Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

My BoPeeps is a Dominique . I feel so sorry for her because she is such a beauty, but not really accelerated by the other Rocks.
But “such is life “ and I love her so much!

Spell check, sorry

 

[Ponypoor]

Teehee! Somehow linking a water hose to electricity sounds a bit ELECTRIFYING!

It’s basically heat-trace and an insulated covering

I thought about getting one, but I bought one of those X-hoses instead, you should have seen the chooks the first time I dragged that sucker out and turned it on!

As it fills it expands and twists about like a live thing! The chooks were squawking and running away from it

And then when I drained it and it shrunk….. hahahahahaha - hilarious!

The only thing with it is the fact when you turn the water on if you don’t have a spray nozzle on it the pressure drops and the hose contracts. I learnt though that if I put my foot on it to prevent it from shrinking back then I can use it fine.

But it’s super light when drained and I just toss it in a bucket in the feedroom! Soooo freaking awesome! Wish I had bought one yrs ago!

My only regret is I bought a 75’ length when I should have bought a 100’ one to take into account the shrinking, when I fill up the trough outside it just reaches.

And so far I have managed to keep it out of the cecal poops that’s esp important as it has a woven nylon covering.

Ok tax on hosery

My three ladies

 

[Ponypoor]

Well we hit 10°F (-12°C) so I let the ladies out.
Apparently frozen kitchen scraps in the run taste better than the same scraps in the hen house.


Everyone rushed out to investigate the snow. Only Piglet was brave enough to actually set foot on it. Everyone else stayed safely under the roof overhang and awning.
Tassels didn’t really approve of walking around in the cold so she stayed on a tree stump in the sunshine and posed for @featherhead007.
Piglet can puff herself up so much she is almost spherical. She doesn’t look that fluffy because her top feathers are very sleek. She also seems to have grown a red bullseye on her chest. I don’t think that is dirt!
I added more shavings so it stays cozy in the hen house and gave them two new bowls of snow. Whoever on here gave me the idea of giving them snow is a genius. It has saved me going out and giving fresh unfrozen water every couple of hours and they really like it!
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Piglet is such a sweet little hen, I love the puffy round ones.

 

[Ponypoor]

Well now! Congratulations are in order for Florida and Louisiana for having more snow than I have - whoot whoot!

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/e...ow-some-of-canadas-biggest-snow-making-cities

All joking aside, I hope everyone in these areas are ok, and their chooks and livestock also. It has to be stressful for those not used to such weather.

 

[featherhead007]

Well now! Congratulations are in order for Florida and Louisiana for having more snow than I have - whoot whoot!

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/e...ow-some-of-canadas-biggest-snow-making-cities

All joking aside, I hope everyone in these areas are ok, and their chooks and livestock also. It has to be stressful for those not used to such weather.

Congratulate me! I’m here wearing shorts and sandals!

 

[featherhead007]

???

I don't think you can shower in the bedroom or kitchen

You’ve never been to my house!

 

[rural mouse]

Are they too big to deal with my high up roosts? There are steps and logs to jump on but most of my birds fly up and down and I would t want to have birds that were too heavy and would hurt themselves.
I am seriously thinking I would like some in my flock.

They're smaller than Plymouth Rocks. And some of my best tree climbers....(btw, Plymouth Rocks climb trees well too). I think they'd do just fine in your Palace, and be great Eye Candy, roo or hen.

 

[rural mouse]

Our birds get KUSC classical music or KKLA sermon talks & nothing else ~ no rock, no metal, no oldies goodies either or I'd go crazy myself. I don't need metal head-tossing Silkies!

Those silkies are so tiny, I CAN see them as these girls...

 

[Ponypoor]

Congratulate me! I’m here wearing shorts and sandals!

That’s just mean

 

[rural mouse]

I don't think deathlayers are quite the same as production birds? I could be wrong. I know they lay a lot of eggs and keep laying up until they die, no "henopause"... But I'm not sure if it's an egg a day sort of deal. Several a week at least. But I think there's much more careful breeding that goes into deathlayers than standard production birds (Again, might be wrong. I read about them months ago, lots of info has probably leaked out my ears since then ).

Zombie chickens are just white chickens with black skin, arent they? I think they have ayam cemani in their lineage.

@Sylvester017 here's greenfire's info on them.....apparently the breed is 400+ years old!

https://greenfirefarms.com/deathlayer.html