Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

I'm so excited. My friend JD who has chickens and watches ours when we are away has taken a job at tractor supply for some extra money. They trained him on taking care of the chicks the other day.

So why am I excited? I know JD will keep their water clean. He's already trying to devise ways to help keep the wood shavings out when he's not there.

Ohhhhh - this is great - he can keep an eye out for you for when bagged straw comes in - and maybe you can get him to buy a bag for you (reimbursed, of course), and you can split his 15% discount - a win for you....and a 'delivery fee' for him!!!

I have often thought of working for them - but they don't pay enough to replace my other job, and I have my hands full right now with Full-time bully boss, teaching part time, and my 'small' flock.

Hmmm......maybe I should just break down and name them all - then in theory i would have very little work caring for them, as my count would be a big fat goose egg!!

Tax for my off topic posts:

 

[featherhead007]

Mugs Monday

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All hail Queen Aurora. Your majestical Worshipfulness!

 

[rural mouse]

I wouldn’t mind some bantam Cochin for sure…. Wonder if they can tell pullets early.

Bantams (of any breed) aren't usually sexed. They're so tiny that it's really difficult

 

[BY Bob]

Glad about Truly. I had no idea horses got such a thick winter coat!

Much like Davis' coat that he is trying to shed right now. Lord he is a hairy cat.

 

[rural mouse]

I realized that it was Presidents day holiday today. That means I can’t get to the bank. What another wasteful excuse to be a lazy government and banking institution! They should give all of us a Taxpayer Day, where we don’t have to pay taxes on anything that day. I bet it increases revenue, sales and boosts the economy.

Except no one would be working...so everything would be closed ...

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Indigo

 

[BY Bob]

All hail Queen Aurora. Your majestical Worshipfulness!

She acknowledges your appropriate worshiping and says, "well done".

 

[bgmathteach]

Mugs Monday

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@BY Bob How high off the ground is your coop? Is it difficult to reach under to clean it out? I assume it gets raked out annually, no? Previous coops I built were 3' off the ground for a nice height to have a roost underneath....but this next one that will be under the low end of the roof of the big run, I am thinking 18" or maybe 2'. The 2' is kind of pushing it...but I was thinking 18" would make it difficult to rake out (it will be 4' deep and, given thelarge shipping crate I got for free - 70" long...and the crate itself is 5' high, but I need to 'lift' the front of the top so it has both high ventilation and a sloped roof (that part of the main pen is 'to be' roofed...but the height is already pre-determined by the support posts in place in the run. Hubby didn't listen correctly to me and it is a good 10-12" lower on the low end than I wanted.

 

[rural mouse]

Oh well I guess Hoovers isn’t open then? Is this a holiday for all of you?

Only government building, banks, and some schools are closed. Hoovers should be open

 

[featherhead007]

@BY Bob How high off the ground is your coop? Is it difficult to reach under to clean it out? I assume it gets raked out annually, no? Previous coops I built were 3' off the ground for a nice height to have a roost underneath....but this next one that will be under the low end of the roof of the big run, I am thinking 18" or maybe 2'. The 2' is kind of pushing it...but I was thinking 18" would make it difficult to rake out (it will be 4' deep and, given thelarge shipping crate I got for free - 70" long...and the crate itself is 5' high, but I need to 'lift' the front of the top so it has both high ventilation and a sloped roof (that part of the main pen is 'to be' roofed...but the height is already pre-determined by the support posts in place in the run. Hubby didn't listen correctly to me and it is a good 10-12 on the low end than I wanted.

18 inches off the floor is code for a tank style water heater (fumes won’t ignite when it’s up 18 inches and properly ventilated) just FYI

 

[rural mouse]

I'm so excited. My friend JD who has chickens and watches ours when we are away has taken a job at tractor supply for some extra money. They trained him on taking care of the chicks the other day.

So why am I excited? I know JD will keep their water clean. He's already trying to devise ways to help keep the wood shavings out when he's not there.

Someone at my feed store a couple of years back designed and built a nipple waterer pvc pipe system. It works so well they break it down, store it and use it every year now. The chicks all figure out how it works really quickly and they can't scratch anything into the water.