Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Nope, here's a hint: it sounds like a dessert

Tirolerhuhn ??​

 

[Ponypoor]

No no no Amarone is even better it's the truly bedt Italian wine

I will look for it next time I buy wine

 

[Ponypoor]

Wow. It is £33 a bottle here in the UK

That would be $60 here in Canada !

 

[RoyalChick]

The top leader may not peck anyone and may seem 'relaxed'. Remember with Bob's tribe, Patsy? Lilly was her second, and was the enforcer. And @Lilion didn't realize her top hen was top because she usually didn't peck or interceded.....just food for thought when observing.

That would point to Tassels or Calypso as the leader. Tassels makes sense as she is so huge.
I will keep watching.

 

[Skyewatcher]

Guess one of the chickens just couldn't wait for a nesting box(even though there are nesting boxes in the coop... but they like the cardboard boxes) noticed one of the chickens has on her back I'm guessing it happened in the coop. Well, we decided to build some nesting boxes out of pallets... now the chickens will have to get used to them.

 

[Ponypoor]

Well long time participants will not be surprised to hear that I know exactly what breed we are talking about.
So as not to ruin the game for others I will put the answer behind a spoiler.

Spoiler: Breed answer

The answer is that they are pretty chickens. You are all welcome.

AWESOME hahaha

 

[Ponypoor]

Guess one of the chickens just couldn't wait for a nesting box(even though there are nesting boxes in the coop... but they like the cardboard boxes) noticed one of the chickens has on her back I'm guessing it happened in the coop. Well, we decided to build some nesting boxes out of pallets... now the chickens will have to get used to them.
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Those look great!

 

[Ponypoor]

Finally someone finally got it you are the god of chicken breeds!

I didn’t get it right boohoo!

 

[RoyalChick]

Guess one of the chickens just couldn't wait for a nesting box(even though there are nesting boxes in the coop... but they like the cardboard boxes) noticed one of the chickens has on her back I'm guessing it happened in the coop. Well, we decided to build some nesting boxes out of pallets... now the chickens will have to get used to them.
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Those look lovely - but just like with cats, nothing beats a cardboard box!

 

[Ponypoor]

So, One of my hens hatched a lone chick yesterday. I have 3 broodies -each in their own nest box in that coop....and they ALL tried claiming the one poor chick! I had to remove the REAL Mamma and the chick and put each of the other 2 back on their own nests. (Those 2 didn't start setting until the 19th & 25th respectively - they still have work to do before their chicks appear!) I suspect that this chick (the first out) and resulting 'fight' over her caused 2 more chicks to 'not make it' One was trampled, and the other's shell was crushed - it looked fully formed, but the yolk sac wasn't quite absorbed. All three were 'in' the elevated nest box that is 14"x14".

I am not sure this Mamma will accept additional chicks - but I will try to get a few today on my way home from work - if TSC still has some. I really don't want to buy 6 more...but unless my buddy Ross is there, I will have to.

I did buy a large tote, and have it all marked out to make it a brooder tote like @rural mouse 's I think now I may have to get another one, too! I'll see how this one goes with Mom and chick, first, though. It is 26.5" X 19.5", so a bit over 3.5 sq. feet. And I have some really small fence panels (designed for guineas or such) that will, for now, give them an additional 4-5 sq. feet. That should be okay for the first week...no? They will be locked in the tote overnight - but have both spaces available during the day.

I honestly don't know what I will do when the next set hatches. Maybe the WR mum and her chicks can start sleeping with her flock and I can use that broody hut for the next batch?

This is crazy this year. I now have 3 mums that have hatched chicks, and have 4 more incubating!!! It is unheard of here. And, 3 of them have never brooded before (one thought about it last year - at 1 yr. old - but never did. AND....Miss Crop Girl is definitely sitting - broody. She is 5 and was never interested in brooding before....WTH????

I shouldn't complain...I just wasn't expecting this many - nor this quick.

chick Pictures will be coming

Oh same with Sophia! 4 yrs old never broody before. Must be something in the water haha!