Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

My Marans never went broody. Just saying.

What marans?

 

[Ponypoor]

I have a chicken question. I have a 5 foot fence but theres dogs on the other side. The chooks can see them if they were out. I have no foxes just have to watch for hawks. Can the chickens get over the fence or will they?

Buttercup, Blanche, Sophia, Misty, and Whiskers all fly over the 5' gate, Misty can fly up onto the door of the Hen House (7' up). So YES they will have no issues with popping over your fence.

 

[Ponypoor]

Tina follows me everywhere
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Princess checks out the big bird in the sky (being an aeroplane)
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Hello pretty ladies - nice to see you out and about!

 

[Chicken poppy]

Buttercup, Blanche, Sophia, Misty, and Whiskers all fly over the 5' gate, Misty can fly up onto the door of the Hen House (7' up). So YES they will have no issues with popping over your fence.

Especially depends on the bird, too. My Japanese can fly directly up 10 feet with ease. A bantam cochin? would be much less graceful.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Tina follows me everywhere
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Princess checks out the big bird in the sky (being an aeroplane)
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Princess looks grumpy

 

[Ponypoor]

Especially depends on the bird, to. My Japanese can fly directly up 10 feet with ease. A bantam cochin? would be much less graceful.

Yes I bet! Just hoping the Bielefelders and Brahma aren't as prone to 'flying the coop' as some of my others !

 

[featherhead007]

I had all the birds except for one, having breakfast with me. After we had our meal, I went to get Shenandoah from the coop. She was setting on an egg. I brought her inside and told her sternly “sometimes you have to think outside the box!” Then I fed her some scrambled eggs

 

[micstrachan]

No wonder Jaffar wanted to be inside the house:
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I can’t believe it’s colder there than here!

 

[micstrachan]

I have a chicken question. I have a 5 foot fence but theres dogs on the other side. The chooks can see them if they were out. I have no foxes just have to watch for hawks. Can the chickens get over the fence or will they?

Yes, some can. And so can the dogs, probably.

 

[micstrachan]

What marans?

Wasn’t Lily a Black Copper Marans?