Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[knoturavggrl]

What are you doing, no roos no. I already promised mom no more silkie roos. Pullets people, I need pullets. I am going to ask her advice. I have a empty incubator. I also have a very stubborn broody hen who is just waiting for me to give up trying to break her and let her have eggs. I could relent, give Perdita a store egg tonight and stop all attempts to break her and give her the eggs 24 or 48 hours after they arrive. Decisions, Decisions.

A middle ground suggestion, shipped eggs often end up with detached air cells. Because of the precariousness of shipped eggs. I used a method that sounded right for me and my incubator to reattach the ones that were clearly detached then incubated them till lock down. Then gave them to Brownie to hatch out. Maybe this would work for you too?
You likely have your own method for handling shipped eggs. If you by chance do not, feel free to PM me. I researched somewhat obsessively with mine I am happy to share what I found.

 

[featherhead007]

Hahaha is it better than a horse dropping on me ? Maybe I should have used vegemite then (btw yes I have eaten it before, Newfoundland staple along with canned corn beef and fried bologna!)

And SPAM

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

How do you trim chicken toenails? Mine are way longer than those... they don't bother them but it feels like a good idea to trim them.

Probably SHRA (is it called?) But I just use dog toenail clippers and clip it a little longer that the blood vessel so that it doesn't bleed. Here is tax just incase
Willow furious that BBQ stole her nest to lay an egg

 

[featherhead007]

So, it is pretty easy to trim chicken toenails, and yes, they look too long.

You can do one of two tings:
using human toe nail clippers, or dog/cat nail clippers, snip off the very end/tip. Be VERY careful to not snip into the quick - it hurts and they will bleed. This takes care and a 'calm' bird to do it this way. If they aren't real calm, wrapping them in a towel helps.

The easier - slightly slower, but still quite effective and safer way is to use a human emery board. I prefer a human metal file/emery board because I can sanitize it AND it lasts a long time. The thin cardboard ones don't last long, but still work.

Again, have the bird calm. Slowly use the file against each nail to file it back. Don't go hog wild and file it back too much - make sure there is still a bit of nail tip beyond the quick so it isn't painful. If the nails are really long, you may need to file them each week for a few weeks ( the quick recedes when you file them regularly, so eventually you can get them to a good length even if they are really long.)

 

[featherhead007]

Yup on all those points.

But since I had to eat that as a kid I didn’t know any difference! Didn’t really enjoy it but I ate it!

Much preferred molasses on a nice slice of homemade bread oh and another thing was butter on homemade bread and sugar sprinkled on the butter - not keen on that at all!

Tax on what to eat

Fluffy look this way!
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Vegimite, marmite, dynamite, what’s the difference?

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Is she shipping them?

Yes they are being shipped. I will let you know in a month that my anxiety has calmed down. I've never had shipped eggs before. First they have to arrive safely. Then the anxiety of incubating those eggs begins. I am being realistic, 100% hatch rates for shipped eggs is not something to hope for. If they arrive safely I will consider it a successful incubation if half hatch. I would love 4 or more to hatch, but again shipped eggs. Truthfully I just spent 60 in hopes of getting 1 single black silkie pullet. Call me crazy if you will, but, all I want is at least 1 pullet.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Some photos today, for SHRA purposes I tried to get a few with at least two chickens!
They were helping DH move an old non-working lawn tractor for somebody to haul away. Boy is that thing heavy. Great steel. Lots of mud and leaves to look through, this is the north side. The wall is not green, it must be reflected light.

After all that hard work Peanut needed to sunbathe, Hazel almost joined her but decided against it.

 

[Ponypoor]

And SPAM

Nope no SPAM but think it must be like canned corn beef…

Tonight Fluffy hopped into the nestbox above the one she and Curly brooded in. Only problem for her was the fact that Penne hopped in with her AND Foggy the light grey chick hahaha. Poor Fluffy, I removed Foggy as she might have toppled out at night and got injured, but left Penne.

Fluffy was already pecking at him - poor Penne, he won’t go with the Tweens or the school chicks. He will need to figure things out I guess.

 

[notabitail]

Nope no SPAM but think it must be like canned corn beef…

Tonight Fluffy hopped into the nestbox above the one she and Curly brooded in. Only problem for her was the fact that Penne hopped in with her AND Foggy the light grey chick hahaha. Poor Fluffy, I removed Foggy as she might have toppled out at night and got injured, but left Penne.

Fluffy was already pecking at him - poor Penne, he won’t go with the Tweens or the school chicks. He will need to figure things out I guess.

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You combined your answer about SPAM with a chicken thing to hide your tax payment.

 

[Ponypoor]

Yes they are being shipped. I will let you know in a month that my anxiety has calmed down. I've never had shipped eggs before. First they have to arrive safely. Then the anxiety of incubating those eggs begins. I am being realistic, 100% hatch rates for shipped eggs is not something to hope for. If they arrive safely I will consider it a successful incubation if half hatch. I would love 4 or more to hatch, but again shipped eggs. Truthfully I just spent 60 in hopes of getting 1 single black silkie pullet. Call me crazy if you will, but, all I want is at least 1 pullet.

Crap! I would seriously have smuggled Cappy across to you if you were so desperate! Eggs for Bob in one carton - and a chick on the other carton for you hahahaha