Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

These are Chicago chicks:View attachment 3445066

East side of town

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Who wants a human sized chook?

Her.

 

[featherhead007]

But a human sized chook would say,
“Polly wants a cracker NOW!”

 

[featherhead007]

 

[Ponypoor]

Can anyone tell me the point of these ceramic eggs? Does it motivate the chicken to lay eggs?
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Yes, Grandma. I gave you fake brown eggs (didn't actually buy them). I hope this motivates you to lay again so the three others don't do all the work.
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She is likely too old to be laying eggs anymore my Penelope is 7 yrs old this year and not laying eggs anymore.

 

[Ponypoor]

It doesn't necessarily motivate them to lay, it is more that those fake eggs in a nest box indicate to the hens that THIS is a SAFE place to lay.

My kiddos like their golf balls hahaha

 

[LhickenChicken]

My kiddos like their golf balls hahaha

Golf balls are very round eggs, my flock thinks.

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm not going to try it to see. I think health wise it would be in Chiquita's best interest if she would take at least a month break or longer before she attempts to go broody again once she is completely done. She was sitting and trying to hatch sawdust for 5 weeks before I gave her the Marshmallows. They are 7 weeks old now. She needs a break to focus all her energy on herself and regain some body weight. I do not think she really lost a lot of weight, maybe half a pound, but she does feel a little lighter when I pick her up. For a tiny hen though that half a pound is a lot.

Yes I agree, she needs a break to just be a chicken

 

[Ponypoor]

Please, I'm begging you....TAKE THE SNOW! I've had all I can handle this year and there's no end in sight yet. It just keeps coming.

Yes, I think the synopsis would be just what the doctor ordered, and it looks like RC let me in already. Thanks!

Such a crazy year, some places are begging for moisture and others are getting too much!

Today was fairly nice other than the high winds, my chooks were outside all afternoon while I finished their new roosts.

Glad RC let you in

 

[rural mouse]

Sorry @Ponypoor, but you just triggered MY weather whining. The following picture was just barely taken from my front door. Keep in mind that we had a two-day warm spell (well, at least above freezing) a few days ago that melted about 8 inches of the snowpack.

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Oh, and hello to you all! I don't manage to drop in very much these days, but I do occasionally lurk for a few minutes.

Tax:
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house chickens now?!