Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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ChicoryBlue said:
Took me forever to find her. I thought she was a handbag or something!
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Hiding in plain sight. I let her inside just before I took the dogs out for the final time. When I came inside at 9 there she was. She has lived inside most of her life. Lety was trying to get her integrated back outside with her flock. I think the heat is too much for that at this time.
 
featherhead007 said:
I’m very sorry for you having lost Butter.
She was a great hen. I wouldn’t expect you to get over losing her. Just remember that you have the others that need the guidance.
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I just wanted to scream tonight with the hens being bullies. I have thought long and hard about which possible hens I could use who would be a buffer for the chicks at this age. None, I have none that I would trust not to do exactly what Goose was doing tonight. The only other trustworthy hen who would not be mean to young chicks just learning to roost was Chiquita and she is gone too. Branch really will be my only option tomorrow if I have to use him. I really really do not want to have to move him though. He hates the coop. He shows his displeasure of being locked up in it every time by starting to crow around 3 am. He does not stop either until he is let out in the morning. On the big roost, not a peep out of him until about 5:45 when the alarms start going off through the week. On weekends when no alarms are set he is quite until about 6:30. I guess I just have to hope for the future one of these girls will one day be gentle with young chicks when they are learning the ropes. The rocks are already out of the question. They have shown they love to peck their siblings on the roost too much. That will leave either Owly or the speckled suspects. I guess technically for the time being I could move the trouble making girls out of the coop onto the big roosts but that will also cause drama. Goose, Perdita, Lilly, Ducky and the one leghorn sleep in the coop simply because they do not get along with the other hens at night. If I tried moving them out they will just fight with the rest of the flock and at some point I will have hens refusing to stay on the roost at night to avoid the drama. Perdita and Lilly never tried sleeping on the big roost. Goose, Ducky and the leghorn have and caused trouble. Easiest solution was take the trouble makers and lock them in the coop.
 
RebeccaBoyd said:
I just wanted to scream tonight with the hens being bullies. I have thought long and hard about which possible hens I could use who would be a buffer for the chicks at this age. None, I have none that I would trust not to do exactly what Goose was doing tonight. The only other trustworthy hen who would not be mean to young chicks just learning to roost was Chiquita and she is gone too. Branch really will be my only option tomorrow if I have to use him. I really really do not want to have to move him though. He hates the coop. He shows his displeasure of being locked up in it every time by starting to crow around 3 am. He does not stop either until he is let out in the morning. On the big roost, not a peep out of him until about 5:45 when the alarms start going off through the week. On weekends when no alarms are set he is quite until about 6:30. I guess I just have to hope for the future one of these girls will one day be gentle with young chicks when they are learning the ropes. The rocks are already out of the question. They have shown they love to peck their siblings on the roost too much. That will leave either Owly or the speckled suspects. I guess technically for the time being I could move the trouble making girls out of the coop onto the big roosts but that will also cause drama. Goose, Perdita, Lilly, Ducky and the one leghorn sleep in the coop simply because they do not get along with the other hens at night. If I tried moving them out they will just fight with the rest of the flock and at some point I will have hens refusing to stay on the roost at night to avoid the drama. Perdita and Lilly never tried sleeping on the big roost. Goose, Ducky and the leghorn have and caused trouble. Easiest solution was take the trouble makers and lock them in the coop.
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Any way you could expand the size of the big roost, to accommodate 4sq ft per bird? Add on more roosting space?
 

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