Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

I’m addition to my comment, I usually save my fake eggs until Easter (when I fill them with candy)

Teehee ~ you're too much!

We found hollow plastic white egg shells at a craft store (not the bright colored pull-apart plastic Easter eggs), we made a tiny hole at one end of the white plastic egg, filled the hollow w/ play sand & then glued over the small hole. The final egg has the natural weight of a real egg and is wayyyy cheaper than the $10 ceramic fake eggs!! If anyone is thinking of using those bright colored pull-apart kid's plastic eggs that fill w/candy they come apart too easy in a nestbox. We tried it (without candy of course) heehee!

 

[Sylvester017]

That darn Truly. Loose again on the barn. And falling asleep standing up trying not to fall over.
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This was yesterday morning
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Meanwhile no wonder the roosters are quiet this morning, truly being loose likely has them all wary….

Good morning sunshine….

Poor baby probably needs an iron gate to keep her in? Do animals get dementia or Alzheimer's I wonder?

 

[SimpleJenn]

@TOMTE I used to raise dubia for my bearded dragon! Had to stop as I developed a chitin allergy. Now that we live in the woods we get woodroaches during their season and my allergies go nuts!

 

[Logar]

Star is so impatient with waiting for the nest box She was making a big fuss inside the coop as princess apparently wasn’t laying fast enough for her.

 

[Sylvester017]

Good morning all. Have some issues this morning with 4 yes FOUR soft eggs, being laid, I can say that one was likely laid by Tippy. But not sure about the rest.

I have also noted that one of the oldest pullets from this year, has been laying a soft egg past couple weeks in the Summer House (over night), this is were I keep those youngsters for the night.

What is going on here?!

They are fed the Layer pellets and Layer textured feed.

Oy! Soft shells? Always something going on, eh? And you have extra oyster shell in a separate feeder too? We set out oyster shell separate in a couple places cuz our Silkies lay all year round. Cuz our old Dominique Dana doesn't lay any more we have a general flock feed w/ oyster shell on the side for laying hens.

 

[TOMTE]

Star is so impatient with waiting for the nest box She was making a big fuss inside the coop as princess apparently wasn’t laying fast enough for her.

That side eye...

 

[Logar]

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That side eye...

“Why aren’t you helping me hooman? You should know it is my turn? What are you doing? Stop closing the door..”

 

[Sylvester017]

I keep a colony of dubia roaches to breed so I can feed the nymphs (their young) to my leopard gecko. Every once in a while I need to do a cull, get rid of most or all of the adult males depending on if I need more nymphs for my leo or not, as well as any unhealthy ones

They're one of the healthiest feeder insects out there with a low fat and chitin content compared to high protien and calcium! Extremely easy to care for too.

Depending on where you live they may be illegal though, like Florida, because that is the perfect climate for them to not only survive outside of their enclosure, but also breed, and would likely become invasive quickly. They're fine to keep here in Michigan because they wouldn't survive in our cold, dry (relatively) climate. They wouldn't survive more than a week outside of their enclosure here, even indoors. And escape is rare anyway, since they can't fly or climb. They're designed for life on the tropical forest floor.

If anyone wanted an idea for a healthy chicken treat...

No offense but Yuch!!! teehee! We have so many natural outdoor insects in our mild climate that I would prefer our chickens to find those first!

 

[featherhead007]

Teehee ~ you're too much!

We found hollow plastic white egg shells at a craft store (not the bright colored pull-apart plastic Easter eggs), we made a tiny hole at one end of the white plastic egg, filled the hollow w/ play sand & then glued over the small hole. The final egg has the natural weight of a real egg and is wayyyy cheaper than the $10 ceramic fake eggs!! If anyone is thinking of using those bright colored pull-apart kid's plastic eggs that fill w/candy they come apart too easy in a nestbox. We tried it (without candy of course) heehee!

You seem to be very creative!

 

[featherhead007]

I keep a colony of dubia roaches to breed so I can feed the nymphs (their young) to my leopard gecko. Every once in a while I need to do a cull, get rid of most or all of the adult males depending on if I need more nymphs for my leo or not, as well as any unhealthy ones

They're one of the healthiest feeder insects out there with a low fat and chitin content compared to high protien and calcium! Extremely easy to care for too.

Depending on where you live they may be illegal though, like Florida, because that is the perfect climate for them to not only survive outside of their enclosure, but also breed, and would likely become invasive quickly. They're fine to keep here in Michigan because they wouldn't survive in our cold, dry (relatively) climate. They wouldn't survive more than a week outside of their enclosure here, even indoors. And escape is rare anyway, since they can't fly or climb. They're designed for life on the tropical forest floor.

If anyone wanted an idea for a healthy chicken treat...

I’ve never been to Dubai. But an engineer friend of mine has been. He went to assist the United arab emerits with their oil production equipment.