Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

I danced my life away.....all I did was dance. And model
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[knoturavggrl]

Success on two fronts:
First the kids pool got set up:

Second, this is not the greatest photo by far but it represents a lot of learning, a lot of trusting nature and one amazing almost hen (she isnt quite a yr old yet)

A quick story on how we got to here today: This morning Brownie flew at the side of tent, I took this as I believe it was meant, let me out of here or I will eat one of these kids they are driving me nutz!! So, I said okay okay okay!

Let all the bigs out to peck around the yard and took Brownie and the chicks to the coop along with food and water. We gave them about an hr to explore and then I lured the bigs back into the coop with cheese balls (these never fail).

I set up camp outside the run fully expecting disaster but nothing happened. Brownie set the bubble, made an example of a few without bloodshed and now no one will dare mess with the chicks and that is that. The queen rules the coop and run again with her tiny minions in tow.

I have verified they can easily enter and exit from the coop into the run and back again.
I am about to go out and see if they are settled in somewhere and I think if they are I will leave them all out there together. Brownie seems to have this well in wing, if I would just stay out of her way.

 

[RoyalChick]

Success on two fronts:
First the kids pool got set up:
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Second, this is not the greatest photo by far but it represents a lot of learning, a lot of trusting nature and one amazing almost hen (she isnt quite a yr old yet)
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A quick story on how we got to here today: This morning Brownie flew at the side of tent, I took this as I believe it was meant, let me out of here or I will eat one of these kids they are driving me nutz!! So, I said okay okay okay!

Let all the bigs out to peck around the yard abs took Brownie and the chicks to the coop along with food and water. We gave them about an hr to explore and then I lured the bugs back into the coop with cheese balls (these never fail).

I set up camp outside the run fully expecting disaster but nothing happened. Brownie set the bubble, made an example of a few and now no no one will dare mess with the chicks and that is that. The queen rules the coop and run again with her tiny minions in tow.

I am about to go out and see if they are settled in somewhere and I think if they are I will leave them all out there together. Brownie seems to have this well in wing, if I would just stay out of her way.

How wonderful!

 

[featherhead007]

Success on two fronts:
First the kids pool got set up:
View attachment 3523683
Second, this is not the greatest photo by far but it represents a lot of learning, a lot of trusting nature and one amazing almost hen (she isnt quite a yr old yet)
View attachment 3523682
A quick story on how we got to here today: This morning Brownie flew at the side of tent, I took this as I believe it was meant, let me out of here or I will eat one of these kids they are driving me nutz!! So, I said okay okay okay!

Let all the bigs out to peck around the yard and took Brownie and the chicks to the coop along with food and water. We gave them about an hr to explore and then I lured the bigs back into the coop with cheese balls (these never fail).

I set up camp outside the run fully expecting disaster but nothing happened. Brownie set the bubble, made an example of a few without bloodshed and now no one will dare mess with the chicks and that is that. The queen rules the coop and run again with her tiny minions in tow.

I have verified they can easily enter and exit from the coop into the run and back again.
I am about to go out and see if they are settled in somewhere and I think if they are I will leave them all out there together. Brownie seems to have this well in wing, if I would just stay out of her way.

Cheese balls

 

[knoturavggrl]

Cheese balls

Those and extreme cheese goldfish crackers are both my last ditch if I need to get them to go somewhere neither has ever failed me.

The bigs are roosted Brownie and the littles are all settled into the red tote I moved from the tent. Refreshed the littles waterer, took a deep breath, and I left them all for the night.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I have Eggciting news, at 18 weeks and 2 days old 1 of the Leghorns laid her first egg. Do not know which one it was but there was a white egg in the porch box this afternoon and I had already collected Chiquita's white egg.

 

[Ponypoor]

Those and extreme cheese goldfish crackers are both my last ditch if I need to get them to go somewhere neither has ever failed me.

The bigs are roosted Brownie and the littles are all settled into the red tote I moved from the tent. Refreshed the littles waterer, took a deep breath, and I left them all for the night.

Now that’s an awesome integration - good job Hooman

 

[Ponypoor]

I have Eggciting news, at 18 weeks and 2 days old 1 of the Leghorns laid her first egg. Do not know which one it was but there was a white egg in the porch box this afternoon and I had already collected Chiquita's white egg.

Is that early? I am thinking it is, I should have kept better track of my gals, but I think it was 20 weeks-ish.

 

[BY Bob]

New Food
Everytime I come in through the side gate the chickens have been charging towards the gate. I assumed that it was to break out of the yard into the outside world.

The gate

Turns out it was something else they were after.

Everytime I open the gate, these little pipes fall off the vines.

Apparently they are delicious. The chickens swallow them whole. It is a feeding frenzy everytime I open the gate.

I planted this vine years ago because supposedly the blue swallowtail butterfly likes to lay their eggs on the vines. I do not remember what it is called.

 

[featherhead007]

Those and extreme cheese goldfish crackers are both my last ditch if I need to get them to go somewhere neither has ever failed me.

The bigs are roosted Brownie and the littles are all settled into the red tote I moved from the tent. Refreshed the littles waterer, took a deep breath, and I left them all for the night.

So now they are all perched in the coop, crops full of cheese balls?