Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

The bucket method works, I do it myself when I bring Holly's chicks back up onto the porch at night. All went well for a week with only Holly trying to bite my legs following me up onto the porch. At 1 week old they figured out they could fly up onto the lip of the bucket to escape. I now have to have a towel to cover the top to keep the chicks in.

Yes I half expected that also with these ones.

I bet tonight won’t go as smoothly!

I put the Tweens in with the new chicks and Penelope’s chick picked a fight with Rico.

Bet it’s a Roo

Removed the Tweens….

 

[LhickenChicken]

@BY Bob do you think you could grab a nice clear mugshot of Hattie? I'm going to hand-draw her for you.

 

[featherhead007]

Rat update:
In addition to the ideas everyone here had, I also found this thread helpful, as it helped me to identify the type of rats I have:
Thread 'Rat Control 101'
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rat-control-101.1283827/

Almost all of the wood chips are currently out of my coop. All of the holes could find are filled. I moved the the food out into the run. I replaced the waterer with a nipple waterer instead of cups. My husband removed all wood and vegetation from around the coop. I cleaned up the storage area side to reduce the nice hidey places we had been providing them with. So hopefully we have made it a less hospitable place for them to live.

I will wait a few days and see if this is enough for them to move on. If not we will do the dry ice and electric zapper to kill them off or at least reduce the population.

Do what they did in the old days of piracy. Put one rat in a tiny cage where it can’t move about and let it rot. Maybe that will tell the other rats that “ratting” here won’t be tolerated!

 

[Ponypoor]

They are very cute. I had to laugh at the bucket. Wish I had thought of that when I moved my five from the bathroom into the Chicken Palace. Very clever.

Necessity is the mother of invention- so they say!

I bet getting them back won’t be as easy!

 

[Ponypoor]

Holly and her 6 are hiding under the building and not coming out right now so will have to get pictures of them later.

Momma Hen + 4
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That silkie is darn tootin cute

 

[lightm]

Tina is a bit off. I have posted on the disease forum and here is a link if any of you would like to offer suggestions: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/is-it-time-to-treat-my-hen-with-antibiotics.1581760/

My main question is in the first picture of her poop, is that lash material together with her runny poop? You will have to click on the picture since it is blurred with inline spoiler protection. I have only heard lash material coming out by itself like an egg, but is it possible that lash material coming out with poop?

 

[RoyalChick]

Dear Aurora,
I am a huge fan and have followed all the advice you have given me before. I also study all your writings and responses to others so I can continue to learn from you.
This has all been a great help to me and I have risen to become the undisputed leader of my small tribe.
I remember your teachings about bringing new chicks into the group and so I was excited when my servant deposited 5 small fluff balls into the Chicken Palace. Oh boy do they make a lot of noise going peep-peep-peep all the time! And I have to watch my step as I could very easily squash one - I will admit I have outsized feet - but they are also ridiculously small. So in practical terms it is all a bit trying.
But I am OK with all that because, as you have taught me, they will increase the number of chickens I will get to boss around and that makes me happy.
However, here is my issue, and I feel more than a bit foolish admitting this, but I am a bit nervous around them.
There are so many of them, and they are so fast! Only this morning all five of them (did I mention there are FIVE?!) flew from the roost right at my head. I confess that I ducked and moved to one side rather than be hit five times (FIVE times!). And then when I went to teach them some respect they all took off in different directions so I didn't land a hit on any of them.
Fortunately I don't think either Eli or Babs saw this humiliating event, and my servant is of course completely loyal, so word will not spread. But still, I need to figure how to stop this nonsense ever happening again.
Any suggestions would be most welcome. I am including a picture of them, and yes, I know they look very cute and all that, but when they all fly at your head it is quite scary!

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Respectfully yours,
Bernadette

 

[RoyalChick]

Tina is a bit off. I have posted on the disease forum and here is a link if any of you would like to offer suggestions: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/is-it-time-to-treat-my-hen-with-antibiotics.1581760/

My main question is in the first picture of her poop, is that lash material together with her runny poop? You will have to click on the picture since it is blurred with inline spoiler protection. I have only heard lash material coming out by itself like an egg, but is it possible that lash material coming out with poop?

Maggie laid lash eggs a total of four times over a couple of years. They were all similar with lots of layers to them - like lasagna - that is also how they look if you look up lash egg on this site or elsewhere.
The things in your first picture do not look like lash material to me.
I don't really know about it, but people talk about shedding intestinal lining - and if I had to guess that is what you see in that first picture.
Hope she feels better soon.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Dear Aurora,
I am a huge fan and have followed all the advice you have given me before. I also study all your writings and responses to others so I can continue to learn from you.
This has all been a great help to me and I have risen to become the undisputed leader of my small tribe.
I remember your teachings about bringing new chicks into the group and so I was excited when my servant deposited 5 small fluff balls into the Chicken Palace. Oh boy do they make a lot of noise going peep-peep-peep all the time! And I have to watch my step as I could very easily squash one - I will admit I have outsized feet - but they are also ridiculously small. So in practical terms it is all a bit trying.
But I am OK with all that because, as you have taught me, they will increase the number of chickens I will get to boss around and that makes me happy.
However, here is my issue, and I feel more than a bit foolish admitting this, but I am a bit nervous around them.
There are so many of them, and they are so fast! Only this morning all five of them (did I mention there are FIVE?!) flew from the roost right at my head. I confess that I ducked and moved to one side rather than be hit five times (FIVE times!). And then when I went to teach them some respect they all took off in different directions so I didn't land a hit on any of them.
Fortunately I don't think either Eli or Babs saw this humiliating event, and my servant is of course completely loyal, so word will not spread. But still, I need to figure how to stop this nonsense ever happening again.
Any suggestions would be most welcome. I am including a picture of them, and yes, I know they look very cute and all that, but when they all fly at your head it is quite scary!

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Respectfully yours,
Bernadette

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That is a wonderful photo of Bernie. She looks very cross that she did not land a blow on any of the youngsters.

 

[lightm]

Maggie laid lash eggs a total of four times over a couple of years. They were all similar with lots of layers to them - like lasagna - that is also how they look if you look up lash egg on this site or elsewhere.
The things in your first picture do not look like lash material to me.
I don't really know about it, but people talk about shedding intestinal lining - and if I had to guess that is what you see in that first picture.
Hope she feels better soon.

Thank you. That is what I thought too. My reasoning is lash egg comes from reproductive track and poop comes from a different track so it does not make sense that lash material comes with poop.

I feel better now. Still debating on antibiotics.