Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Supposedly it got up to 82F outside. Yesterday it stayed below 70.
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My heart breaks for you. How awful. How do you stand it?

Current weather here.....

 

[notabitail]

My heart breaks for you. How awful. How do you stand it?

Current weather here.....
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Oof. Hopefully things warm up for you.

 

[RoyalChick]

Did you say red comb?

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Beautiful.

 

[RoyalChick]

My heart breaks for you. How awful. How do you stand it?

Current weather here.....
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Same here.

 

[BY Bob]

Beautiful.

She surely is. I now have her taught to come when called. Just like Phyllis. It can take a couple of calls to get her attention but she comes. She is a special young lady. Very smart.

I'll try and get a video of her coming tomorrow.

 

[BY Bob]

The Order

The pecking order here remains quite obvious. Most of you should know that I stopped watching roosting a long time ago because of how nasty Aurora can be. Last night I was checking to make sure everyone was safe in the coop when i caught Aurora at work. I'm putting this behind a spoiler because it is not for the faint of heart.

I had checked in twice because the first time Hattie was not in the coop. On my first check Lady Featherington and Aster were on the low roost in front of the heat panel. When we check in this time you will see they are now in the high roost with Sydney. Im pretty certain they moved to avoid Aurora. Hattie was probably not in the coop because Aurora was keeping her out.

If you don't want to see poor Hattie picked on, don't watch this video. She is the only hen Aurora can reach.

Spoiler: Aurora at Work

I share this so everyone is reminded how Aurora maintains her position through brute force and terror at roosting time. She is not all warm and friendly.

 

[Marie2020]

Well then it’s a good thing you have all of us here to whom age is nothing but a number

We all have appts and stuff at all our different ages. I’ll make you laugh like a teen

 

[rural mouse]

Sherlock's before dinner walk and closing thr coop

they've all gone in...

and they're watching him...finding the ball under the snow cause he left it out there earlier...and he's NOT wearing training collar....and did NOT chase, responding to commands!

 

[Ponypoor]

Doesn't Mt Poopmore generate it's own heat?

Yes but it’s been extremely cold, and snowy, and that with the extremely dull lack of sunshine means the snow has built up and not melted.

It was a mild Fall, then the bottom fell out of the weather, winter hit with a vengeance.

Only 10 weeks until the middle of April

 

[Ponypoor]

Sherlock's before dinner walk and closing thr coopView attachment 4041926they've all gone in...

View attachment 4041927and they're watching him...finding the ball under the snow cause he left it out there earlier...and he's NOT wearing training collar....and did NOT chase, responding to commands!

Good Sherlock! He is getting past the ‘silly boy’ stage