Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[SimpleJenn]

He said he doesn't know which birds in the pens laid my eggs so there's quite a few color possibilities!

 

[featherhead007]

Eggies are here!!!
One set is clearly labeled, but a mystery. I see a white "L" egg, I believe that is brown leghorn. The rest are unknown.View attachment 4043925
Here is the breed list in case anyone wants to guess
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And...the other seller has labeled them AND provided a packing list!
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Safely resting in the lizard cage for now.

 

[featherhead007]

That doesn't surprise me at all. I'm betting that you ate all the mealy worms to

They go great on vanilla ice cream!

 

[SimpleJenn]

I ate mealworms once, dried ones for the lizard. Tasted like cardboard with a hint of bacon. HATED the way the chitin got stuck in my teeth.
Easy $20 though

 

[featherhead007]

Thank you. You put things into a different perspective for me. I really can't control very much of the risk to the cats. Either way, they are better off with me than where they came from. ( A neighborhood cat colony where cats were often run-over and not cared for at all) And they are happy. They have a job as farm cats, and love it. They roam and hunt, and are safer, fed, have a cozy cat house and hay barn, and are getting vetted. On the chicken front, if I use biosecurity methods and make a secure coop, they will most likely be safe and the people who care for them too.

Here’s a cat problem:

 

[featherhead007]

I ate mealworms once, dried ones for the lizard. Tasted like cardboard with a hint of bacon. HATED the way the chitin got stuck in my teeth.
Easy $20 though

Jenn, you are the sickest, loveliest person I have never met!

 

[ILoveDaffy]

Here’s a cat problem:View attachment 4044009

Yep! That's a problem!

 

[featherhead007]

Paul just called me and said that Coco’s foot is completely healed and she’s running around with the other birds in the yard. To me, that’s a miracle, a true miracle

 

[RoyalChick]

So: The decision has been reversed. Chickens are happening this year. I had waaayy too many people enabling me. I would like to do something like The Burrow (over in articles) in terms of coop. I think it is a very practical design for my needs. In terms of chickens, I want Chocolate Orpingtons, Easter Eggers, a Blue Australorp, a Buff Orpington, Bielefelder, and  maybe a Chocolate Orpington Rooster. About 8 chickens. Maybe 10. It had been 4-6,  but then the list grew, and when I think I could slim the list a bit, it grows. Chicken math! Now, to plan and begin the build and order the babies.

Exciting! You can rely on us to provide sensible advice. Nobody here is an enabler at all!


And I am very interested in seeing Chocolate Orpingtons, so keep us posted.

 

[RoyalChick]

Paul just called me and said that Coco’s foot is completely healed and she’s running around with the other birds in the yard. To me, that’s a miracle, a true miracle

Sounds like good news. You on your way home yet?