Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

Summer here is from July first to mid August, just 6 weeks....

Winter here is from Oct to Apr

Weather Whining Tax
Babies
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I like to state: we have 9 months of winter and 5 months of road construction.

And this is 100% accurate


Tax: contrasting with the last post, and taken within a week of each other

 

[featherhead007]

My father in law was here to visit. He has been giving everything away because of all the cancer in his body. He has about a year to live if that. In June they are moving his shed over here and some tools, and the shed we have now will be all mine. It will be mostly coop. Gonna add the silkies in there.

Bittersweet news, just don’t let the chooks use any power tools !

 

[LhickenChicken]

Its spring here, nice and warm and the chooks love it.

Not really here... In Canada you never have for sure a real summer. There's always a chance of snow. One time in the middle of August it started hailing and I had to run around crazily in order to save my plants. (at the time they were still in pots and I had to bring them all under the porch).

 

[LhickenChicken]

I like to state: we have 9 months of winter and 5 months of road construction.
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COMPLETELY TRUE

 

[Hannahdoesntexist]

Sweetie has decided to sit next to her mother and sister while they nest. She’s just reached laying age

 

[LhickenChicken]

Oh, and I need to post my mug:
P.S. This is Mrs. Clean-egg's mug. She has lately not been feeling very well.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I knew it, I knew it. Lock-up time and Perdita is not on the roost but in the tote flattened out like a pancake on nothing. I put her screaming fluffy butt back up on the roost.

 

[bgmathteach]

These young ladies are seriously bonkers!

Meanwhile Curly and Fluffy are full on serious broody! I asked them why they couldn't have done this a couple weeks ago

Anywhoooo they can share chicks when Penelope's eggs hatch....

Anyone have any experience with co-broodies raising chicks together??

My 2 DC girls have done this. Once one goes broody, the other one decides to set within 24 hours, and they use adjacent nest boxes....Then I move them to my broody tractyor (has 2 nest boxes, roost, etc.) and they raise them together. They cooperate really well, it is a joy to see when they are brooding their chicks!

I suspect that if they are setting together without shenanigans, then they will be okay brooding together.

 

[lightm]

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Oh, I love the pictures.

And your signature!

 

[featherhead007]

Days are getting longer. The coop is empty at the moment, but soon the crowd will shuffle in. I’m doing a quick safety check on the coop and run, while they are still out.