Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Pony Sunday

I have waited all week to share these My neighbour had his herd out in his hay field after he cut and stored his hay. He raises Limousin cattle, they are a French breed the people used as draft animals but now are raised for beef.

 

[featherhead007]

I was thinking about flying out to the coast for the day, but I already had a change of heart.

 

[Ponypoor]

I’ll set up a chair outside in the shade, and see how many chooks want to hang out with me.

Bring food you’ll have lots of visit!

Last weekend I feel asleep in the lawn chair - had about half the flock snoozing around and under the chair with me

 

[featherhead007]

Pony Sunday

I have waited all week to share these My neighbour had his herd out in his hay field after he cut and stored his hay. He raises Limousin cattle, they are a French breed the people used as draft animals but now are raised for beef.

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Hamburger on the hoofs!

 

[Ponypoor]

Hamburger on the hoofs!

I can’t raise animals for meat, I could never eat anything here, they are my pets! And am told I am not hungry enough. Could be…

 

[CCsGarden]

@CCsGarden and @notabitail ~ Oh, no! Not In Albis, your precious Dominique angel! It's so painful to lose our babies and worse not knowing why! When they're old we hurt but when so young it's especially painful

So sorry you lost her but so glad she had you to give her all possible care and comfort

You are a wonderful chicken keeper, sometimes no matter what we do they are destined to pass away. You did wonderful

Thank you !

 

[rural mouse]

Wow that an interesting mix, legbar and silkie, though I would think it would be tan or pink. As far as I know legbars lay white eggs.

The only way she will get this light green eggs is if those legbars were actually like my Azur Blue - Leghorn x Auracana. They lay blue eggs.

That cross on a silkie would give light green eggs. Hmmmm maybe I will cross my Azur on a silkie Roo next year for my niece to hatch out!!!

They will look like your girl, oh ya! I am gonna try that cross next year

Legbars are supposed to lay blue eggs....

 

[rural mouse]

I was waiting for Rudy my Wyandottey to start his morning crowing. Soon as I started typing this, he started up. He only crows eight to ten times and then stops.
05:45 he’s fifteen minutes early

He's still learning. Is he the only one crowing?

 

[ManueB]

@CCsGarden and @notabitail I'm very sorry for In Albis. I will miss all her tricks to get in to grab some food. Are all your other chooks ok, no one showing similar symptoms?

@LhickenChicken I'm sorry about Aurora as well. It's hard when the only thing you can do is give them a quicker painless ending.

An update and request for advice
I deployed riot gear.
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I got the job done
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At least she ate
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But she is not a calm prisoner. I am a bit worried she will hurt herself in there. She is flinging herself around trying to break out.
I have a much smaller crate I could put her in so she had less room to move - but that may be too much like a nest.
Any advice? I am hoping she just calms down and stands patiently on her 2x4.

I don't have much useful advice because I was in the same situation with Léa and I gave up breaking her this way. I do use the crate for a few hours in the morning and two hours before roosting , but the rest of the day I just lock them out of the coop.
If it helps I did notice that she sort of got used to it after a few days.

On crated broodies, I have a mystery myself that needs at least Sherlock Aurora to look into. I have a new broody, Lulu, who like Calypso is extremely aggressive. I put her in the crate in the evening, because she aims for the same nest as Merle, who is the devil itself, and she tries to poke Lulu's eyes out.
Anyway yesterday I left her in this crate locked up. An hour and a half later I heard a big commotion. I ran to the coop. Lulu was on top of the crate. Water and food were spilled. But the crate was still locked.
I don't understand how she got out.
The top bars, not shown on the picture, are slightly wider, three inches square. But even if she could possibly have forced squeezed her way through how would she get to the top ?
Very strange.

 

[rural mouse]

@CCsGarden and @notabitail I'm very sorry for In Albis. I will miss all her tricks to get in to grab some food. Are all your other chooks ok, no one showing similar symptoms?

@LhickenChicken I'm sorry about Aurora as well. It's hard when the only thing you can do is give them a quicker painless ending.


I don't have much useful advice because I was in the same situation with Léa and I gave up breaking her this way. I do use the crate for a few hours in the morning and two hours before roosting , but the rest of the day I just lock them out of the coop.
If it helps I did notice that she sort of got used to it after a few days.

On crated broodies, I have a mystery myself that needs at least Sherlock Aurora to look into. I have a new broody, Lulu, who like Calypso is extremely aggressive. I put her in the crate in the evening, because she aims for the same nest as Merle, who is the devil itself, and she tries to poke Lulu's eyes out.
Anyway yesterday I left her in this crate locked up. An hour and a half later I heard a big commotion. I ran to the coop. Lulu was on top of the crate. Water and food were spilled. But the crate was still locked.
I don't understand how she got out.
The top bars, not shown on the picture, are slightly wider, three inches square. But even if she could possibly have forced squeezed her way through how would she get to the top ?
Very strange.
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Any sort of camera you could set up temporarily? She might have squeezed through and flown