Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Are you from Croatia Grandma ?? I recognize четыре from taking russian in high school. (Hope it's not offensive, some of my friends from eastern europe countries don't like to be told their language is close to russian... especially from westerners !)

I haven't posted for a while but have been following. I have a few mugs today ! Before, I wanted to tell you about what happened to Piou-piou and Théo on the last day of 2023, 31 January. It's old news for those who follow my thread, but I thought it was worth mentioning with all the discussions on predators.
Maybe some of you remember we built two years ago a woodshed that we also use as a secondary shelter for the chickens when we have to isolate some of them.
It was a cold and grey day, so when it was time for lunch, we decided to lock the chickens back in the run so they would be safe while we were inside. Because Théo can't stay in the run with my other rooster Gaston, we locked him and Piou-piou in the woodshed.
But...we locked them in with a fox trapped inside .
About half an hour after, I heard my other rooster Gaston making an alarm sound from the run below, so I went out to check. Luckily I opened the woodshed first. I saw what I thought was a cat climb behind the wood stack ; Théo flew straight out above me, and then I found Piou-piou lying in a nest, slightly wounded.
Miraculously the fox only made small openings in Piou-piou's skin. It must have been terrified of being locked up. Both chickens were in complete shock, but they recovered after a few days.
My partner killed the fox .

So, please remember to check your "safe" place if it was left open before you put your chickens in and you have foxes, coyotes or racoons hanging around. We never thought this could happen, and we're very lucky it did not end worse.

Mugs now !

Lilly
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Nieva
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Lulu. Crazy and chatty as forever little Lulu she is named after !
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Annette
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And our brave little Piou-piou.
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Holy cow! What a story. I was sure they would both perish. I'm so glad they are ok. That must have been wild in there.

 

[BY Bob]

Are you from Croatia Grandma ?? I recognize четыре from taking russian in high school. (Hope it's not offensive, some of my friends from eastern europe countries don't like to be told their language is close to russian... especially from westerners !)

I haven't posted for a while but have been following. I have a few mugs today ! Before, I wanted to tell you about what happened to Piou-piou and Théo on the last day of 2023, 31 January. It's old news for those who follow my thread, but I thought it was worth mentioning with all the discussions on predators.
Maybe some of you remember we built two years ago a woodshed that we also use as a secondary shelter for the chickens when we have to isolate some of them.
It was a cold and grey day, so when it was time for lunch, we decided to lock the chickens back in the run so they would be safe while we were inside. Because Théo can't stay in the run with my other rooster Gaston, we locked him and Piou-piou in the woodshed.
But...we locked them in with a fox trapped inside .
About half an hour after, I heard my other rooster Gaston making an alarm sound from the run below, so I went out to check. Luckily I opened the woodshed first. I saw what I thought was a cat climb behind the wood stack ; Théo flew straight out above me, and then I found Piou-piou lying in a nest, slightly wounded.
Miraculously the fox only made small openings in Piou-piou's skin. It must have been terrified of being locked up. Both chickens were in complete shock, but they recovered after a few days.
My partner killed the fox .

So, please remember to check your "safe" place if it was left open before you put your chickens in and you have foxes, coyotes or racoons hanging around. We never thought this could happen, and we're very lucky it did not end worse.

Mugs now !

Lilly
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Nieva
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Lulu. Crazy and chatty as forever little Lulu she is named after !
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Annette
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And our brave little Piou-piou.
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That Lilly is well named. What a beauty.

 

[BY Bob]

Mugs Monday

First up Curly

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Now for Betty her daughter - can be differentiated by her light coloured beak, she didn’t inherit the black silkie skin. But she sure looks like her mama
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Larry
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Mr P (looks like they are still pecking him)
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Tippy and her cute wattles and funky comb
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You really have splendid looking chooks.

 

[BY Bob]

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SHRA tax requires 2 chickens in the photo.....

 

[BY Bob]

Fox superhighway - just outside where the fence would be if it were up.
Fox highways converge just a little away from the Chicken Palace.
I followed some of the tracks - they are also going right up close to the house. Hopefully they are catching mice there.

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That's a lot of tracks. I wonder how many there are?

 

[BeastBaby]

Hello all! There were some really gorgeous Monday mugs on here today.

The last couple of days I have enacted my plan of really trying to get Perry more integration time. Meaning, she’s either with the full flock (without a protective fence) and I’m around to keep it civil, or else I lock Albert away in a cage and let Perry figure out everybody else’s dynamics on her own.

Crouching behind the Xmas tree “I hope they don’t look this way!”

Standing perfectly still “Gah! Here they are! I’m doomed!”

“Mama I’m scared! I know you said no more head jumping, but please let me perch on youuuu”

I also replenished the bath. They don’t seem keen on clean sand though.

And the evening roosting has been doing well! Like some of you have mentioned, it’s gnarly to watch in progress, but the end result isn’t bad: Six (not including Perry, who is in the cage) chickens cozy on one bar! Albert & Whiskey use Quincy & Dottie as shields against being pecked by Becky & Fez. By next week I’ll bite the bullet and stick Perry up on the free roost.

 

[RoyalChick]

…. a routine bed check ….. Aurora comes in like the drill sergeant she is, does a little re-arranging and reminding …...

 

[Ponypoor]

Definitely don’t watch roosting. Too upsetting.
I do like how Hattie plops herself down. Just like me into my arm chair after a long day!
That is exactly how Piglet treats Sylvie until Sylvie escapes into the nest box. She is not allowed to roost - even if she is nowhere near Piglet’s spot.

Oh that’s another brat! Raven is somewhat like that, but she is more into harassing while they are lay their eggs. She grabs them by the head and drags them off the nest!!!

Some people should not play with sharp objects!

She would use my grandmother’s scissors she had for sewing— sheesh! I had all these dolls with buzz cuts and looked like Mr P

 

[Ponypoor]

Tuesday Humour

Today I sent a text to whom I thought was my niece but turned out to be the guy who gets eggs from me

Spoiler: Oooops

This was meant for my niece

And for context my niece's text

 

[Ponypoor]

Hey everyone - check out the Picture of the Week on the home page. It is a lovely picture from our friend @WhoDatChick!

Such a funny photo, very humourous