Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Sorry about that. They didn’t teach me chicken anatomy in biology class

Oops

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I am running low on eggshell. I used to have a couple of large coffee containers (the 5 pounders) full, because they ate oyster shell just as much as eggshell. I think the Bielefelders like the eggshell MUCH better, and it takes 2-3 egg shells to make one, so yeah, I'm going to run out. I do have oyster shell available too.

I'm considering getting something like this. I feed Kalmbach 20% protein, so I don't want to go to a plain layer feed. Since Snowbird isn't with us anymore, I don't need to worry about the calcium/rooster issue.

If I do the "pull the wattles down and stuff in the calcium pill in," Pip struggles and thrashes, and then avoids me. So I've been cutting them into pieces and putting a dab of peanut butter on them. But all the chickens like those, so it can be hard to get them to just Pip.

Soooo. What do you all think? Switch to a feed that has more calcium? Keep giving Pip calcium pills? Both?

Thought of another aspect of oyster shell today - the ladies here like the Scratch N Peck oyster shell much better than the Manna Pro oyster shell. Flavor? The Manna Pro looks like white gravel bits, and the Scratch N Peck looks like actual flakes of the inner part of shells. I offer both, and the Scratch N Peck needs refilling more often.

 

[featherhead007]

More babies!

They have not even thought of bringing in babies here yet; not till end of April.

I am keen on Daisy and Liz (yes re use those names) but also waiting - I am sure they will chose wisely

Choose wisely! Hahaha

 

[rural mouse]

Choose wisely! Hahaha View attachment 3768744

Hmmmm names from fantasy.....Research required for that.

 

[RoyalChick]

Thought of another aspect of oyster shell today - the ladies here like the Scratch N Peck oyster shell much better than the Manna Pro oyster shell. Flavor? The Manna Pro looks like white gravel bits, and the Scratch N Peck looks like actual flakes of the inner part of shells. I offer both, and the Scratch N Peck needs refilling more often.

Oh yes - I have that issue too!

 

[BeastBaby]

Thought of another aspect of oyster shell today - the ladies here like the Scratch N Peck oyster shell much better than the Manna Pro oyster shell. Flavor? The Manna Pro looks like white gravel bits, and the Scratch N Peck looks like actual flakes of the inner part of shells. I offer both, and the Scratch N Peck needs refilling more often.

I just looked it up. On the Manna pro website they list the oyster shell bag ingredients as both oyster shell and coral calcium. They don’t mention in what percentages each. So those gravel bits are coral!

 

[Sally PB]

I had one kind of oyster shell (not sure which; bought at the local feed store, so it was their bag) that the girls pretty much ignored. I bought Dumor, and they seem to like that better. I'm going to look for Scratch 'n' Peck brand and buy a bag of that, see if they like it better.

Thanks for the info, @ChicoryBlue!

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

I am on my way to go meet a German Shepherd in need of a home. He is being fostered, but his fosterer is going through a divorce so he needs to find a forever home for Charlie. He is three years old, and my mom told me that he is around 100 pounds.

My dog Coach, who died last year, was around 95 lbs. My dog who died three years ago, Dina, was about 75 lbs. My two current dogs who we got two weeks after Dina died, Apollo and Diana, are 60 and 45 pounds. Coach and Dina had tails but Apollo and Diana don’t. I miss having big dogs, and I miss getting hit with tails.

I’m sorry, but the fact that we got two puppies two weeks after Dina died but waited almost a year (or more if we don’t get Charlie) to get another dog when Coach died is kinda funny to me. I get that my dad was much more affected about Coaches death than he was by Dina’s. He and Coach were very close. Don’t get me wrong, he loved Dina like she was his daughter, but he and Coach were inseparable. My mom and Dina were very close though. My brother and I were close with both of them.

I wish that we had gotten another dog after Coach passed. Having two 8 week old pups to look after when Dina died took some of the grief away. I was more affected by Dina’s death than I was for Coach. Perhaps it is because I was three years younger when Dina died. I cried the day that Coach died, and maybe one or twice since. And keep in mind that he passed in April. With Dina I cried for months after. It’s kinda sad to me that I cried more about a horse (Lenny) that I’ve known for a year than a dog I’ve known since the day I was born (literally)

But I’ll let you all know if I’m getting another dog. I really want to help this pupper out. All animals deserve people but not all people deserve animals. If we do get him, my family will be his fourth home, and he’s only around three.

 

[Sally PB]

But I’ll let you all know if I’m getting another dog. I really want to help this pupper out. All animals deserve people but not all people deserve animals. If we do get him, my family will be his fourth home, and he’s only around three.

I hope it works out for you and for him too.

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Okay this is getting out of hand...

It has been sunny and then it was snowy and as I'm typing, it is now sunny. This has been happening a countless number of times today.
SOMEONE GET ME OUT OF THIS GODAWFUL WEATHER!
The chickens stayed inside all day regardless.