Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

“Attention all units, suspects spotted by helo, route 144 at Town/Center. Be advised.. armed and dangerous. Handle code 3. Dispatch out! “View attachment 3564351

Never mind her. That’s dispatch, trying to hatch!

 

[featherhead007]

Bernadette wishes everyone a happy Mugshot Monday.

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She’s magnificent!

 

[LhickenChicken]

Happy Mugs Monday
Mrs. Clean-egg mugs


Might as well have Rosilia for mugs, since she's pecking the camera already.

 

[LhickenChicken]

Happy Mugs Monday
Mrs. Clean-egg mugs
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Might as well have Rosilia for mugs, since she's pecking the camera already.
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ooo, in that Rosilia picture there is El Morya in the background.

 

[RoyalChick]

She’s magnificent!

She fully agrees!

 

[featherhead007]

She fully agrees!

I meant that. My Rocks are pretty average looking, but are so friendly and loving. Is she a lap sitting loving type also?

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

I really wish I could let mine range too. We have the room, 25 acres. But there are eagles and hawks, dogs, raccoons, possums, skunks, and probably coyotes.

I've considered fencing in "the side yard" where they coop/run is. I'd use electric fence, I think. But that area is used for many other things. Parking, access to the propane tank, access to the woodpiles, the clothesline. Having to open an electric fence to do any of that is a non-starter with hubby. And I can see his point. We're not necessarily home when the propane truck comes to deliver, and they won't call ahead.

I've thought about fencing in an area behind the run that goes into the woods. I have seen the effect of raccoons climbing trees and getting into the neighbor's run and coop.

Actually, we heard the effect at 11 pm a few weeks ago: BOOM! the neighbors have shot 7 of the local raccoon population. And yet, the other morning, I saw 3 raccoons run across our driveway.

I'd have to fence and cover any additional area for the chickens, and it would have to be raccoon proof. Right now, my run is perhaps not Fort Knox, but is as predator proof as I can make it.

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Monday mug shot.

We needed to put hardware cloth up around out coop after a guinea massacre.
It was a few days after we let our first set of keets out in their run we built. Mom and I went out that morning to check on everyone, and dear gosh there were three decapitated bodies, two guineas missing, and one being eaten by a snake. Yeah... the coons got the three decapitated ones... I also found a forth body about a year ago from an older one. He was from the same clutch, but much older. We have also had a bobcat kill one, and hawks have attacked our guineas multiple times.
Way to many predators.

 

[featherhead007]

Attention all predators::

 

[featherhead007]

“I don’t give a squawk what people think! My rooster loves me!”

 

[Marie2020]

We needed to put hardware cloth up around out coop after a guinea massacre.
It was a few days after we let our first set of keets out in their run we built. Mom and I went out that morning to check on everyone, and dear gosh there were three decapitated bodies, two guineas missing, and one being eaten by a snake. Yeah... the coons got the three decapitated ones... I also found a forth body about a year ago from an older one. He was from the same clutch, but much older. We have also had a bobcat kill one, and hawks have attacked our guineas multiple times.
Way to many predators.

That must be a nightmare.
We are having a bunch of crows here. They didn't use to bother my girls but they are getting really nervous now. Tina and Princess don't want to venture anymore unless I am with them