Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Yep she does! My husband is really lazy... Many times I have to be like "Light needs this and that" and then he will go do it...

That’s actually so sweet

I think it’s cute he and Light are pals

 

[Ponypoor]

My brother used his bank card to pay the deposit. He is giving them until tomorrow morning to contact me with a explanation or for the hens to show up before he takes action. He is not as happy as I am.

That’s just terrible, well hopefully they are just held up with the bad weather - I like to give people the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Ponypoor]

My brother used his bank card to pay the deposit. He is giving them until tomorrow morning to contact me with a explanation or for the hens to show up before he takes action. He is not as happy as I am.

I feel so badly, I know you were excited and I bet we all were also. I know I was excited

I am also afraid to ask about Mama Hen -

 

[ChicoryBlue]

That’s just nuts! Holy jumping jelly beans! That’s like a 60percent increase in price!

Shaking my head here at that! How can anyone afford anything?!

Hold it - I’m fairly bad at math but I don’t think that’s right. Isn’t the new price two and a half times the old price? Like I could have bought it twice over and still not pay that much. So wouldn’t that be a 250% increase? Calculator - 259% or so?
The other way’ round it’s like the old price is 38% of the new.

My brother used his bank card to pay the deposit. He is giving them until tomorrow morning to contact me with a explanation or for the hens to show up before he takes action. He is not as happy as I am.

Your brother might want to put a hold on his bank card, depending on how that works, can they go in there and take out the max daily?

 

[RoyalChick]

Your brother might want to put a hold on his bank card, depending on how that works, can they go in there and take out the max daily?

Oh that would be bad. Ugh!

 

[knoturavggrl]

Coop has been tried and tested this storm!

All my chickens made it through the night with no apparent frostbite nor are they showing any signs of stress. So relieved!

My husband is a Locomotive Engineer so we moved Christmas up a day to insure he would be home to share the holiday festivities!

From my flock to yours …… Happy holidays everyone!!!!!!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I feel so badly, I know you were excited and I bet we all were also. I know I was excited

I am also afraid to ask about Mama Hen -

Momma hen is doing well. She came off for a quick drink, food and potty. Once again she was back on those eggs in under 10 minutes.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Hold it - I’m fairly bad at math but I don’t think that’s right. Isn’t the new price two and a half times the old price? Like I could have bought it twice over and still not pay that much. So wouldn’t that be a 250% increase? Calculator - 259% or so?
The other way’ round it’s like the old price is 38% of the new.

Your brother might want to put a hold on his bank card, depending on how that works, can they go in there and take out the max daily?

Oh my this so possible If they don't show today and it were me I’d regretfully report the number stolen and get a new card. Its a pain but better safe then sorry. I am so sorry this happened to you

 

[bgmathteach]

It's a foldable doggie pool/bath, and they make bigger sizes
https://www.chewy.com/frisco-outdoor-dog-swimming-pool/dp/220149

It's worked really well. It's very tough material on the bottom and survives chicken scratching, and even me carefully dragging it around. I lift one edge and spin it to drag.

The Small is a good chicken height and manageable for me. The top edges are soft, covering something stiff in there, it's like a half inch of material on top. So the chickens often just step on the edge to get in, or even stand on the edge, poking around in the bath mix. When they were small I put a quarter log outside and in for a step up. They used it but also soon hop-jumped up and over so the log made a short appearance. They will bathe in it, but they now prefer the actual dirt ground holes they make in the aviary yard in summer, partly because I don't have it deep enough in there I think. But also they each had a special hole they liked.

The last time I saw them bathing in the big run it was in a sunny patch in the litter. Sometimes I see them doing both - one or two in the pool, one or two out next to it. They do like to peck and scratch in it for variety from the litter though, and pick up tiny pebbles, and I throw clods of dirt and grass in there.

(Their baths always start around 11-11:30am here, an interesting fact I noticed this year. Does anyone else notice their routine like that? Is it due to our latitude here, where the sun is in the morning, or is it due to their morning schedule - the time elapsed - since waking up?)

The Small will fit all four Buckeyes in it bathing, but usually only two or three get in there now, they tend to object and squabble when more try to join.

That is great - and reasonably priced, too! I am bookmarking it!!
Presently, my chooks have one of the mortar mixing tubs (got it already in a sturdy wooden raised frame as if someone used it as a water tub - for $5 from REstore for Habitat for Humanity! And they have a spot under the roofed part of run that they use during winter, as well.

I find Spring and Fall they use it the least...but I think that is partly because in summer it is in the shade and I will either mist the soil, of bury a bottle of ice in it. In winter, that and the space in the run are the only options! I actually fill a couple 5 Gal. buckets on a dry day in the fall so I have dirt to replenish their dust bath. I do need something with higher walls so not so much gets flung out! The large, I think, would do well for me! High enough sides and enough space for a few to bathe at once. That with the tub I now have should be good...especially once I get the rest of the run roofed and there is covered space for it.

 

[bgmathteach]

Hold it - I’m fairly bad at math but I don’t think that’s right. Isn’t the new price two and a half times the old price? Like I could have bought it twice over and still not pay that much. So wouldn’t that be a 250% increase? Calculator - 259% or so?
The other way’ round it’s like the old price is 38% of the new.

Okay, I'm not sure of the exact prices, so I'll use nice round numbers for ease.

If original price was $20 and new price is $50, it is 150% increase, or you could say it is selling at 250% of it's original price.

original price X percent increase = amount of increase

amount of increase = $30 here (50 - 20 = 30)
original price = $20 here

So:
20 x Y = 30

20 x Y = 30
20 20


y = 1.5 (decimal)
150 % = percent increase


can also use this formula:

ending price = percent #
original price 100

Here it would be:

50 = Y
20 100

Cross multiply (diagonally through equal sign)

50 x 100 = 20Y
500 = 20Y

500 = 20Y
20 = 20

500/20 = Y

250% = Y (So, ending price is 250% of original.) If you want price increase, it would look like this:

amt. increase = Y
original price 100

50-20 = 30 amount of increase

30 = Y
20 100

same [process, yields Y = 150% this is the percent of INCREASE

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Okay, I'm sure I owe lots of taxes:

"Give me your cold, huddled masses"

The girls are fluffed up to about twice their normal size!

And my last momma. She just did a very light molt after hatching my last batch of chicks, an this past week decided to do a full on molt, Last week I thought something had gotten into the coop overnight....counted all heads...nope, all accounted for ? What the heck? Then, she comes out from behind another hen & ONG, half naked.! She is already starting to look a lot better, but this is what you get when you go broody late!!!!! Silly Girl.