Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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Wendy eventually swallowed the whole toad.

Usually, the toad will be torn apart but yesterday Wendy managed to eat all of it

Poopy and Meimei are In line to be pet. My chickens do not do this to me by the way.

 

[Ponypoor]

Grandma is still with us. There was a few terrifying times for me last night. She is not scared, so I walk away for a moment or two if it gets to much. She is better this morning and ate breakfast. This has been a pattern the last couple days. She has a semi good morning, bad afternoon and terrible nights with the nights getting progressively worse. The bright side to all of this is since she has been home her breakfast has been constant and something she is asking for. 2 scrambled eggs and half a English muffin. Those eggs she is eating, I am to make sure they come from her white hens. Thankfully the leghorns are early layers and she HAS to have 2 of the eggs straight from the nest box.

That’s wonderful that she is enjoying her breakfast, hopefully she doesn’t ask to make sure the eggs are still warm!

Also, I am glad that you are taking time away and de-stressing, hope your mum is doing ok

 

[featherhead007]

I miss my chickens

 

[Ponypoor]

Good morning fluffy butts and all!

What do you call it? A screaming chicken.

Is she going broody on you??

 

[Ponypoor]

5 more long days then I go home for a 10 day vacation. Looking forward to going to Kentucky for a week and see the changing foliage.

Be safe, hopefully the temps have cooled for you. The colours here are really starting to show their beauty.

 

[Ponypoor]

Using peat moss is not great environmentally - wouldn’t wood shavings do just fine?

It’s better than wood shavings for a garden or composting. They take a very long time to break down, I bring mine across the road to the tree farm, they use it to make the soil more acidic for their Christmas trees.

 

[Ponypoor]

How is it not great environmentally?
They like the peat moss better. Chickens prefer laying in dirt rather than wood or hay. Also it absorbs moisture better.

It can be very dusty and very expensive. Both have their own merits.

 

[Ponypoor]

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Read this for more info

When pine trees are harvested, they get replaced with new plantings (in managed forests, anyways) Peat, like coal and oil, take a long time to 'create'. (not quite as bad/long, but it doesn't just 'grow' it's own replacements - it can take 10 years for 1cm of peat to form.

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Baby birds in a (partially) moss nest made from local mosses.

Awwwww babies

 

[Ponypoor]

What about straw? Wood shavings are kind of hard to find here

As long as not barley, use wheat or oat straw.

 

[Ponypoor]

Yes greenwashing is a big issue in many industries.
But you are joking about the forest and the cows right? I mean joking that you have never heard that one before?

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The youngsters likely haven’t heard that - I think it was a big thing in 90s and 2000s - I don’t seem to be hearing much about it in recent years.

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Look at these young ladies, I wish they wouldn’t roost there!!