Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Lilion]

Nomal behavior. Happy mom can turn into bat s#$& crazy in an eye blink. The other 2 know it and are providing LOTS of space.

Yesterday, Meanie kinda jumped on Eenie twice and discovered gentle Eenie has a backbone. Meanie retreated to the safety of the top roost with only her dignity injured, having been thoroughly flogged.

That’s fine, let them watch and learn, eventually they too will come on down and dig around - where’s Manny?

Manny is in the run on the other side of the pop door. He and Meanie spend at least the first half hour "alerting" each other. I wish he could see in, but there's nowhere to put him for that.

 

[Ponypoor]

Yesterday, Meanie kinda jumped on Eenie twice and discovered gentle Eenie has a backbone. Meanie retreated to the safety of the top roost with only her dignity injured, having been thoroughly flogged.

Manny is in the run on the other side of the pop door. He and Meanie spend at least the first half hour "alerting" each other. I wish he could see in, but there's nowhere to put him for that.

That’s fine, just do what you feel comfortable with. It does sound like mama hen is doing a good job. And you are also doing great! It just takes patience and nerves of steel

 

[notabitail]

That’s fine, just do what you feel comfortable with. It does sound like mama hen is doing a good job. And you are also doing great! It just takes patience and nerves of steel

If you have nerves made of steel I have a reason to be worried.

 

[Lilion]

That’s fine, just do what you feel comfortable with. It does sound like mama hen is doing a good job. And you are also doing great! It just takes patience and nerves of steel

Sadly, my first urge is to jump in and protect my littlest hen and the babies. Luckily my fat old butt is too slow to actually get there before they work it out for themselves.

 

[Ponypoor]

Sadly, my first urge is to jump in and protect my littlest hen and the babies. Luckily my fat old butt is too slow to actually get there before they work it out for themselves.

Yep I hear ya!

I hear all this squawking and carrying on, I run to see what’s going on and by the time I get there everyone is eating and scratching around…!

 

[RoyalChick]

Thank you for this. I think the tube is pretty lubricated because there’s the coconut oil in the gruel, and I’ve been making about twice as much as I need, in a small measuring cup, so that the tube sucks it up with no air. The tube has two holes, the highest one is maybe an inch or inch and a half up from the tip. I curl the tube in the cup too. So there’s about four inches of greasy gruel coating the tube end.

I meant the outside of the tube. I liberally doused it with lubricant (coconut oil) on the outside so itbwould slip down easier.

 

[RoyalChick]

I cried myself to sleep for the first time since my dog died in April last night. Yesterday was an awful day. I miss those two sweet guinea girls already. Their poor brother is a mess. There is another male and one female in the cage. The male is higher in the pecking order. That's news to me though, because he is special needs.

It was so weird feeding my "baby" guineas without Frost jumping onto the bucket for food, and Eclipse pushing herself up against me because she was shy. I just wished that they would have made it nine teen more days. Just until the 25th of August. That is their hatchday. And my birthday. That's one reason they were so special.

When I gave their clutch mates away, I kept Frost and Eclipse because I adored them. Turns out that I just killed them. I'm just so devastated. It didn't help seeing how everyone on here (pretty much) has lost a bird ( or more ) JUST THIS WEEK. I am still in shock. I wish I could bring them back. I hate that they died.

I hope that everyone is doing okay. Please stay safe in this awful weather. It's too dangerous. Try to keep your chooks safe. You are more important though.

I'll try to check in tomorrow. Not even one week into 8th grade and they are already pressuring us. Well, mainly the highschool credit classes I'm taking... Have a good night.

 

[GregnLety]

I cried myself to sleep for the first time since my dog died in April last night. Yesterday was an awful day. I miss those two sweet guinea girls already. Their poor brother is a mess. There is another male and one female in the cage. The male is higher in the pecking order. That's news to me though, because he is special needs.

It was so weird feeding my "baby" guineas without Frost jumping onto the bucket for food, and Eclipse pushing herself up against me because she was shy. I just wished that they would have made it nine teen more days. Just until the 25th of August. That is their hatchday. And my birthday. That's one reason they were so special.

When I gave their clutch mates away, I kept Frost and Eclipse because I adored them. Turns out that I just killed them. I'm just so devastated. It didn't help seeing how everyone on here (pretty much) has lost a bird ( or more ) JUST THIS WEEK. I am still in shock. I wish I could bring them back. I hate that they died.

I hope that everyone is doing okay. Please stay safe in this awful weather. It's too dangerous. Try to keep your chooks safe. You are more important though.

I'll try to check in tomorrow. Not even one week into 8th grade and they are already pressuring us. Well, mainly the highschool credit classes I'm taking... Have a good night.

What happened to your guineas @Pastel The Rooster ?

 

[featherhead007]

Jaffar is inside the house with me tonight.
Poor little guy has had a very long day in the heat and he’s exhausted from tending to his ladies. He told me that he needs a vacation.

 

[Lilion]

I cried myself to sleep for the first time since my dog died in April last night. Yesterday was an awful day. I miss those two sweet guinea girls already. Their poor brother is a mess. There is another male and one female in the cage. The male is higher in the pecking order. That's news to me though, because he is special needs.

It was so weird feeding my "baby" guineas without Frost jumping onto the bucket for food, and Eclipse pushing herself up against me because she was shy. I just wished that they would have made it nine teen more days. Just until the 25th of August. That is their hatchday. And my birthday. That's one reason they were so special.

When I gave their clutch mates away, I kept Frost and Eclipse because I adored them. Turns out that I just killed them. I'm just so devastated. It didn't help seeing how everyone on here (pretty much) has lost a bird ( or more ) JUST THIS WEEK. I am still in shock. I wish I could bring them back. I hate that they died.

I hope that everyone is doing okay. Please stay safe in this awful weather. It's too dangerous. Try to keep your chooks safe. You are more important though.

I'll try to check in tomorrow. Not even one week into 8th grade and they are already pressuring us. Well, mainly the highschool credit classes I'm taking... Have a good night.

Aw honey I feel so bad for you!