Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

I'll be on later this evening. But for now a teaser to some of the pictures I took earlier.

I believe I can fly!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Experts I am worried. The rock in the front......it's a boy isn't it.

 

[Skyewatcher]

Experts I am worried. The rock in the front......it's a boy isn't it.
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I'm not an expert, but........ I think it's a cockerel

 

[Lilion]

Well I guess well see them next fourth of July or maybe even Christmas!

She does them a month at a time. LOL

I cant tell if you're all arguing or agressively agreeing with each other about bald eagles. I just think they're majestic and beautiful until you heard them talk and suddenly you realize that you've been lied to your whole life thinking they sound scary just to hear what sounds like a duck choking on a trumpet while a voice cracked teenager is laughing at "I woke up in a new Bugatti" for the first time. Lol

Yep...in movies they always use this menacing screech. It's actually a red-tailed hawk cry! We have them here. Big birds - but no eagle.

I mean just look at this dude
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He looks like me after highschool graduation

That is adorable!

 

[Ponypoor]

I was wrong?

I could have had M and Ms in my stash of junk food, but I ate them all last week

Blanche definitely doesn’t like M and Ms!

 

[Ponypoor]

I cant tell if you're all arguing or agressively agreeing with each other about bald eagles. I just think they're majestic and beautiful until you heard them talk and suddenly you realize that you've been lied to your whole life thinking they sound scary just to hear what sounds like a duck choking on a trumpet while a voice cracked teenager is laughing at "I woke up in a new Bugatti" for the first time. Lol

And they are huge carrion eaters

 

[Ponypoor]

I'll be on later this evening. But for now a teaser to some of the pictures I took earlier.

I believe I can fly!
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Awww what a character!

Wings up, chickie, wings up
Give me your eggs
Gimme gimme your eggs
Gimme gimme

Wings up…..

 

[bgmathteach]

How wide is too wide?

Depends on what you are asking for.

If the chicks fit through - then they are too wide. Most are about 1.5" apart. Honestly, I just watch the others for the first few days. If the chicks can get out - they can also get back in! I just would want to make sure no one targets them. For my present broody with 4 chicks, I had some small fencing panels (12"x18") that were designed for an exercise pen for a guinea pig (cavey)...I bungeed them to the bottom of the dog exercise pen that the plastic dog crate was in for the first few days. Gave everyone a chance to get to know each other before I removed them. Their food was in the pen with mom. They are 2.5 weeks old - and I open the pen up so mom AND them intermingle. However, I had an older exercise pen that was here when we moved. A little worse for the wear....but I put it around a shrub I was trying to grow in the pen. Long story short - it's wires are 2" apart, so the littles still fit. I put the started food in their for them (so they eat what is appropriate - not adult's 'all flock' - which the feeders are too high for them to reach anyways - AND so my numerous bigs don't eat all the starter feed on them!

My 'new' DC mom:

I picked this up for free at the transfer station a few weeks ago - wasn't sure if I would use it - but now I am REALLY glad I picked it up!

@rural mouse : This is my tub. I used a box cutter for the 'window', and then heated a nail for the holes for the zip ties. I used a carpenter's square and scored it first, then cut - but one side I was impatient and didn't score the side first - it shows.

I used one of the cavey pen panels instead of wire - so I didn't have to deal with sharp edges of the fencing. The panel wires are very close, and in addition to the wire around the outer edge, it has horizonal bars 2" in from both top & bottom. I don't yet have an access hole because if I put it on the pen under the roof, I need it to be rat safe. I got a tub with latching ends and I will put 2 bungies across the top as well.


I still like the medium plastic dog crates best - and it is a tad bit bigger than this tote - but, I wasn't expecting so many broodies - and it will work for about a week. I can always 'move them up' and put the next set of momma and hatched babies in here. (at least with a momma, I don't need a heater!)

 

[Sir Sacabambaspis]

And they are huge carrion eaters

And they don't like to share either

 

[BY Bob]

A Refresh is in Order
Every so often I need to repaint the letters on the main coop. As you can see it is time again.

So I got out my Dremel and stripped the remaining paint off of the letters.

I then painstakingly hand painted each letter. I will go back through tomorrow and touch up my mistakes with the mint green paint. I also took the time to refresh the paint on the farm fresh eggs sign.

While I was at it, I decided to refresh the missing sparkles on Aurora's crown.

The final product.

It is smoking hot out today. Now for a dip in the pool.