Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

So I didn't think of this issue. Because the brooder house has wire sides they can see in and see their usual night roost. So at least Piglet is trying to break in from various sides.
I might cave and open the door.
This is all a bit distressing. I should have covered the whole thing with cardboard so they couldn't see it.

A sheet should do it.

Gently put them on a roost in the main coop - all the Pentagonists together, and if you are able, tack up an old sheet to 'hide' their brooder hut.

 

[BY Bob]

Hitchhikers!

My mom always warned me against hitchhiking - and picking up hitchhikers, I think someone forgot to read that memo:
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Who, me??? I'm not hitchhiking - I'm feather surfing!
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Those are great!

 

[Lilion]

Oh, I was going to ask... now that the ladies are getting closer to laying age, I need to come up with nesting boxes. I ripped some useless cabinets out of my laundry room to replace them with better shelving. Thoughts on repurposing? I have 3 of these. Maybe just use two? 12 pullets and 1 hen.

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I put it in the run already so they could get used to it, and someone already pooped in it. I've got fake eggs ordered to start putting them some place. There's no real reason to use these over milk crates besides them being free, so I'm all ears.


That's not in Klingon, this is:

Spoiler: Dumb Joke

Qaghchugh Dachommey, cha'maH cha'logh SIbI' bop bomSIpDI' je. SoHQo' je lo'laHvam qama' vItlhutlhlaHbe', nIvbogh wIvchuq: 'e' vItlhutlh.

Silkie reD: Silkie 'Ip Huj qanHommeH naQ 'ej 'e' Silkie SIbI' qanHommeH. vaj, roo ZZ qanHommeH 'ej hen ZW qanHommeH, wa'vam purHochlaHvam chu' vItlhutlh ghoS qanHommeHvam. vaj, wI'elDajqa' W hen'achvam mab yajDu' 'ej jach wIboghDaj vItlhutlh SIbI' 'e' DamaQ. wI'elDI'ejDaq, roo'qa' Z jajHa' jIH, 'ej, reH 'e' DaSovrup qanHommeH, DamaQ (qangvIS, SIbI' mupwI' vIghojmeH) wI'elDI'ejvam DamaQvam.

Silkie roo ZZ qanHommeH non-silkie hen ZW: lo' 'Ip chay' qanHommeH roo'qa' Z jajHa' jIH, 'ej (tlhIngan HolwI' HoSDo' Hujlu'meH naQ SIbI' mup) DamaQvam DamaQ ghapwI'qang vIghojmeH. qaStaHvIS, roo'qa' (SIbI' mup loQ 'e' vIghojmeH) 'oH chay' ghapwI'qang vIghojmeH, 'ach wa'leS cha'logh.

SoH gho'vam 'oH, Bubba HIqSIpmeH Chiquita wa'DIchaw'laHbe'. vaj, Branch HIqSIpmeH (je 'e' loQ HemDI' SIbI' ghoS qaqaw) ghoS 'a vItlhutlh roulette wheel.

Here's a better picture.

 

[Ponypoor]

oh for crying out loud

I am so stupid and dumb - I forgot to give Tuff her meds - now I have to put on my barn clothes (ewwww yuck) and stagger to the barn in the pelting rain and hope I don’t fall down because of the meds intake for my RLS make me very unsteady- and give poor Tuff her meds.

Dumb dumb dumb



Oh and today I drained 150ml of fluid from her. I will keep any eye on her for the next month to see how she gets on.

Alright I am off to the darn barn.

 

[BeefQuesoritto]

Wow, those are awesome!! A couple ideas might be...
1. Put legs on them using 2x4's waist high and you can gather eggs from the front- oh add a 1x whatever the length is in front on the bottom to make a lip.
2. You could remove the backing (I forget the name of the saw) then add hinges on the bottom and handle at too- then you can open the back-- oh a latch at the top as well.-

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Thanks so much yall, I'm always overthinking this kind of thing! Nice, I'm all set, and barely have to fuss with it. Whew!

I have some scrap 1x's in the barn I could use!

 

[Skyewatcher]

oh for crying out loud

I am so stupid and dumb - I forgot to give Tuff her meds - now I have to put on my barn clothes (ewwww yuck) and stagger to the barn in the pelting rain and hope I don’t fall down because of the meds intake for my RLS make me very unsteady- and give poor Tuff her meds.

Dumb dumb dumb



Oh and today I drained 150ml of fluid from her. I will keep any eye on her for the next month to see how she gets on.

Alright I am off to the darn barn.

You are Not dumb!!! Your busy and it's easy to forget things. Sorry you had to put your barn clothes back on. Sleep well.

 

[BY Bob]

This is what I've done today (besides gathering eggs) wanted to protect the wood-
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They look great!

 

[featherhead007]

Remember back in the winter I posted Penelope and Mr P having a crowing contest?! She could crow as well as he could!

So glad I got rid of the roosts and put in the ledge - they are much happier I feel. Less bed time drama.

I really think that Mr.P has some parrot of the Caribbean thing going on in his head’

 

[BY Bob]

Many thanks to all of you, helping me think through things. It’s so hard, and your views are really worthwhile to hear. Thank you.

There’s been a surprising turn of events and I cancelled the emergency appointment, for today. I was assured that another can be arranged with little notice. I am now wondering if another draining would help her, as she doesn’t seem to be in the discomfort she was, or out of it and very sleepy like she was. Peanut wanted to join the tribe today and do chickeny things. So different from the last two days. This morning was nice and cool. She decided to get up and out of the nestbox, perhaps prompted by me feeling her belly which is more full, of course.

In the nest box she peeped to me softly, but it was in her flutey way, not the faint grunty bok from before, and was quite alert, snapped at a fly, looked at the others I had let out to forage, seeing them through the open back of the coop, got up and went across the roost bars and out to the veranda, looking down the ladder. But then she sat down on the edge. I went around to her and gave her the meloxicam in a blueberry and she ate some eggs. She seemed very interested in the world and took in the view from there for a little bit. Then she stood up, took one or two steps down the ladder and flew the rest of the way, landing well. She immediately began foraging and went around and out of the aviary to join the others. Her tail was up. She was lower to the ground than she should be, but not a penguin. I didn’t see her scratch, but she was beaking around, turning over leaves and pulling dirt.

Everyone took drinks of the rain drops on the new welded wire shady run which isn’t arranged yet but the door is open so they go in and out. It looked like Hazel and Peanut had a little face off. Hazel was scratching in damp dirt and Peanut wanted to move in and lie on it. Hazel held still, standing, looking down a bit, and Peanut was below her, resting, looking determined. Then it ended.

DH and I left to exercise after they all decided to rest under the lilac. When we came back, all four were in the winter main run, and Peanut was sitting tail up. Her tail is much more down or horizontal now but she’s talking with soft but normal peeps, and still wanting to be active. She foraged on the north side of the barn, went all around the barn, then rested on that north side again. Then she foraged again, and ate some meal worms. Maybe this is her last hurrah? I’d like to give her that.

I think taking all four will work as far as space when the time comes. Not tons of room, but the roosting platform fits in the dog cage, and all four fit that pretty well. It could fit six comfortably for roosting.

Peanut in foreground out this morning, Popcorn rushing to see if I have some goodies, think that's Butters in the back. Hazel was out of the shot scrounging under a Juneberry tree for fallen berries.
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Preening with Hazel, Peanut's in the pool, tail very down
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Sunbathing with Butters, Peanut's against the wall
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Walking and eating grass with Hazel, Peanut's in back
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Foraging with Popcorn on the north side of the barn
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Late afternoon preening, tail down, again with Hazel, Butters' fluffy butt peeking in, on the left.
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Sounds like she had a wonderful day today. I'm so glad you were able to give this gift to her.

 

[featherhead007]

That is one well fed lady.

“Mom, dad, this is my new girlfriend. She’s not fat as it seems, only well fed! “