Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

and the chocolate ‘map’ is lost

Or did some sneaky critters rearrange the chocolates?

 

[featherhead007]

Yes, they missed you. I have a list of collect calls from the palace to my phone line. (Probably BeakBook)! Jaffar is a very good emotional support rooster.

I’m having a chat with Jaffar about this situation right now! But so far he’s denied any allegations against him.

 

[featherhead007]

I’m having a chat with Jaffar about this situation right now! But so far he’s denied any allegations against him.

I really missed this little pocket pal !

 

[Ponypoor]

I spy with my little eye... A rabbit!

Spoiler: Find the rabbit if you dare

View attachment 3652385This is pretty easy...

Good eating

Caught many of them, and cooked with onions and beer (as a marinate of course... )

 

[Ponypoor]

Umm does anyone know why I'm magically a Premium feather member?

Usually if you have won a prize for something (ie: POW...), or is someone passes their along to you, or if you purchase it.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

9 from 29, 28 if you exclude Mr. P. Not a great ratio my friend. Just saying...

My numbers are just as bad. On a good day, 8 sometimes 9. On a bad day, like yesterday, 3. My layers are molting, or recovering from attempting to go broody. It is going to be a sparse winter as far as eggs are concerned. I will count on the leghorns all winter and that is it. Corona may pick back up if she ever lets go of those chicks. 14 weeks now, and she treats them like they just hatched. I was not able to put into place a plan of having a late September hatch with a few hens like I did last year. It worked as the 3 girls who did it last year let go of their chicks before the end of November and laid right through the winter. In the last month and a half I have had to break Raven, Karen, Goose, Baby and Holly from broodiness. Goose is back to laying and Raven is laying every other day. Baby just laid her first egg a few minutes ago. They may, may lay this winter but I will not trust it. The 6 pullets I have from Ravens last brood are 17 weeks old. Looking at them, I do not see them maturing and laying by the middle of November so I expect them to start late January. I might get a egg from Spooky, maybe. She is a 2nd generation Silkie x Marans cross. If she takes after the Marans side I can see her laying at 5 to 5 1/2 months. If she takes after the silkie side, who knows. The speckled sussex, barred rocks and Owly the EE are all new to me. The rocks seem to be maturing the quickest but still look like they have a ways to go.

 

[Marie2020]

I love how that saying varies by geography. I grew up a long way from the sea and learned it as Red Sky at night; shepherd’s delight.
Tax coming shortly!

No it didn't end with "tax coming shortly "

 

[Marie2020]

This morning
Red sky in the morning
Sailors take warning…

We have had a long run of gorgeous summer like weather - it’s been at 30C this past week just crazy for here in Oct. the chooks have been just lucky it isn’t freezing cold with their molting (darn Penelope why didn’t you molt a few weeks ago!?). But coming to an end, starting tonight rain rain rain and no higher than 10C for daytime highs and the ‘S’ word is being put out there for Monday overnight

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Weather Tax

Sue wants to be a Rockette
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Red sky at night, shepherd's delight.
Red sky at morning shepherd's warning

 

[Marie2020]

My numbers are just as bad. On a good day, 8 sometimes 9. On a bad day, like yesterday, 3. My layers are molting, or recovering from attempting to go broody. It is going to be a sparse winter as far as eggs are concerned. I will count on the leghorns all winter and that is it. Corona may pick back up if she ever lets go of those chicks. 14 weeks now, and she treats them like they just hatched. I was not able to put into place a plan of having a late September hatch with a few hens like I did last year. It worked as the 3 girls who did it last year let go of their chicks before the end of November and laid right through the winter. In the last month and a half I have had to break Raven, Karen, Goose, Baby and Holly from broodiness. Goose is back to laying and Raven is laying every other day. Baby just laid her first egg a few minutes ago. They may, may lay this winter but I will not trust it. The 6 pullets I have from Ravens last brood are 17 weeks old. Looking at them, I do not see them maturing and laying by the middle of November so I expect them to start late January. I might get a egg from Spooky, maybe. She is a 2nd generation Silkie x Marans cross. If she takes after the Marans side I can see her laying at 5 to 5 1/2 months. If she takes after the silkie side, who knows. The speckled sussex, barred rocks and Owly the EE are all new to me. The rocks seem to be maturing the quickest but still look like they have a ways to go.

My girls don't lay eggs anymore.
Princess laid around 3 this year, bless her for trying to pay for her board and lodgings

 

[Marie2020]

Totally fine to use with the antibiotics - Bob already weighed in I saw. Electrolytes are important if a body is sick and may be losing electrolytes from diarrhea, vomiting, bleeding etc. they don’t interfere with antibiotics.

That was a huge relief to find out.

I haven't found good electrolytes in this country.