Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

The Motley crew has individual names

Clean leg has been dubbed Chia.

Little yellow is Enigma.

This, of course is Zulu.

Tuff, with Zulu in the background

This is Havoc.

(Zulu in front) Featherfoot has been dubbed Shan (Chinese word for mountain).

Whole crew. Left side: Chia and Shan. Havoc is pointing fluff as is Tuff. Enigma is inspecting the tree and Zulu found something interesting on the ground.

 

[BY Bob]

Today turned out to be a bad day for me. All I asked my front tenant to is wire up the trash trailer and connect the truck to the trailer. Both the wiring and the hookup were done totally wrong. The wiring fell apart, the trailer came off the ball and tipped my helper to the ground.
The tenant said he knew what was needed and he could do the job. (Obviously he was wrong!) I thank God no one was injured.
And No Chooks were injured in the process. I’m done with that situation for now. I’m too tired to take the truck to the dump.
. Saving a duckling from the hungry cat
.buried the hole the neighbors chooks dug up.
. Cutting trees (so many more to still cut)
. Re-wiring the trailer lights
. Connecting the trailer to the truck correctly.
. Cleaning the yard, mowing the yard where the trailer was.
. Taking down the chook fence and replacing it when I moved out the trailer
. Cleaned out the poop in the coop.
. Hung up a cabbage for the birds.
Even stopped and said a prayer and a goodbye to little Eli
Now it’s time to recuperate.

That was a full day. You deserve a rest.

 

[BY Bob]

I am feeling like trash right now. Lhicken is there suffering and I can't do anything for her. I feel like GARBAGE

She pooped out egg membrane this morning, ate some mash, and drank water. But now she is so weak she can't even stand. Every time I put her on her feet, she just plops down. < that emoji describes exactly how I am feeling right now. Or more like this:

Is there no vet you could consult with?

 

[Ponypoor]

The Motley crew has individual names
View attachment 3540738View attachment 3540744Clean leg has been dubbed Chia.

View attachment 3540749Little yellow is Enigma.

View attachment 3540742View attachment 3540745This, of course is Zulu.

View attachment 3540747Tuff, with Zulu in the background

View attachment 3540753View attachment 3540755This is Havoc.

View attachment 3540752View attachment 3540764(Zulu in front) Featherfoot has been dubbed Shan (Chinese word for mountain).

View attachment 3540757Whole crew. Left side: Chia and Shan. Havoc is pointing fluff as is Tuff. Enigma is inspecting the tree and Zulu found something interesting on the ground.

So wonderful that they are out and about

I love the barred pattern on the wings of Tuff and Chia, will they be barred?

 

[knoturavggrl]

There comes a time in all chickies lives when they need to start roosting with the grups.

As such I put in a lower roosting shelf for the tweens and the school chicks, who all seem to want to roost together anyways.

So now everyone as of tonight will be tucked away inside the Hen House.

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Next challenge is to get the ladies to stop wanting to lay eggs in that animal crate. There are no less than 6 available nest boxes they can lay in.

With Eli no longer around to teach them I think it is time the Pentagonists were encouraged to roost. It is ridiculous having five chickens their size all piled into a cardboard cat food tray!
I already removed the brooder plate it was sitting on so it is lower (I turned the plate off weeks ago of course) but that didn't phase them.
Maybe I will give them another couple of nights so I don't feel like I am throwing the little orphans out onto the streets!

Love the lower roosting area for your tweens, I may have to think of something similar.

RC I am with you on the ridiculousness level. There is an ocean of roosting space for the littles but they refuse to go up. Brownie quit staying with them in the tote 3 nights ago. These chicks are already a 1/3 the size of my bigs all squished into the tote. I will give them another week or so before I start putting them up there.

 

[notabitail]

So wonderful that they are out and about

I love the barred pattern on the wings of Tuff and Chia, will they be barred?

They might be barred from trashing the garden and the inside of the house but I cannot say because they are not my chickens.

 

[BY Bob]

Sometimes, Josey will jump on my lap. It is heartwarming until I realize she just uses my lap to launch to her desired spot in my room.
Last night she kicked the lid to a jar on a floor. She then proceeded to look down with her eyes bugging out at the lid she kicked off my desk.

She sounds like a cat.

 

[notabitail]

She sounds like a cat.

That is what I was thinking of. Good thing she does not try to eat the chargers.
chickcat.

 

[BY Bob]

Dakota wanted to come inside the house. She was very persistent about it. Squawking at me, standing on the porch next to the door (with more squawking)
When I brought her in, that darn chook shook off her hidden dust bath sand, on my carpet !

I think she was sending you a message.

 

[BY Bob]

A TV is like a huge desktop monitor. So pretty much anything that has the right port and can support the resolution of the TV can plug into it and use it as a monitor (display).
I am going to owe so much tax for helping other people.

I am waiving tax in this instance but only this instance.