Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

I love princesse’s black tail feathers

I'm sad to say the larger tail feather came out , so I put it in my plant pot

 

[Ponypoor]

Mugs Monday

Penelope was cleaning her daughter Dorothy’s beard,

Then Cash came by and wanted to help, Penelope gave her the stink eye,

That meant Little Grey figured Mr P could use some attention — the young ladies are being accepted as part of his Harem.

 

[Marie2020]

Did you manage to put in some eaves troughing (gutter), to collect and redirect water away from your coop?

I have guttering at the back of the coop. But regardless what is done the huge drop on that roof is a major issue and with the coop being so big a extremely heavy it cannot be turned.
It's damp in the run but your sand solution really has has helped, it's so much better than the wood chips and easier to keep clean. I use the parrot cage sand with crushed oyster shells.

 

[rural mouse]

Yes Cardhu’s feather pattern is gorgeous, would that be pencilling ?

Pear's is pencilling. Cardhu's is.....a little more mixed, less crisp, but

Mix the 2 together....

 

[Marie2020]

Mugs Monday

Penelope was cleaning her daughter Dorothy’s beard,
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Then Cash came by and wanted to help, Penelope gave her the stink eye,
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That meant Little Grey figured Mr P could use some attention — the young ladies are being accepted as part of his Harem.
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He's an adorable little man. So he deserves all of the love and attention in the world

 

[Marie2020]

Mugs Monday

Pusscat keeps his eyes firmly on princess we can't have her running away again

She has a full crop this afternoon.

 

[Marie2020]

Princess cleaning up her already clean feet. Pusscat watching closely

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Does anyone have any coops that they would like to recommend that fits 10 chickens with room for more? My dad might be letting my mom and I get a coop, but he said that around 400 is our money limit. I know that Omlet coops are good, but WAY to expensive, as much as I would like them.

Others suggest building one and that’s what I would do with $400, especially for 10 plus chickens. Do you have ten chickens already? Hoop coops are expandable, and can be very predator-proof made with cattle panels and hardware cloth. I seriously looked at the article @aart did on their hoop coop build. Here’s a helpful list of articles compiled by someone here on BYC
Post in thread 'Hoop Coop Retrofit'
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hoop-coop-retrofit.1593936/post-27108467

Omlet is expensive, and one coop really shouldn’t house ten-plus standard chickens unless you can safely leave the pop door open at night for ventilation. I’m a fan of Omlet but unless you can consider a small flock it doesn’t sound like it’s right for you. You’d need to spend a lot more on securing a run for night, with hardware cloth everywhere, not just three feet up.

People with lots of chickens and two or three Omlet coops (within or attached to a very secure run) find that the chickens change up where they sleep. The option to have them all nicely spread out between a few coops doesn’t always work as intended unless they are kept separately. They will sometimes cram themselves all into one, and sometimes one or two want to sleep alone even when there is enough room elsewhere.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Monday mugs

Morinth wasn't happy about being held but she cooperated for the most part.
I was looking at Nestera coops, they're all plastic and seem bigger than omlet ones. But I really just want a custom built one someday.

 

[lightm]

I have a new mug!