Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

This was one of the first days Willow had her chicks
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[RoyalChick]

She's doing much better, thank you

I am concerned she won't eat layers anymore. But she's eating that's the main thing and she's really content with me and the cat.

She isn't laying any more so maybe she can tell she doesn't need all that extra calcium.
Are you able to get chicken feed for developing chicks or here we have the concept of an 'all flock' feed.

 

[featherhead007]

Such bad luck today. I am trying to pick up some scratch grains for the chooks. But me and Jaffar ran into a problem. TSC was having their asphalt resurfaced,
( hate that smell ). And my local feed store has a huge truck making a delivery of feed, blocking the driveway.
My chooks are gonna have to wait for their junk food!

Sir Jaffar is so patient with me and my driving.

 

[featherhead007]

We also noticed that there is a Foster Farms poultry truck parked at the corner. we’re home now warning the hens about it!

 

[featherhead007]

I have no problem with having Dakota and Sir Jaffar inside the house. But if I were to have any two Rocks in, they would fight over who gets to lay on my chest. Just FYI

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Yep may need to resort to that! Gross cecal poops!

Rubber is handy around the coop & runs

My first attempt to cover a latch, it's lopsided but the left side is the weather side so it works fine. This was some tire rubber found on the side of the road.

The lower one came out better and the Spud there more or less approves.

I made this next one out of a bicycle inner tube and rubber cement. It covers the twisting latch for the coop back door, over which I also put a child-proof oven knob cover, so it collects snow and ice otherwise.

The rubber bungee holds the flap down in the wind enough and also theoretically acts as predator slow-down / foil if the back door does get undone.

Next I recently bought a 4-foot (x 10 inches?) piece of rubber and use it now to cover the auto door control panel box. I've left it long to see how it behaves in the wind etc and then I'll cut off what works best. I had the control box located on the right under the tarp but it was too drafty above and particularly below it in winter, and pulling the tarp up to get at it now and then was a pain and fatigued the tarp material.

Hazel posing. She's molting slowly.

Her eyes seem okay from this distance but I'll get a real close look tomorrow. I wanted to give her a day of me hanging with her and everybody and not trying to grab her to examine her or dose her. She's never been particularly calm, and definitely not snuggly. She trusts me less since I grabbed her twice a day for 12 days to give her medicine. Though halfway through the course she seemed to understand the routine, what would happen, and became much more relaxed on my lap. She never turned down the walnuts bits at the end!

....But probably she's not posing, she's standing there keeping an eye on me!
Dear Hazel.

 

[SimpleJenn]

@ChicoryBlue I hope the rubber bits work out well! And Hazel is gorgeous!

Here was the bedtime situation, Kasumi is a nestbox sleeper. Shep told me off for opening the box and taking a picture.
My sister in law said she's bringing veggie scraps just for them! Even chickens get Thanksgiving!

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

It's a free range day-so the chooks can feed on wild desert grasses. Open the gates!!!

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Grass tax:

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

The three elder hens want to relax, though.

Plus: