Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

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I will need to make sure that they are not an invasive species here in Ontario. I think I have seen these beetles in the garden, and I think I have seen live mealworms being sold

 

[Ponypoor]

An epic chick fail got me laughing this morning. No harm done (apart from to her dignity of course).

Has she been getting tips from Eli by any chance?

 

[RoyalChick]

I will have to see about setting this I when I have time (ie: retired hahaha).

I think @Kris5902 had a mealworm farm - not sure if she still does. Somewhere deep inside this thread she gave a description of how she set it up.

 

[Ponypoor]

Give them time. Lark and Indigo have only just stopped bolting from me and they're a year old. It's taken this long for them to be willing to hang out within 5 feet of me.

I find that persistence works, and treats

Also a contained area they can’t get away from, they need to see you as protector - the tweens will run around but if they feel threatened they run back to were I am sitting on my lawn chair.

This only works if you have the time sit and observe.

I think you palace is a perfect place for them to run around and come back to you if they feel threatened. I was really worried in my barn they would get somewhere I couldn’t extricate them! But they have been really good about staying near me, except yesterday when they decided that outside was a really great place and they got into the long grass and I couldn’t find them!

 

[Ponypoor]

I think @Kris5902 had a mealworm farm - not sure if she still does. Somewhere deep inside this thread she gave a description of how she set it up.

Oh that’s good to know, I will check it out.

 

[rural mouse]

I will need to make sure that they are not an invasive species here in Ontario. I think I have seen these beetles in the garden, and I think I have seen live mealworms being sold

I found them at the pet store for feeding reptiles. In reading up on them, the giant super worms are infertile. Sometimes you can find them with fishing bait too.

 

[Ponypoor]

I found them at the pet store for feeding reptiles. In reading up on them, the giant super worms are infertile. Sometimes you can find them with fishing bait too.

I wa just checking out Pet Smart and they do sell them. Might set up a breeding tank and make my own when I retire or win the lottery

 

[DaisyBuff]

Is Daisy the chicken in your profile photo?

Yes she is! That was taken months ago, now she is 1 year old! I'll get some more recent photos in for you. On all of my 11 chickens! Oh, and I was referring to Daisy, a Buff Orpington I had a while back. She died. I wanted a Buff Orpington chick when I got my new marshmallow flock, but they were sold out! The Daisy on my pfp is Daisy #2

 

[rural mouse]

I wa just checking out Pet Smart and they do sell them. Might set up a breeding tank and make my own when I retire or win the lottery

I have 2 going now. 2nd batch of worms I got were much smaller than the 1st. First batch is all beetles now, 2nd batch is about the size the first was when I got. Had some tubs, oatmeal, corn meal and cream of wheat. Otherwise veggie peels and part of a cardboard egg carton.

 

[RoyalChick]

Does anyone know what is going on here? It seems unrelated to egg laying. Doesn’t happen every day, but quite often. It is loud!