Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

It's not deep enough for a 4-5 inch pipe, is it? It's only about six inches deep or a little more, and then only the last eight feet or so.

Yes I'm tempted to leave it open for now, go to other necessary run things, wait for the next rainy weather and see what happens.

That sounds wise.
You could throw a couple of boards over it like little bridges to help move around without falling in!

 

[lightm]

Two-fer Tuesday
Two Wyandottes. The Ice Wyandotte and the Fire Wyandotte.
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This is the Ice Wyandotte, Perpetua. She will freeze you with a look until you feed her. Even then, she prefers to sit on your lap with a look of frozen indifference instead of eating.

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This is the Fire Wyandotte, Petra. She won't hold still for a picture. She will melt your heart with one look, causing you to give her lettuce, which she devours like a fire devouring pine needles. She is full of fire, and loves to move around, unlike the Ice Wyandotte.

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Here are the Fire and Ice Wyandottes together, butt to butt, waiting to devour your food. Note how the Fire Wyandotte (on the right) is standing and moving around a lot, while the Ice Wyandotte is sitting with a frozen look on her face.

You should write a comic series called X-MenHen.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I have the Poppet, I will post picture's hopefully later this evening. Right now she is in the coop settling in. She is TINY. She is also definitely a Poppet from the few minutes I've been with her. Tiny and with a attitude like Poppy had.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

First was thinking round stones underneath pavers to raise it higher. But maybe not needed. Will wait and see now.
Had a supervising Spud on my back briefly, checking my leveling & scraping, but hey I'm not aiming for exact. It's amazing how quickly these guys get their engineering degrees!

When the Buckeyes' away, the Spud's will play

Note the cardboard behind where the other warming panel was. Got some 2x10x8 rough sawn hemlock boards from a sawmill very close to us. I'm going to try them for keeping in litter and windblocking, instead of cardboard. Taller on edge than the placeholding 1x6's which are very old, were stored outside on the north face and are pretty punky. Hemlock does last longer than pine, those pieces are probably 20 years old now.

 

[Ponypoor]

So the chair these guys are on the back of has turned into a poop board of course. Must change the perch attachment so it can be a useable chair! Meanwhile here's a two-fer I got while sitting on it after carefully cleaning it....
Ida on left, Anna on the right. I keep calling Ida Diane, so that may be her name now, and use either one: "Ida Diane."
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Sometimes they just pick their own names

 

[Ponypoor]

I have the Poppet, I will post picture's hopefully later this evening. Right now she is in the coop settling in. She is TINY. She is also definitely a Poppet from the few minutes I've been with her. Tiny and with a attitude like Poppy had.

Can’t wait to see her

First was thinking round stones underneath pavers to raise it higher. But maybe not needed. Will wait and see now.
Had a supervising Spud on my back briefly, checking my leveling & scraping, but hey I'm not aiming for exact. It's amazing how quickly these guys get their engineering degrees!

When the Buckeyes' away, the Spud's will play
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Note the cardboard behind where the other warming panel was. Got some 2x10x8 rough sawn hemlock boards from a sawmill very close to us. I'm going to try them for keeping in litter and windblocking, instead of cardboard. Taller on edge than the placeholding 1x6's which are very old, were stored outside on the north face and are pretty punky. Hemlock does last longer than pine, those pieces are probably 20 years old now.

You know, your run is a manageable size to put pavers in, if it were me I would put those in.

Then you can put shavings or wood chips or even sand for fluffy if around in, on top of the pavers and use your hemlock boards to contain that material.

Hahaha love that your spuds are learning a trade, I always like to see your ladies learning a trade like construction and engineering

The chair is a great spot for them, the high ground is always the best spot!

 

[Ponypoor]

Two-fer Tuesday

In keeping with the heads and tails theme that CB posted here are Cash and Babe,

And Babe and Cash…

And now a profile one way…

And the other way

They sure were giving me some funny looks wondering what I was doing

 

[Ponypoor]

Hen House ‘B’

I dry fit the roost prior to working on the nest boxes; of course the ladies had to go and inspect everything.

Such good little Site Inspectors.

The roosting ledge is at 24” high, there will be three nest boxes underneath, each will be 12”x26”, and inside height will be 13”.

 

[featherhead007]

Two-fer Tuesday

In keeping with the heads and tails theme that CB posted here are Cash and Babe,
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And Babe and Cash…
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And now a profile one way…
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And the other way
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They sure were giving me some funny looks wondering what I was doing

 

[Ponypoor]

Petunia and Eli-too