Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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And I just had to share this picture of Josey the Exchequer Leghorn.

 

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That photo needs captions It looks like she is giving out the News or Weather report

....and a cold front is sweeeeping down from the far northwest and is going to drop your temperatures dramatically - kiss summer good-bye people for the next few weeks - back to you Bob for the latest News!

"And today, the computer told me that, uh, wait, I have to check Beakbook"

 

[ChicoryBlue]

The Kindness of Strangers

Someone was involved in a conspiracy. Whomever you are, thank you so much for the wonderful bushes. The girls will be thrilled when the blueberries ripen. I have always wanted a couple. Now I need to figure out where to plant them and how to keep the feathered vultures from destroying them.

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Here's what I found works so far, plastic little square mesh. Small squares don't hook the chicken's nails easily and won't cut them (I think). I did this last year. I've held it down with stones, so it can be taken up for adding more mulch, etc. Blueberries have shallow threadlike roots, on the smaller bushes they don't extend very far out. You'll want (I've wanted) to mulch it well with old acid pine chips and needles, fairly widely, for moisture retention and chicken enjoyment purposes, it's really full of worms! The mesh goes over the protected parts. I scrape back the other parts as the chickens work it. I do the mulch about as wide as the bush is, wider for young ones. Easy to cut slits and holes in the mesh to get it around the plants, also used two or three pieces.

 

[BeefQuesoritto]

For my flying leghorns, I've decided to just keep them in the run until they're fully grown. When they're large enough to go out in the electric fence, they better learn to fly back over the fence. The funniest part of all of it is the frantic realization of the leghorn when she realizes the flock is inside and she's outside. Girl, you did this to yourself.

I was trying and failing to get everyone in one pic.


This one at least has all my troublemaking leghorns. I really like them!

 

[BY Bob]

Im so tired of being sick, is it ok to cry now? (going on week 6) Hida Scan The 25th
And Hades has been crowing a lot lately, Zeus isn't crowing as much. But they started at 4 am lol.

 

[BY Bob]

Official Pony Sunday post.
Here are some video's I took yesterday. She is currently outside brushing him and getting ready to tack him up for another ride today. She has the full week off this coming week for spring break. Her plans, ride her horse every day. The slow gait she is doing with him in the videos, right now she has him doing 10 laps at this gait each direction before they start goofing off. Between now and May 20 she is going to build him up to 20 laps each direction. The first show of the season at the ring is May 20th. Russ's foot is healed, her new allergy medicine is working and with being on the thyroid pill for a month now she is starting to feel better. Rosie is not 100 percent better but I can tell a difference already and she has more energy. She has also finally gotten over the fear from the fall last summer. I know this seeing as how she is back to galloping at times and playing around on Russ. I did not get a video but last night after their ride and she had already bathed him and was letting him graze what does she do after a hour of grazing? Grabs her bridle reins, snap them on his halter, throws back on her helmet and climbs up bareback for a few minutes before putting him up. That alone was pre-fall attitude from her and I am so thankful to see it again.

Workout time is over, playtime begins.

Russ was then allowed 30 minutes to play or do whatever he wanted to in the ring tack free. Russ wanted to eat of course.
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Of course he waits until he is back home in his yard with the lead attached to decide it was a good time to roll around.

Wonderful news all the way around!

 

[featherhead007]

The 12 min one legged stand would have driven Alex crazy!

This is true!

 

[GregnLety]

Mid construction of the Guinea tractor

 

[LhickenChicken]

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Looking good!

 

[LhickenChicken]

Looks like it is nice and sunny over there! Not so much here, though...