Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

My dog was already over there today. I couldn’t find her, but we keep the tile locator on her collar. My husband made it ring from his phone and we could hear that she was over there. Lol! They only put the fence on this side, so the dog can easily get around it.

Hahahahaha too funny!

 

[Ponypoor]

Hotels are great places to go to the bathroom. The lobby bathrooms are always clean. Just walk in like you are staying there.

Hahaha awesome! Good to know!

I usually do that at the gas station - except in T Bay, it’s got a lot of crime unfortunately

 

[Ponypoor]

My dog was already over there today. I couldn’t find her, but we keep the tile locator on her collar. My husband made it ring from his phone and we could hear that she was over there. Lol! They only put the fence on this side, so the dog can easily get around it.

And the troubke is, if they dig under it. If I were to open the gate and retrieve them, I’d be trespassing. It seemed OK to walk over there to retrieve a chicken when there wasn’t a fence.

Oh yea and that would be eggsactly what they would say… hmmmm guess some mesh on the bottom of that lovely fence was a needed
Just sayin!

 

[Ponypoor]

I need a tile locator for my cat!

 

[Ponypoor]

Happy Saturday, friends. Here are the girls checking out the neighbor’s new fence.

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Hmmmm I would say the bare dirt is attractive to them, my kiddos love the bare dirt also!

What will you do? Maybe feed them up behind your house? To try to condition them to stay back there??

 

[micstrachan]

Hmmmm I would say the bare dirt is attractive to them, my kiddos love the bare dirt also!

What will you do? Maybe feed them up behind your house? To try to condition them to stay back there??

They will figure it out. During that period of time that they were treating it as a corporation yard, the chickens didn’t go over there at all.

They actually really love to hang out behind the run. I’ll need to have some more poison oak professionally removed so we can use more of our own yard.

 

[micstrachan]

Thunder Bay

Can't stand it here, the roads make no sense, can't find a service station with a bathroom, ended up going into Walmart, gave me a walk and a stretch so guess it worked out ok.

Some pics of the drive so far.
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Whining tax

The chickens don't seem to miss me!
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I’m sure they actually do.

 

[micstrachan]

My poor little Princess. It is very windy and every gust sends more feathers flying off her. She is walking around with angel wings at the moment.
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Poor girl. At least you don’t have snow yet. I bet you wish her molt would hurry up before then!

 

[micstrachan]

The chooks got their daily corn and are out and about talking up a storm.
Freya loves corn.....
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Maleficent just sat here and had a nice conversation with me...View attachment 3327726
Hades decided to let me have a close up. He is such a boss rooster.....
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Freya, Goldie, Autumn
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mom all the corns gone......
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Freya
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Dottie and Goldie and hades butt.
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Autumn
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Dottie always hanging out by me.
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What a beautiful flock you have!

 

[micstrachan]

15F (-9.4C) this morning, and going to get that low or lower tonight. Broke down and setup a warming pad on part of the roosting platform area. At least there will be an alternative to the snuggly nest box in case anyone (looking at you Popcorn) decides to hog the entrance to it. Heating pad with foam and cloth cover removed, then inserted into two rag pillowcases and an old t-shirt, then chopped hemp sprinkled on top.

I cannot figure out how to take a video or still on demand with my Arlo system. I did get an SD card. This is a screenshot from my tablet, looked up how to do it, that’s easy enough!
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This morning Peanut was on the perch over the coop warmer panel that’s just below their coop in the Little Run. But once the sun started coming over the hill she moved to the Big Run to try to catch some rays. Standing there in the thin winter light, shivering and hunkered down, loyal Hazel by her side, it was hard to watch her. They do really like that corner, and I had had the panel there before. So I stole the second warming panel from under the red worms (yes, they don’t do well below 40F and they are in a cool work/storage room) and set it up in that corner. Hmm I might buy a third panel….

Peanut likes the edge of the doggy pool dust bath (very soft vinyl) or maybe she’s trying to get the last of the sun’s rays. But most of the day she parked herself right next to the panel, her front, side or bum pointed at it, making forays out to eat and drink and forage a little. She ate some mealworms and pellets this morning. Her poop today was very liquid but I think normal - some runny green and runny white, with a small marble of regular poop in there.

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Sounds and looks like a wonderful set-up for them!