Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

We have bald eagles here that nest close by. There was a couple, then last year they had a juvenile, and it is still around although normally I think he should have left for his own territory. They do take chickens, just pick them and fly off, and the ones we have here are not afraid of humans at all. I’ve had the disturbing experience of one swooping for a chicken when I was just three or four meters behind and it was difficult to make it leave. Beautiful birds in the sky, strikingly ugly close up.

Two for Tuesday pictures :
Théo and Piou-piou don't get along every day, but today they were sweethearts.
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A very close, though undesired, two in the nest situation for Nieva and Mélisse. (My coop is an old stable in our basement and some of the nests are holes in the walls, like this one.)
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Nieva and Lulu. Lulu started laying last week at 29 weeks ! Like @Sally PB's Robin, on the coop's floor. Not an issue for me, as long as it's not under the roost !
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The hawks here are similarly unafraid of humans. Fortunately they seem to be wary of large cats.

 

[BY Bob]

Oh, what movie is it? Now I have to see it!!!

Candy Cane Lane starring Eddie Murphy. This is one of the 3 French hens. Yes, the other 2 were wearing berets.

 

[BY Bob]

Shift it to "rest" time: story books and lay down for some quiet time. A fair amount of the time they'll drop off to sleep anyway. Does take some work to get them to go for it, though.

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I love that photo.

 

[BY Bob]

I wrote a silly story about twofer Tuesday. But for some strange reason it just disappeared. And I'm not writing it again

That's just too sad. Frustrating computers.

 

[featherhead007]

I was told by someone that a person who loves joking around, and is always trying to be funny, has deep emotional scars and hidden emotions and trauma.
What I have to say to that person is, without hesitation…
“Where did you get your psychology degree, in a CrackerJack box?”
If I need anything for the health of my psyche, I’ll take chickens!

 

[BY Bob]

Parmesan and Mozzarella always make a great team.
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And they are beautiful.

 

[BY Bob]

I agree, don't watch! Popcorn regularly chases the Spuds around, and she gave one of the Spuds a hard peck today when she didn't move fast enough. Life in the run is fine and dandy stretches, alternating with sprinting terror escapes. I'm not crazy about seeing the more brutal pecks in the daytime! Added more furniture yesterday, and they are using it. But Popcorn's mission of Keeping The Spuds In Their Place is mostly her day gig now and she doesn't put up much of a gauntlet at roosting I think. I actually haven't seen the last several evenings in the coop on camera. But they're not acting so worried about going in like they used to.

No, a video visit. They gave me an appointment less than half an hour from my call (but the practitioner was then 35 mins late...I just hung out here, way nicer than their office). A nurse called back right away, took a list of symptoms and history. Then when I got the script the doc said there are shortages and "if X doesn't have it they'll let me know electronically and I'll send it to Y" (bigger pharmacy but not my preferred), and agreed I should call the place first. DH decided to leave immediately since it's a half-hour drive and told me to call him if the destination was different. The pharmacist told me they would take it out to the car if DH called when he got there and wanted that (he felt fine, always masks anyway). Modern technology worked really well here! If I lived alone I would have had to leave the house and drag myself out and get it from the parking lot, or get a friend to help (available, no worries there).

Yes, this is really nice!

It sounds as if they haven't shipped it, if the carrier is still waiting to receive the parcel from them. It may be they are waiting on a delivery from their own supplier!

Could be lots of things. I hope you get an answer soon!




@Marie2020 Yes, me too, those surgical procedural masks, they say you hook the loops over the wings. It holds the poop close though, feathers get a bit pooey. But in a pinch I'd do that. Or the next idea below
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This guy uses ladies' underwear as the outer "holder" and a dust mask lined with a cloth bit inside. I'm picturing the round cup dust masks:
"Mine really didn't take to them at all! I had better success using a small pair of ladies underwear and a dust mask. The idea is the wings go through the leg holes, you gather up the excess over the back and fasten with a safety pin or similar and use the dust mask in the back to catch the poop. I used toddler underwear for the bantams. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-did-you-do-with-your-flock-today.1371402/post-27059468
"Yes, the dust mask goes inside. I usually put a peice of kitchen towel or washable cloth in the dust mask as a liner. It has one big advantage over conventional chicken diapers as, because the poop is held away from the body, there's no poopy feathers to clean off. I'll see if I can find the article I got it from." https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-did-you-do-with-your-flock-today.1371402/post-27062019
Here's the link they provided https://go.skimresources.com/?id=65884X1564883&isjs=1&jv=15.4.2-stackpath&sref=https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-did-you-do-with-your-flock-today.1371402/page-1290#post-27062019&url=https://www.drinkingwithchickens.com/blog/chicken-lingerie&xs=1&xtz=300&xuuid=176425c6ef245a5d821b642212b46d3a&abp=1&xjsf=other_click__auxclick [2]





Yes, those maps don't correspond to Bald Eagles in North America. They do correspond to what I know about Golden Eagles here, though they are nesting a bit further south than indicated here



I just had a great one!

You packed a lot into that post.

 

[BY Bob]

I know the feeling!

 

[BY Bob]

I was told by someone that a person who loves joking around, and is always trying to be funny, has deep emotional scars and hidden emotions and trauma.
What I have to say to that person is, without hesitation…
“Where did you get your psychology degree, in a CrackerJack box?”
If I need anything for the health of my psyche, I’ll take chickens!

Chickens are perfect therapy.

 

[bgmathteach]

That was Tuff as a little....and he wasn't resting. He was eating. Looked up for a moment and went back to eating.

If I remember correctly, that became his standard mode of operating - hopping/flying into the feeder so he could just shovel it right in!