Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

I found this:
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Send that to them Rebecca.

 

[Ponypoor]

Special 2fers

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Aw that is cute

 

[Ponypoor]

Two-for Tuesday

Two roosters Ignore the three hens

Two nosy kiddos - getting so big! Hello Jaffara! What’s up Goldie?

Ok two hens

And two lemoncello kiddos - Sweetie and Butters

Ooops missed Mr and Mrs LC ignoring me

 

[Ponypoor]

2fer...

2 curious pullets, 2 species
View attachment 3886072Daisy and Jane, and the neighbor's cat, Trouble.

Blurr is getting curious about mice, so maybe she'll start catching them like Cuckoo did.

View attachment 38860732 mugs (and a "I'm using my rock camouflage"). Primula and Maizie, with Cardhu as the "rock"

I thought that was a white rabbit haha

Yep had to look more closely at that rock!

 

[notabitail]

The browsers started failing first, then the keyboard went downhill. I even rebuilt my profile but the problem persisted. Then the file explorer crashed. Something is corrupted... I thought it was in the hard drive.

Get a SSD (yours probably uses SATA, if you can hold out until next week i managed to get a good Samsung 500GB ssd for $30 on prime day), clone it (clonezilla and a hard drive dock), and put it in there. Should be faster and more reliable. Though, reinstalling the OS might be better due to corruption of the contents of the old drive. If you need any tech support PM me.

 

[featherhead007]

Something is going on in the coop/run. Two little ducklings have been hanging around my yard. I noticed that the water bowl was dirty and my chooks don’t dirty their water. This morning I found one of the babies swimming around in it, just having the time of its life! They are shy of me, but they are still hanging out with my chooks. I’m very surprised that they haven’t been eaten by the barn cats yet. (There’s several of them here too)

 

[Ponypoor]

Get a SSD (yours probably uses SATA, if you can hold out until next week i managed to get a good Samsung 500GB ssd for $30 on prime day), clone it (clonezilla and a hard drive dock), and put it in there. Should be faster and more reliable. Though, reinstalling the OS might be better due to corruption of the contents of the old drive. If you need any tech support PM me.

Don’t forget Lhicken is here in Canada, so make sure those items are available here.

I can’t wait to see your tax - I like stripes like this

LarryLarry (aka Pepper or PepperLarry)

 

[Ponypoor]

Something is going on in the coop/run. Two little ducklings have been hanging around my yard. I noticed that the water bowl was dirty and my chooks don’t dirty their water. This morning I found one of the babies swimming around in it, just having the time of its life! They are shy of me, but they are still hanging out with my chooks. I’m very surprised that they haven’t been eaten by the barn cats yet. (There’s several of them here too)

Likely your chooks are protecting them.

Seems to me you are now the proud owner of some ducks

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

*Insert whatever curse words you want here*

I can't do it, I cannot kill a young cockerel who is showing so much promise as the interloper is this morning and afternoon.

Something happened this morning before I went out. I do not know what but Bubba and the interloper who I think I accidentally named have came to a understanding. Randy, I called him Randy when he bred Trampy Judy again and now it is sticking. The boys are sharing the horse stalls and the creek right behind the house. They can walk beside each other within 2 feet and neither one has so much as raised their hackles while I was out. Bubba is seeing to the ladies who nest in the hay like normal. Randy has responded to the escort calls and serviced the girls who lay in the coop and the porch boxes. I broke over and decided I could not kill him when while dragging the garbage cans to the front Randy spotted a hawk. He sent the entire flock for cover, including Bubba and stood in his spot and watched it. So did I. Once it left he made another call and everyone came back out from hiding in the horse stalls. The hawk was circling in front of the house, Bubba being out back could not see it. The flock was scattered between the front and back yard. I have since tested Randy to the best I can so far. He will not let me touch him. Today I can get closer, about a arms length away. I picked up a few girls in his presence. He watched. I brought out a bag of sunflower seeds. Gave a pile to Bubba to feed to the girls and then went about 15 feet away and made another pile in front of Randy. He did not eat a single one, called some of the girls to him and let them eat them. I then hand fed the girls right in front of him to see what would happen, nothing, he watched. He gives way to me while I walk around. I also feel guilty. I do not want to keep him permanently. I'm hoping for 1 or 2 boys in my group of chicks. My flock needs more then 1 rooster though, Bubba cannot be everywhere at once. The chicks are only almost 3 weeks old. If there is a boy I am looking at least 5 more months before he can be any help, and then he has to survive the idiot phase. I really do not know what to do here. Do I keep observing Randy and if the truce holds, and he continues to show promise do I hang onto him for a few months? Quite frankly that thought though makes me feel like I have stooped to the idiots level who brought him to the show to essentially dump him. It almost feels unfair to him and makes me feel like I am using him until his purpose is served. I also know Bubba will not be around forever. At any point soon I could be down to zero boys. My girls need a rooster, they obviously do not pay attention to the skies. I counted on having Branch to step up as Bubba stepped down and he was. Now, I do not have Branch. Someone please talk some sense into me. Tell me it is wrong to keep him if he continues to behave for a bit only to rehome him in 6 months to a years time.

 

[featherhead007]

*Insert whatever curse words you want here*

I can't do it, I cannot kill a young cockerel who is showing so much promise as the interloper is this morning and afternoon.

Something happened this morning before I went out. I do not know what but Bubba and the interloper who I think I accidentally named have came to an understanding. Randy, I called him Randy when he bred Trampy Judy again and now it is sticking. The boys are sharing the horse stalls and the creek right behind the house. They can walk beside each other within 2 feet and neither one has so much as raised their hackles while I was out. Bubba is seeing to the ladies who nest in the hay like normal. Randy has responded to the escort calls and serviced the girls who lay in the coop and the porch boxes. I broke over and decided I could not kill him when while dragging the garbage cans to the front Randy spotted a hawk. He sent the entire flock for cover, including Bubba and stood in his spot and watched it. So did I. Once it left he made another call and everyone came back out from hiding in the horse stalls. The hawk was circling in front of the house, Bubba being out back could not see it. The flock was scattered between the front and back yard. I have since tested Randy to the best I can so far. He will not let me touch him. Today I can get closer, about a arms length away. I picked up a few girls in his presence. He watched. I brought out a bag of sunflower seeds. Gave a pile to Bubba to feed to the girls and then went about 15 feet away and made another pile in front of Randy. He did not eat a single one, called some of the girls to him and let them eat them. I then hand fed the girls right in front of him to see what would happen, nothing, he watched. He gives way to me while I walk around. I also feel guilty. I do not want to keep him permanently. I'm hoping for 1 or 2 boys in my group of chicks. My flock needs more then 1 rooster though, Bubba cannot be everywhere at once. The chicks are only almost 3 weeks old. If there is a boy I am looking at least 5 more months before he can be any help, and then he has to survive the idiot phase. I really do not know what to do here. Do I keep observing Randy and if the truce holds, and he continues to show promise do I hang onto him for a few months? Quite frankly that thought though makes me feel like I have stooped to the idiots level who brought him to the show to essentially dump him. It almost feels unfair to him and makes me feel like I am using him until his purpose is served. I also know Bubba will not be around forever. At any point soon I could be down to zero boys. My girls need a rooster, they obviously do not pay attention to the skies. I counted on having Branch to step up as Bubba stepped down and he was. Now, I do not have Branch. Someone please talk some sense into me. Tell me it is wrong to keep him if he continues to behave for a bit only to rehome him in 6 months to a years time.

He’s showing promise as a good rooster. My opinion is that he should live with you for life and hopefully you won’t be sorry you
That you took him in.