Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

He is a lovely looking cat with his funky nose and patch in his chest.
My black and white cat is more chaotic in her markings.
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Happy Caturday everyone.

Such a gorgeous snuggle bug

 

[RoyalChick]

What worries me is what kind of security did they lack that 10 minutes away destroys all their chicken & duck flock? Whatever came after their old flock will be back for the new fresh flock!

I pray they do take your advice.

 

[Sylvester017]

Ok come on, work with me here it’s past midnight my legs and back are keeping me up, I have an escaped horse in the barn…. So no I can’t type

I meant next ROO should be a SILKIE ROO.

Oi boy

So sorry about your legs/back. I can identify -- I take 400mg magnesium right before bed, and if I awake 4 or 5 hrs later (bathroom break) I'll take a second gelcap to continue a restful night. DH & I thought it was a myth for calming pain but it lessens pain a whole lot. We also have magnesium powder to drink for quick pain relief. I believe Marie2020 uses magnesium for her aging doggie too for pain.

Vets use MSM poultices for animal pain but doesnt work ingesting it; whereas magnesium works internally.

 

[bgmathteach]

I read some people break broodies by dunking them in a bucket of water. No idea if that works.

Broody tax: Sylvie, a surprisingly well behaved broody on a forced break.
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Wow, that must have been a ton of work and time to get those runs put together - I can see in this picture all of the tight wrapping of wire to. lash the hardware cloth to the cattle panels! I have done that, but I will be honest - no where near as fastidiously as you! Again, WOW! what a ton of work!

 

[Sylvester017]

I wonder what the male-female ratio will be on those tiny beauties

 

[bgmathteach]

He is a lovely looking cat with his funky nose and patch in his chest.
My black and white cat is more chaotic in her markings.
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Happy Caturday everyone.

Awwwww! They look deceivingly cute and calm when they are sleeping, don't they!

 

[Sylvester017]

The 13-yrs backyard saga continues:

2013 -- We loved our White Leghorn "Bela" so much we decided that more Legs would be great to add and maybe Brown Legs or Exchequers later too. So we started by adding "Danni" the Buff Leghorn who was pretty but did not develop much of a floppy comb & still sported a crooked tail.

A couple months after adding Danni we ordered two Blue Wheaten Ameraucana juveniles from a private breeder but "Shellby" died the week they arrived!
"Shellby" and "Taffy"


While Danni was integrating outdoors with Bela and our two Silkies --

-- we raised "Taffy" indoors in a chick diaper which she hated so we had to stop using it. She refused to walk in it and refused to eat or drink. Maybe too undignified for her

 

[RoyalChick]

Wow, that must have been a ton of work and time to get those runs put together - I can see in this picture all of the tight wrapping of wire to. lash the hardware cloth to the cattle panels! I have done that, but I will be honest - no where near as fastidiously as you! Again, WOW! what a ton of work!

Yes. As you know I had wonderful professional help building the Chicken Palace. There was lots of debate about how to fix the hardware cloth to the cattle panels - I really wanted both because of snow load and foxes. Nobody could agree on the best way of doing it.
So I got myself a load of wire and started sewing. The guys were a bit taken aback I think - but once you get into a rhythm it wasn't so bad.

Hardware cloth sewing tax: A reminder why it needed to be so robust!

 

[RoyalChick]

Awwwww! They look deceivingly cute and calm when they are sleeping, don't they!

Yes - she hides her claws, teeth, and very short temper well!

 

[fuentemoon]

Junko