ponypoor]

Whilst I'm capable of making that, I don't think I'd want to inflict that on the poor hen. How can she dust bathe or straighten her feathers?

I had a hen apron on my poor silkies last winter when the Roos tore out their feathers over breeding them, they still fluffed in the shavings in the stalls! I had to fix their little aprons sometimes they would flip up on them after this activity

 

[Ponypoor]

As I was making coffee this afternoon I looked out the window and saw this. This milk crate is their favorite new hangout. Sadly I am now down to only 1 keeper chick. The blue one in this group. Wattles sprouted 2 days ago on the white chick darn it.
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Sorry to hear that, but they sure are cute

 

[Ponypoor]

Running from about where I'm standing on down the hillmatching up with the fence line at the bottomView attachment 3314812The big pole is the power line with 2 grounds coming off

Hmmmm - you can run a fence near the pole as it won’t be a permanent fence (unless you put in permanent posts), I think there has been a lot of really great talk about the grounding and even using a negative line along with the positive hot line.

Do you think you might do something like this? I can see some naughty fox, coyote or bobcat, or dog getting a great big lifter off the fence! Keeping your chooks safe from ground predators - now if only we can keep aerial predators at bay!

 

[featherhead007]

Some good news from Cluckingham-Shire. I noticed a bran new set of tail feathers popping out on Hen-Rietta! Yay!

 

[bgmathteach]

Electric Fence Tax

The very first day in the Chicken Palace.
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Now that is definitely POW worthy! I hope you submit it!

 

[RoyalChick]

Now that is definitely POW worthy! I hope you submit it!

Aww. Thank you.
It was pretty cute to see.
The photo isn’t very high definition so probably not POW eligible.