Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

Someone gifted you one.

I thought that too. That's sweet

 

[Marie2020]

Absence makes the heart grow fonder tax

I am finally back from my trip. Flight was delayed so it was close to bedtime when I got in yesterday.
This morning though I can’t quite get my mind around how big the Pentagonists have grown.
It is definitely Piglet who started laying while I was away - such cute tiny blue eggs! I can tell it is her by the way Bernie treats her. She chases her away now like she does with Sylvie, the only other Pentagonist to be laying.
Anyway, I was surprised they were so pleased to see me. I thought they would all run from me.
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Welcome back

 

[Marie2020]

Good eating

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

Come on Kelly, admit it. It was the brave Mr.P that caught those rabbits

 

[RoyalChick]

Red sky at night, shepherd's delight.
Red sky at morning shepherd's warning

Exactly!
Now you need to pay tax!

 

[RoyalChick]

That was a huge relief to find out.

I haven't found good electrolytes in this country.

Well you don't need much of them and they don't really go off as they are just elements and salts so the ones you have should last a good long time.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

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

If anyone can make a liar out of me it is Momma Hen, but here goes. I am now confident Momma Hen is done laying. Her last brood was sold I think end of April or the first of May. Years of experience with that hen I know her patterns, especially during the spring and summer months. She should have started back up laying within 2 to 3 weeks. This is a hen who hatches 3 to 4 clutches every year like clockwork. She starts laying. The first week and a half to 2 weeks lays in obvious places. Then she hides them, to build a clutch to go broody. If you find them and try to break her up she finds another hiding spot. She did not do that. Instead she went through a heavy hard molt that started immediately after her chicks were gone. Her molt was finished by the middle of August and she is just beautiful right now. I have not had one single egg from her. No interest in nest spots obvious or previous hidden haunts. No interest in anyone else's eggs either. I really feel she is done. I don't know how I feel about this to be honest. I am in no way upset that she may be done, if any hen has earned her retirement it is her. To be fair though I envisioned myself fighting that hen beak and nail over broody nonsense until her final days. She is my best broody hands down even though the sheer aggravation has made me want to throttle her. I should be happy I may no longer will have to deal with the demon. Instead I feel it is the end of a era and I am sad.

 

[featherhead007]

I’m up to my eyeballs in meally worms, but the chooks don’t seem interested in eating them anymore, so what do I do now?

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I’m up to my eyeballs in meally worms, but the chooks don’t seem interested in eating them anymore, so what do I do now?

Jaffar is still pestering you to become a knight in Queen Aurora's court right? The solution is obvious and you need to head to the post office to ship his bribe.

 

[RoyalChick]

If anyone can make a liar out of me it is Momma Hen, but here goes. I am now confident Momma Hen is done laying. Her last brood was sold I think end of April or the first of May. Years of experience with that hen I know her patterns, especially during the spring and summer months. She should have started back up laying within 2 to 3 weeks. This is a hen who hatches 3 to 4 clutches every year like clockwork. She starts laying. The first week and a half to 2 weeks lays in obvious places. Then she hides them, to build a clutch to go broody. If you find them and try to break her up she finds another hiding spot. She did not do that. Instead she went through a heavy hard molt that started immediately after her chicks were gone. Her molt was finished by the middle of August and she is just beautiful right now. I have not had one single egg from her. No interest in nest spots obvious or previous hidden haunts. No interest in anyone else's eggs either. I really feel she is done. I don't know how I feel about this to be honest. I am in no way upset that she may be done, if any hen has earned her retirement it is her. To be fair though I envisioned myself fighting that hen beak and nail over broody nonsense until her final days. She is my best broody hands down even though the sheer aggravation has made me want to throttle her. I should be happy I may no longer will have to deal with the demon. Instead I feel it is the end of a era and I am sad.

I wouldn't count her out yet - maybe it is a vacation rather than retirement!

 

[RoyalChick]

I just realized it is Thursday.
Happy rest of Thursday. Two thirsty ladies catching up at the water cooler.