Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

And star bread.
(Before my tree was fully decorated )
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Ooooo! Gorgeous! I'm a Great British Bakeoff fan too! That's a great Christmas Tear-n-Share!

Made a vegetarian loaf recipe from one contest finalist on the Bakeoff show

They had a Florentine baking episode but it wasn't gluten-free so I improvised & used Almond & Coconut flour instead. Not as attractive as the show cookies but they were crispy, chocolatey, & yummy! I love thin warm crispy cookies.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

And @Sylvester017 is on the Spirit Award list too I think!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/byc-recognition-medals.1214207/post-28312792

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Of course my dad now says "find a free plan, we can build you a brooder that will be perfect instead of buying a rabbit hutch that might not work"
I love my dad. Granted, I will have to do most of the work myself but if I can get enough time with him even to cut materials I can do the rest! I'm...not allowed to use saws unless someone is supervising due to how clumsy I am.

My thought about the pre-fab was it depends how predator-proof your porch is, or how predator-proof the brooder is.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

That was someone else. I staple the filter material I use over the openings in the walls of the coop. I don't have openings like you describe.

The run is wire but I could staple on to the wood roof supports! But I doubt staples would hold up to heavy sustained winds and the serious gusts we get here.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

One nice thing about a season of inclement weather helped us to see where things needed modifying in future. A quick yet sturdy patio build over a coop/run sure can solve the 4 Seasons issues. We got tired of fighting rain leaks into the coop or blazing sun beating down on a coop in summer! Not sure swirling snow is any different from our swirling windy rains but its been a tremendous boon for us to have a patio/shed roof over our coop/run.

Exactly, it's like taking a new boat out for a ship-shape run (hopefully not far from safe harbor).

I do toy with the idea of poly roofing panels for winterizing the walls of the run, and would like a roof over the coop! Also would need to set some kind of wall up for winter, the wind-driven snow is too great. A shed style maybe.

 

[Sally PB]

On the windward side (west), I staple the material on the outside of the coop. The wind is blowing against the fabric, which is over the hardware cloth.

I do that on the east side too, just because I can't access that opening on the inside of the coop as well. They are 4" openings that run the length of the coop (8 feet).

 

[Sylvester017]

If Poppet is RRPP, then Turkey should be walnut, RrPp. If Turkey is straight combed, then Poppet ir RrPp, which still shows as a walnut comb, but has the chance of transmitting the rp instead of the R and P. There is a chance of a Rose or Pea comb. If either of those is the case, then Poppet carries the lowercase gene for the other and Turkey received that with the capital gene. (RRPp, RrPP, or RrPp in Poppet can result in rrPp or Rrpp in Turkey).

Sorry, but those RrPp's remind me of the The Three Stooges alphabet song

 

[Ponypoor]

If Poppet is RRPP, then Turkey should be walnut, RrPp. If Turkey is straight combed, then Poppet ir RrPp, which still shows as a walnut comb, but has the chance of transmitting the rp instead of the R and P. There is a chance of a Rose or Pea comb. If either of those is the case, then Poppet carries the lowercase gene for the other and Turkey received that with the capital gene. (RRPp, RrPP, or RrPp in Poppet can result in rrPp or Rrpp in Turkey).

Sooooo in that case Curly must carry a gene for a comb as Betty has a small funky twisted comb and wattles.

Ummmm that last photo might be Curly…? But since she has no tail then I figure it’s Betty

 

[featherhead007]

She is silkie x OEGB cross that’s where she gets her black skin - gosh I can’t wait to see some photos of her!

Bert and Betty both had dark skin from their silkie mamas.

 

[Ponypoor]

And @Sylvester017 is on the Spirit Award list too I think!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/byc-recognition-medals.1214207/post-28312792

Yes! I see her new badge!

Congratulations @Sylvester017