Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

Happy Mother's Day everyone. Whether you have human, feathered, fur, or scales kids enjoy your day.

The Ole Bat say's enjoy your day and do nothing, you have earned it!

 

[rural mouse]

I'm not sure it would be possible to frame the walls. It was really difficult making the few holes in the wall required to build the run. And because the building is completely buried on the one side that is the only straight wall, we can't cover that wall as it needs to breathe. But the idea of a separation in the actual coop, we could definitely work on.

I don't think you would have to frame the walls entirely. Most of the framing against stuff like concrete involves ceiling to floor pieces with top/bottom and sometimes middle bracing. I was thinking more along the lines of a couple of vertical supports ceiling to floor in the middle of the room.

Like this middle post: attached to roof support (if there is one) and rooted in the floor. If there isn't a roof support then maybe a 3-way frame (triangle) of 3 posts, connected at the top, middle, and low to the ground (still root the bottom). Just the framework could create roosts, but could also be used to create some visual blockers

Secondary view with roof beams. Walls and roof here are sheets of metal.

Sturdy verticals (whether planed wood or tree trunks/branches) reaching floor to ceiling would give you multiple places to mount horizontal roost places and/or sheets, tarps, wallboard, or other sight blocking obstacles. The wall framing here is mostly non-existent: corners and middle of long wall. The pieces used here are substantially larger than in the house due to greater length spanned/different materials for walls, building codes, and purpose of final project. Hoping it gives you more ideas.

Noisy Nox


BTW, wallboard/plasterboard are typically British English terms for the same sort of thing as sheet rock/plywood. Same concept.

 

[RoyalChick]

I don't think you would have to frame the walls entirely. Most of the framing against stuff like concrete involves ceiling to floor pieces with top/bottom and sometimes middle bracing. I was thinking more along the lines of a couple of vertical supports ceiling to floor in the middle of the room.

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Like this middle post: attached to roof support (if there is one) and rooted in the floor. If there isn't a roof support then maybe a 3-way frame (triangle) of 3 posts, connected at the top, middle, and low to the ground (still root the bottom). Just the framework could create roosts, but could also be used to create some visual blockers

View attachment 3504952Secondary view with roof beams. Walls and roof here are sheets of metal.

Sturdy verticals (whether planed wood or tree trunks/branches) reaching floor to ceiling would give you multiple places to mount horizontal roost places and/or sheets, tarps, wallboard, or other sight blocking obstacles. The wall framing here is mostly non-existent: corners and middle of long wall. The pieces used here are substantially larger than in the house due to greater length spanned/different materials for walls, building codes, and purpose of final project. Hoping it gives you more ideas.

View attachment 3504975Noisy Nox


BTW, wallboard/plasterboard are typically British English terms for the same sort of thing as sheet rock/plywood. Same concept.

Yes. You can frame a wood structure inside the stone without needing to attach to the stone walls at all. It braces itself. Just like it would if you built a US house in the middle of an open field.
Gotta go. Some chickens are yelling for some reason.

 

[Marie2020]

So, my White Rock broody girl has 2 hatched out an dry, and another that has piped and partially zipped. One egg was definitely bad....I'll check again first thing in the morning and see if any others have hatched and/or piped.View attachment 3504454

And, a head start on Pony Sunday, as I will be gone most of the day:
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congratulations

I'm so pleased for you!

 

[Marie2020]

These two were a menace too my younge lads today as they helped me with my garden. They followed them everywhere and kept digging inches away from their feet. The boy's loved there cheeky ways

 

[RoyalChick]

Happy Mother’s Day (US edition). I guess I shouldn’t be surprised at Eli’s craziness after watching this. Don’t think a bit of chill will put her off!

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/osprey-protects-nest-hail_n_645fe638e4b005be8ff3e0d6

 

[Addicted To Chickens]

Hey ya'll Happy Mother's Day! It's been a long time!

 

[RoyalChick]

Geez. She is one crazy chicken!
Look at her green helmet all flared up. And her tail!

 

[rural mouse]

Geez. She is one crazy chicken!
Look at her green helmet all flared up. And her tail!

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You're getting a crash course on broody behaviors. She is certainly a beauty!

 

[RoyalChick]

You're getting a crash course on broody behaviors. She is certainly a beauty!

I really am. It is fascinating and terrifying at the same time.
She is getting more and more dedicated - she really flares at me when I grab her off the nest and she stays out only a few minutes each time.
I don’t know why she has it in for Babs - but she goes at her even when they are way away from the nest.
One blessing is that she is too preoccupied to pay any attention to the littles.