Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BeefQuesoritto]

My fancy atomizers for cooling the run came in, and I spent this evening setting it up. The cheapo ones have already clogged, two of them! But the fancy ones really make a fine mist, the chickens seem way less bothered. I'm excited to run them tomorrow.

While I was out there, the rooster mounted one of my easter eggers! She's 19 weeks, is that too young? She's bigger than him, so I'm not worried about him being too heavy.

 

[Ponypoor]

Only a question

I know I should continue this line of conversation but I am just too pooped to do so.

How are you anyways today Alex

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm sorry to hear you hit your head! OUCH! I hope you didn't end up with a slight concussion! Yesterday when I was mowing the lawn I hit my head on a limb of the tree it didn't hurt bad and no lasting effects.

I must ask though, was the tree ok??

 

[Ponypoor]

O.M.G! It finally happened!

A hen laid in the NEST BOX!!! View attachment 3575122

I'm ridiculously happy about this! Of course, it may stop after Eenie's babies hatch (no pips yet) and we change her to the pen we have planned...vacating the spot she's brooding in.

Here's the mother-to-be! View attachment 3575129

That’s great! Hopefully they lay in there more often now.

 

[Ponypoor]

My fancy atomizers for cooling the run came in, and I spent this evening setting it up. The cheapo ones have already clogged, two of them! But the fancy ones really make a fine mist, the chickens seem way less bothered. I'm excited to run them tomorrow.

While I was out there, the rooster mounted one of my easter eggers! She's 19 weeks, is that too young? She's bigger than him, so I'm not worried about him being too heavy.

Which did you purchase?

 

[BeefQuesoritto]

Which did you purchase?

These from the same place I get my drip line. You need some tubing to punch a hole in to actually install them, though.

 

[featherhead007]

I know I should continue this line of conversation but I am just too pooped to do so.

How are you anyways today Alex

I’m hot and my chooks are hot. Just trying to make everybody as comfortable as possible

 

[Ponypoor]

These from the same place I get my drip line. You need some tubing to punch a hole in to actually install them, though.

Oh yes I see, I will have to check out if there are any here. Might help the horses with bugs and what not when the stand at the back of the barn all day…

 

[featherhead007]

I’m hot and my chooks are hot. Just trying to make everybody as comfortable as possible

Only things happy around here are the mosquitoes !

 

[ChicoryBlue]

"Flock Check" successfully moved up to tomorrow, vet is coming here, woo hoo!

Butters is eating slightly better. Not enough, but I feel all is not lost. Her energy is better too. She is hanging in there, somehow. She has a messy butt, so she is eating something to poop out, normal color but more wet, more green perhaps. She does seem interested in greens and might eat a tiny bit. Today she appeared to chop off grass pieces and leave them. Maybe in the chopping she's getting something. I cleaned her up a bit today to see how much poop collects on her fluff in one day.

Been trying various ways to tempt her; found that tiny bits of chicken thrown in front of her she'll chew on (Popcorn zooms in to get the bits that fall), and I think a little gets in. Plus, it looks like competition with Popcorn (just below Butters in pecking order) drives her to rush to whatever Popcorn is interested in and it keeps her engaged with my efforts. Popcorn, the wonderful little pig, will rush to a bit of chicken, then Butters joins her and I try to throw a piece where Butters will see it before Popcorn does.

Popcorn has never met a food she didn't like. Well, not quite. She does not like red currants, which are ripening now. I also discovered that Butters likes half-ripe blueberries better than ripe ones, and will actually eat maybe a third of one. Tangy and bitter over sweet seems to be her thing.

She does a lot of beak digging in the dirt at the bottom of grass stems. I saw her scratch today too.

Very late afternoon she started acting tired again. But until then she was pretty energetic.

Popcorn

Butters, left, Popcorn on the right. Butters is keen on whatever Popcorn can find, but actually eating it is another matter.