Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Chick update, Eclipse pecked and flew at my finger!

Awwww

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Settled on a name yet?

Pretty sure that this one is Calypso, they all look a little bit different.

 

[featherhead007]

Nope but….. I am sure Henny does

Ooo la la she says we’re is that handsome Sir Jaffar
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Henny, you say you “Wants me some Cochin?” (I will try to fit you into my busy schedule!)

 

[featherhead007]

If Aurora ever went broody, she'd look like that!

If Queen Aurora went broody, it would be the beginning of the apocalypse!
Same as my Hen-Rietta!

 

[featherhead007]

My bag of Kalmbach Full Plume was a bargain at $18.99 for 50lbs, compared to the Nutrena (various kinds) at $23.99 for 40 lbs. I am hoping the lower price doesn't reflect lower quality. The hens like it, transitioning is not a problem at all.

The big bag posed a problem for me though! I have not been working out like I used to, plus I have injured my knee and was favoring it, and I could not get the bag into my car. I can carry 50 lbs, but it was a matter of physics and my lack of upper body strength. A fellow had come out with it from the warehouse and I asked him to put it in the top bin of my cart, thinking that would be better than lifting from near the ground. When I got to the car I could not get a good grip on it with gloved hands and lift it from that height up and over the cart's sides. I couldn't get my hands under it either, it filled up the top cart bin. So I was trying to raise from waist height what I could grab by another 6-8 inches to get it over the edge, and was succeeding with lifting it only 2-3 inches at best.

I thought about tipping the cart onto the car's loading bed.

I disrobed my purse, jacket and gloves and was preparing to get all World Wrestling with it when a nice young lady came over and offered to help. Did she struggle at all? No. Did she get her hands under it? No. She grabbed near the top and lifted it high, hands above her head, whisking it right up and outta there in one move. Wow! She must do that with feed bags or hay bales every day.

I thanked her profusely. While I felt very old and feeble and have vowed to increase my strength, the kindness of this stranger was so heartwarming and uplifting! Thank you, strangers!

I know that you are serious, but that scenario is actually very funny

 

[featherhead007]

You do not have to worry about adults, just enjoy being a kid, soon enough you will be an adult and you will understand what I mean.

You cannot worry about your dad and his brother. They need to figure it out themselves or not.

 

[notabitail]

Great you got some help.
After I had some back issues a few months ago (all better now) the physical therapist I went to said I have to stop lifting the 50lb feed bags.
Easier said than done.
I have mine delivered by Chewy and then I manhandle the bag into the kitchen without really lifting it.
Then I scoop it into containers which I store either in the chicken Palace or in the kitchen.
It makes me feel old too, but not as old as I would feel if I was unable to walk because of my back!
Long way of saying - take care of yourself and don’t do anything dumb.
No shame in asking for help.

You could just order 1 ton of feed like us. Of course, that wouldn't do any good for your back. You could just plop it in the coop, add a spout, and watch the Princesses devour it.

 

[featherhead007]

My chicks are just like yours!

 

[featherhead007]

I have dragged many a Chewy box into my kitchen. The cardboard does make it slide well. Better than a wriggly bag.

Cardboard works great too for sliding down stairs and out of the front door!

 

[notabitail]

Cardboard works great too for sliding down stairs and out of the front door!

Laundry baskets work better,