Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Well for the time being I am leaning towards pullet for Owly. I just witnessed her doing something that really I have not saw a chick this young regardless of gender do. Raven brought them to bed and once again everyone was squezing into the box with her. Owly must have gotten too cramped so she hopped into the empty box beside them and sat in the middle of it. She then started playing with the bits of hay. What started out as playing ended up with her tossing hay over both sides of her back like the hens do when they are nest building. That HAS to be pullet behavior.

Most assuredly that is a pullet. Congratulations!

 

[BY Bob]

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.

I would use the cabinet for sure. You may want to put a divider or 2 in there.

 

[BY Bob]

You so underestimate Babs. She cleared them off that big roost lickety-split and then went back out for more snacking.

Just perfect. She burned off some energy and had to tank back up.

 

[RoyalChick]

Just perfect. She burned off some energy and had to tank back up.

Babs is very understated and lady-like, but she sure can stuff her face!

 

[BY Bob]

FWIW, we took the back off so we could put a door in the coop to collect eggs from the outside. We also put a dividing wall down the middle.

That sounds perfect!

 

[BY Bob]

That was awesome!

She is one awesome lady for certain.

 

[BY Bob]

I see your double:
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and raise you a triple:
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(with a gratuitous blurry fourth)

and, to hedge my bets, provide a quintet (with a gratuitous extra head)
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And a broody mum for good measure!View attachment 3571266

Marvelous.

 

[featherhead007]

My two little indoor furry chickens
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Apparently there's nothing wrong with the ceiling that had a mushroom growing out of it. I suppose all this fibre coming out of my toilet is okay too, we'll have to wait and see
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I hate armpit hair!

 

[BY Bob]

Pony Sunday
For Pony Sunday let me introduce Miss Baby Bunny.
Miss Baby Bunny showed up and introduced herself to Bernie and Babs.
She made herself at home until Babs chased her off.
Then she went off to introduce herself to the Pentagonists. Sylvie wasn’t very welcoming and chased her all around the yard until they agreed to co-exist peacefully.

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I remember back when we had the 5 baby bunnies in the yard and the girls stopped chasing rabbits off. Thanks for reminding me of that.

 

[BY Bob]

So...having fought the heat once, it's about to happen again for a couple days. Not triple digits, but high 90's on hatch day! View attachment 3571490
How hot is too hot for my newborns? They should hatch the 13th.

Also, proof positive my chooks aren't hunters...went to clean their waterer and there was a little inch-long frog, swimming round and round like he was on the lazy river at a water park. So wish I got a picture. I let the brave little fella go.

The chicks will be fine with the heat. No worries there.

SHRA Tax because I just know someone else answered you.