Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

I'm trying to picture her and Mr. Pompeii together.

hahahaha - I am wondering if Marty will pick a fight with her, or if the two of them will somehow form some strange bond and conspire to hatch chicks behind my back!!!

 

[Ponypoor]

My Rocks were $2.50 USD each.
Discounted because they were fake rocks.

Fake or not - I adore them

 

[BY Bob]

Yes I remembered that - but if Betty would get up on a roost then the trick is to provide shading so it doesn't light up where Aurora is - sort of a lamp shade.

I was just thinking maybe a string of mini lights on a timer to light up the roost after dark. Enough light to see the roost but not enough to light up the area.

 

[Ponypoor]

Seems like you have moved into chicken algebra.

Ya.... I have it bad. Being in camp gives one time to think haha!

I was so wanting some of those Sultans but not if they are straight run boohoo! But the Legbars are still looking good to me. Anyways Spring is a long way off, and I don't know what will happen after this project. I might have to jump right into another project, which will suck. I will have to hire someone to finish the run in that case Can't have the chickies stuck inside in nice weather. We have a wonderful Mennonite community that does lovely work - I am sure they know how to do chicken runs !

 

[Ponypoor]

I was just thinking maybe a string of mini lights on a timer to light up the roost after dark. Enough light to see the roost but not enough to light up the area.

ya that might work...

 

[BY Bob]

Have you carefully 'combed through' all her feathers to be sure she doesn't have a puncture wound? if she did get one, they are sometimes quite hard to clean out and she might have an infection. She also might have gotten her cornea scratched - it might not show, but it would hurt some ( @micstrachan might be able to comment on that and the healing process...unfortunately she has personal experience with that.)

@ManueB do you have any antibiotics on hand? It might be worth trying a course of antibiotics in case there is a wound you can't see.

 

[BY Bob]

How are you going to cut that roofing steel?

Tin snips or angle grinder. I'm not certain which I will need to use yet.

Steel roof tax

 

[Ponypoor]

OK all the network here is bogged down again - so I will wish everyone a good night.

Tomorrow I am heading to town (Peace River - 3.5hrs away), need to pick up some stuff and get some junk food hahaha. I will check in on @RebeccaBoyd tomorrow to see how Momma is making out, and see how By_bob is doing with his project.... Night all!

 

[BY Bob]

Can you remove the door roost so Aurora can't get to the high roost? That would force her to Daisy's roost, and thereby allowing Betty to roost!?!?

At first i thought you had arrived at the solution. Then I remembered that Sydney could not roost up there. She needs the door roost as well to get up.

 

[BY Bob]

I have that on my house, we reroofed the house and garage shortly after buying our place. It’s a awesome choice last a very long time.

Thanks for the endorsement. It's it easy to work with?

Steel Roof Tax