Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Thank you! It was the perfect photo.

And you an amazing artist.

 

[BY Bob]

I have been thinking about flying cross country, to meet with Mr By Bob and his wife. I’m still thinking about it. It would make a good trip, and then I would go to Maine for lobster just things on my bucket list.
Meeting that crazy Canadian pistol Kelly is also on my list. She probably needs new batteries for her head torch.

We would love to meet you. So would the chickens!

 

[BY Bob]

Speaking of that - I really miss the Ask Aurora posts!

I have one part way done. I have lost my down time recently so it may be a while.

 

[BY Bob]

I am sure Toronto would be ready for you. If they can handle the Taylor Swift Eros tour then your should be fine.

(FYI - seriously who is this Taylor Swift person? I am really not up on celebrities this day and age…)

She is dating a famous football player. I think she is in the music business somehow.

 

[BY Bob]

I know, it was @BY Bob

You are silly.

 

[BY Bob]

Slugs ARE disgusting & my chickens won't eat them either they are so sticky to touch or eat ~ yuck! Ducks have no problem making fast feasts of slugs/snails but our chickens leave them alone! I sometimes use Sluggo around my garden beds ~ supposed to be safe around pets. Otherwise I go after a rain using long handle tongs to pick up all the slugs & kill them in a pail of Sluggo pellets otherwise they'll just keep breeding more.

Our hens use the dog houses we set out in the yard but the houses also attract slugs hiding underneath the houses in the wet pools or damp earth.
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Phyllis loved slugs. She ate them all the time.

 

[Sylvester017]

Such adorable pets you have!

Where did you get that burled oak dresser from? I've been looking on Marketplace for two nightstands and a tall man's dresser like that. I have two armoires, one in my office and one's my dresser been trying to match to some extent and it's been rare to find.

Beautiful furniture piece!

My mom instead of making a will about her possessions asked us kids in advance who wanted what pieces so there would be no family feud at her death. My sis had her own fine furniture so I got all mom's fine antique dining, bedroom, & living room sets & still in great condition. They don't make furniture like that now. "Fine" pieces today are just expensive but not sturdy.

60 yrs ago one could visit a Bullocks or a May Co or any big old dept store & get quality furniture in sets & go back later & add a matching piece but today when things are sold, that's it! No more adding a matching piece!

The dresser in the photo is my DD's piece & it was purchased decades ago at Living Spaces when that chain opened here in So Calif.

 

[Debbie292d]

Do Keets have a decent reputation at all for tick foraging? I hear conflicting reports.

I've heard guineas are better than chickens at foraging woodticks.

I think where conflicting reports are is do opossums really eat the most ticks of anything? We have at least one I've seen on trailcams in the woods, but never seen it up here by the chickens. There is a lot of conflicting information on those! Some have had eggs/chicken losses due to them, and others I've read keep a bucket of cheap dry catfood out for them and swear they'll never harm a thing if they aren't starving.

 

[Sylvester017]

Phyllis loved slugs. She ate them all the time.

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WOW! She did?!

 

[Marie2020]

Beautiful! Very nice!

30 yrs ago DH & I bought an acre of mountain wilderness to build a cabin & have some livestock for our retirement but by the time we got to retirement our health would not permit us to live such a distance from good medical facilities only located in urban areas. But we don't mind since our current suburb cottage is located at the foot of the mountains & ordinance allows us 5 hens/no roos in our yard which is just the right amount for us oldsters to handle.

Back yard
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Front yard no chickens allowed!
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This place looks really lovely to me