Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Remember Purple is a royal color dark purple anyway. GOes with golds and greens. Not just a girls room or easter egg. My screen porch is painted dark purple.

Like your avatar's hair?

 

[Marie2020]

She is grumpy chicken. That's what she is!

I will tell her what you said

 

[Ponypoor]

They are upset! I dont know why but I did not expect that to be her voice.

She has a set of lungs! She finally laid her egg in a nest box, and so did the other crazy girl!

 

[Ponypoor]

That seems beefy for a silkie. That's bigger than Phyllis!

She doesn’t feel fat or anything, and the theee white ones are moulting, but they eat like horses! Even Marty has a healthy appetite, she was 1.6kg.

I wonder what the Roo weighs? I haven’t weighed him, will do that tonight when he is roosting and quiet. I gave up on trying to tame him, he would get so upset and gasp for breath - making me feel horrible (not to mention Marty wanting to tear one of my arms off and peck my eyes out!).

 

[GregnLety]

That is true. It's been too long. Lots of dog photos. Where are the chciken pictures @GregnLety

I've been busy on the honey do's lately but I promise more pics today.

 

[GregnLety]

They must be happier now is a bit cooler there.

Haven’t seen any photos of your chickies on a while or those Guinea fowl they must be pretty much full grown!

Pics to come, I think I picked 2 male guineas but time will tell. It is brightening up so it should be a good afternoon for pics

 

[RoyalChick]

Legbars lay blue or brown eggs. They do not lay white ones.

I did not know that! So we really will know once she lays an egg.
Interesting.

 

[RoyalChick]

I was shocked when I gave them purple cabbage and got lime green poo out of them. I thought they were all dying. Instead they were "dye'ing".

Fortunately a good friend named @BY Bob warned me about this. I like red cabbage so my ladies often decorate the Chicken Palace in various shades of green.

 

[bgmathteach]

Two for Drama

Both Misty and Whiskers are very annoyed I removed the animal crates in the shavings room. They need to start laying eggs in the Hen House and that’s it!

You tell her, girls!!!!

 

[fuentemoon]

I do use the pellets for the chickens sometimes - just in places where there is concentrated wet, like when Maggie had diarrhea and always slept in the same spot, I would sprinkle it on the ground there.
The one issue is they compost really slowly. It isn't a big issue for me as it is better it take a while when composting cat waste and I have the space - but I am about to use one bin and it has been about 4 years since I left that bin to mature!
It is still better than the mining that is required for the clay litter. I sometimes use it un-composted as mulch around trees, and the horse stall ones are a bit darker so it is less of an eyesore when it hasn't rotted down.

Also much better for everyone's lungs! I too use wood pellets. I buy the animal ones vs stove pellets most of the time (or mix) because they have zeolite in them which helps with smell.