Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

A week behind again and not going to catch up today. Big clean out day fir my mother in laws house. Not how i might have chosen to spend a birthday, but so it goes!View attachment 3734965

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

 

[Ponypoor]

Covid, flooding, and a busted pump in my main septic tank. Not how I wanted my last 2 weeks to go but all were blessings in disguise. Covid has seemingly reduced my appetite so I am dropping some weight, hope this stays true for another 50 pounds or so. We got over a foot of rain this week so our pond is completely full again. The sun is peaking out so I may let the chooks out a while this afternoon. During the testing of the new pump they discovered a big leak in the line between the pump and the field. Fixing this means our front yard won't get as mucked up as has been. Taking this coming week off for my birthday and to visit my buddy Mike before he begins chemo treatments.

Don’t go losing too much! Make sure to eat and drink often (ok I mean water), you need energy to get better.

Hopefully your pond stays full this year!

 

[Sally PB]

Happy Birthday to the Birthday People!

Happy Unbirthday to the non Birthday People!

 

[Ponypoor]

When I come back to the coop from a morning walk, I see this:
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Plus a Tax photo:
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I finally got a picture of Stormfeather. Pictures of him standing still, especially on one leg, are hard to come by.

A photo especially for Alex

 

[Ponypoor]

Happy Birthday.

PS: if today is your birthday, then we have the same birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Hope you both have a good day

 

[Ponypoor]

Sounds like it’s happy birthday @fuentemoon, @lightm, and @GregnLety

Wow lots of New Years babies - it’s too bad Greg’s grandson couldn’t have been born on his birthday

 

[Ponypoor]

My DD and my mother have both been having some medical issues ( my little girl will be A ok, my mom I not so sure about) and it has been taking up a great deal of any and all downtime lately. I am so grateful for the synopsis as I feel I can still participate here.

On a cheerful note, today I got to spend a whole hour outside doing some chicken sitting. It was gloomy but warm enough to be quite pleasant. Here are some pictures from my time with them today:

Avalon

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Biscotti: she is still growing out her tail feathers from her very late molt but wow she got a lot more splash in her feathers!

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Myths super fluffy butt!
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Flour fully refeathered and looking gorgeous!
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Snicker and Doodle:
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The queen of Butler Hollow Coop Brownie, showing off her sheen.
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Flour and Sugar with two pristine white butts
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Lore watching over the flock
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Story and Myth and Kimber
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Lots of fluff butts and two cats who wisely decided to find somewhere else to be. (Myth and Avalon are absolute terrors to the cats and will peck and chase them off if they come too close, meanwhile the two boys just keep their eyes on them but otherwise leave them be. I do remember worrying about the cats being a threat to the chickens now I worry about the chickens hurting the cats!
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Sorry to hear about your DD and your mum, I am sure you are stressed out, and I am glad you were able to have some ‘you time’ with your chooks they are all so gorgeous.

 

[Ponypoor]

How much my cabbage has grown
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My cauliflower in the top right
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And last week of both Cauliflower and cabbage
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I’ll start pole beans next month, and maybe pumpkin seeing as how my kiddos like them so much!

I will get tomato plants already started in April. I just need to figure out how to ensure the chooks don’t chow down on it all hahaha!

March 2023

 

[featherhead007]

they can't get them. I have a greenhouse!

And you think that a greenhouse will stop them? Not my chooks. They’d be looking for a way to access the new vegetables!

 

[Marie2020]

I’ll start pole beans next month, and maybe pumpkin seeing as how my kiddos like them so much!

I will get tomato plants already started in April. I just need to figure out how to ensure the chooks don’t chow down on it all hahaha!

March 2023
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Good luck with the growing and double good luck with keeping those feathered fiends off your veggie patch

My old gels ate everything I tried too grow