Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

Great idea.

I've been worn out due to my numerous disabilities, but now I've picked up so many tips from all of you here. I may get a couple more. I can't segregate them as I don't have a spare coop. But princess and Tina have been sleeping out on the perches in the run from early this year so maybe I can work this out somehow. I really wish I could get perches for inside the coop.

Bob, get over here pronto

 

[bgmathteach]

I live in the middle of nowhere. No home depot or harbor freight within an hour's drive.

As a reminder, here's the current shed.View attachment 3588307
The coop is in the back, left corner. The front faces South. In the early afternoon, the shed and run are not shaded much...maybe the back few feet. In addition to the two doors, there are windows on each end.

Are you saying a shade cloth staked off the front, like a porch roof, would help? Or would it need to cover the roof? Not sure how I'd get it up there, assuming I can buy one. Would it have to be suspended, or would just laying it on the metal roof help?

suspended would be best, so plenty of air flow between it and the shed. However, even hanging off the front and left side to help reduce the amount of sunlight getting to that area helps. When I hang mine over part of my run, it reduces the temp. about 5 degrees where it is shaded ( about the same effect as a 'spotty canopy' from trees.

sorry there isn't a way to get a shade cloth before you go, with temps like yours, every little bit helps.

 

[Ponypoor]

Two-fer Tuesday

Me and my shadow, walking down the avenue…(song: Frank Sinatra)

Two in step

Follow the leader

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Weekly Synopsis 7/15-7/22

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By Bob:

Sunday robins are so cute and tiny!!
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Hatties hatch-day link to a separate thread.
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Rain, rain, go away, come back another day…
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Throwback Twofer
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Ponypoor:
Eggs in the Eves!
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Mr. Penne is to be rehomed, if at all possible; he is a handsome fellow.
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And beautiful Tippy
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Family portrait
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Mugs
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Twofers
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Thirsty Thursday
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Freshly washed Fluffy Butt Friday
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Ponypoor takes the place of a roosting bar for the babies. They may be a bit spoiled
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Caterday
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Royal Chick:
Her beautiful kitty passed too soon, and some pictures in memory of him.
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Mugs
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Twofer
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Tree drama
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Fluffy Butt Challenge
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Beautiful photo of Sylvie growing up
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RebeccaBoyd:
A sweet baby silky chick
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Silky Hatch update:
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A harrowing personal story with a good ending and an adorable chick
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Chickoryblue:
Butters isn’t doing so great; here is the update
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Butters update, she is doing better
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Notabitail:
Fuzzy passed away overnight.
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Desertvalleychickens:
Tweety took flight!
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Video of the flock
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Plum has passed away; some pictures and a tribute.
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Chick video is adorable
Twofers
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Chicken antics video
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Fluffy Butt Friday
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Fluffy Butt Friday
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Skyewatcher:
Caturday
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Rural Mouse:
Baby chick pics so adorable
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Beautiful photos of Indigo, who is currently trying to decide whether or not she wants to be broody.
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Indigo update
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Mugs
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Twofers
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The calm before the Storm video
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Ornery boys telling the girls to lay eggs out in the grass
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Beautiful Thirsty Thursday photos
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Lhicken Chicken:
Rabbit introduction
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A flock introduction
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TX Chick Noob:
Update and some photos
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Gigachad poultry:
Mugs
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Lillion:
Mugs
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The new shed-in in the coop was delivered!!
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BeefQuesoritto:
First egg!!!
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Bgmathteach:
Broodies are brooding everywhere!
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Marie 2020:
Tina isn’t doing well.
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Firsttimehens1234
Newly hatched chicks!!
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Another newly hatched baby chick struggled but, with some fast intervention, looks to be thriving now.
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SallyPB:
Twofer pic with 5 chicks is a great photo, but we may need @bgmathteach to help us on the twofer math
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The divider is down, watching out for tussles at roosting time.
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Thirsty Thursday
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ManueB:
Twofer and some other beautiful photos
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Grandmas Coop:
Flock update
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Pastel the Rooster:
Fluffy butts!
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Thank you for this, @knoturavggrl !

 

[RoyalChick]

Ebay had been a pain in the rear end to me. I may have to give up and use amazon one day.
What's the customer services like?

I am not sure they even have customer service. I guess they must but I have no idea how you would find it. If I am unhappy I just return stuff. And now around me you don’t even need to pack the return. They give you a code and you take it to the grocery store!

 

[bgmathteach]

Am so behind. But am popping in and around, and saw this discussion, I may be missing parts but I haven't seen these thoughts offered yet (forgive me if they have been)

1. You might do at least a free consult with a workplace harassment / workplace bullying attorney to get an idea of your legal recourse.

2. HR departments are established by management to try to smooth employer/employee relations. HR are not employee advocates in a true sense. They are not there to "help" employees except when it is in management's interest to do so, such as administration of workplace programs established by management. They help management hire you and fire you. One might consider workplace bullying to be not in anyone's interest, but management will do a cost/benefit analysis of sorts and usually decides in the bully supervisor's favor if they meet all other metrics of their job. Seems to me your story follows this pattern. Only the law (see #1) with the possibility of suit has any real influence, all other factors being equal.

3. Is your workplace union a stand-alone union, or do you have a state or national "mothership" or at least an affiliation with one? They can be very helpful, particularly to the new officers in helping you - they will consult remotely by phone / video or may even send a rep to you to advise.

4. (and #1). Unions usually have one or more attorneys who could also help, at least examine what you have in an initial free consult and advise next steps, or advise who better to consult for the issue. The union would be hiring them, not you personally. And I wonder if it could take just a warning letter from a union attorney, not a full-blown suit, to force a clear-eyed review of the situation by the bully's own supervisors. (But these types of awful people often get hired by the same types of awful people, so that might be wishful thinking on my part.)

Tax: Buckeyes eating seeds. Today Butters ate several worms and also a good teaspoon's worth of sunflower seeds. It's promising but not enough. I am going to weigh her tomorrow.
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A Fluffy Butt too
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Thank you for all this.

I am happy that there continues to be some progress with Butters! Hopefully, the more she eats and forages, the more it will lead to MORE eating and foraging.

I just had a thought - is there a petco or something similar near you that might have live worms? Since she doesn't seem enamored with the dried mealworms, but is getting better about eating 'found' worms, maybe you could try to supplement her intake by offering her live worms? (I assume uncovering parts of the soon to be garden isn't enough, worm wise, to fill her up)

I'm assuming nightcrawlers for fishing could be had in your neck of the woods, but was concerned they might be a bit big considering how she needs to pummel regular garden worms?????

 

[Marie2020]

I am not sure they even have customer service. I guess they must but I have no idea how you would find it. If I am unhappy I just return stuff. And now around me you don’t even need to pack the return. They give you a code and you take it to the grocery store!

Thanks for that. I'll have to look into this

 

[Ponypoor]

I am not sure they even have customer service. I guess they must but I have no idea how you would find it. If I am unhappy I just return stuff. And now around me you don’t even need to pack the return. They give you a code and you take it to the grocery store!

That’s convenient!

Any customer service I have dealt with has been overseas and by email only.

But like you if I had any issues I just returned it, never had an issue returning.

 

[Ponypoor]

I've been worn out due to my numerous disabilities, but now I've picked up so many tips from all of you here. I may get a couple more. I can't segregate them as I don't have a spare coop. But princess and Tina have been sleeping out on the perches in the run from early this year so maybe I can work this out somehow. I really wish I could get perches for inside the coop.

Bob, get over here pronto

Do you not have any roosting at all in there?

This would be easy for you: if you can get two large cement blocks (those big cinder blocks), put them on their ends and run a board through the top hole to hold the board in place.

I did that outside and everyone enjoys sitting up there.

 

[rural mouse]

Thank you for all this.

I am happy that there continues to be some progress with Butters! Hopefully, the more she eats and forages, the more it will lead to MORE eating and foraging.

I just had a thought - is there a petco or something similar near you that might have live worms? Since she doesn't seem enamored with the dried mealworms, but is getting better about eating 'found' worms, maybe you could try to supplement her intake by offering her live worms? (I assume uncovering parts of the soon to be garden isn't enough, worm wise, to fill her up)

I'm assuming nightcrawlers for fishing could be had in your neck of the woods, but was concerned they might be a bit big considering how she needs to pummel regular garden worms?????

My local one has assorted size and age meal worms. You can start a live farm off of them. Just dont get the super worms. They're treated with a growth hormone of some sort and are sterile. The chickens will eat the beetles too, btw...