Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

This is a new one for me...

 

[RoyalChick]

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Wow. Theoretically deer stay away from spaces enclosed by railings. I guess this one didn’t get that memo!

 

[featherhead007]

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How did that happen ?

 

[featherhead007]

Box box chicken!

Back story is,; my oldest child was that age when she was introduced to chickens. She would say Bok, Bok chicken when she saw one

 

[rural mouse]

How did that happen ?

She walked up the steps...

 

[ValerieJ]

That is so sad & must be sad for your DH too to be the one to do it.

Neither my DH or me can do this selfless act ourselves & have had to take 3 hens to our vet to euthanize birds we could not save. Other birds that we lost were from old age or heatstroke, or avian leukosis (internal cancer virus in chicks). It's particularly sad to lose a bird you're trying to save.

Some sweeties we miss....

PHAEDRA
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JEWLZ
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TAFFY
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MINI
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I totally get it. I wouldn't be able to do it myself either. They are such precious souls. And those are some beautiful girls.

Thanks so much!

I'm so sorry for your loss

Thank you! I so appreciate all the caring support.

For Pony Sunday I give to you curious playful dolphins

Wow! That looks like fun!!!

For Pony Sunday I present you with a not-pony. It is a calf. One of the neighbor's Red Angus cows is his mom, and the neighbor named him Brisket. I think it suits him

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I'm in love!!! I've never had one of my own, but I think I love cows more than any other animals. When I was a child, I used to climb into the apple tree and hand apples down to my uncles cows. One time he let me feed a calf with a bottle. Now that was a hoot!!

A few more named birds
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Navy, one of the blue satins.
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Yeti has a vulture face!
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She's getting her black collar!
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Breezy the breese
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Kiddo what's to name this one Partridge or Party
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Delft next to Red
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Delft blue
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Not sure this one's name yet
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Just love this picture. The all brown chick under the brooder is Chocolate.
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This is Chocolate

They are all adorable!!!

Calves are such cuties. They have the prettiest eyelashes

Oh my!!! Still my heart!!!

 

[Sally PB]

One idea that worked well for me is get a cardboard tray (like ones that come with cat food cans) and cut slits where the top end of the legs of your brooder plate are. Push the tray down on top of the brooder plate and put some bedding in it.
That will expand the space of the sleeping shelf and also keep the poop off your brooder plate.

I'm going to remember this for the next time I brood chicks. Cleaning the top of the brooder plate was... eww.

I doubt I'm getting chicks this spring. 10 is really enough for my coop/run, and there are a lot of other projects slated for this year.

 

[Ponypoor]

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Wow, cheeky - I wonder why so bold?

 

[Ponypoor]

She walked up the steps...

Wow! Very cheeky and bold!

 

[featherhead007]

I totally get it. I wouldn't be able to do it myself either. They are such precious souls. And those are some beautiful girls.

Thanks so much!

Thank you! I so appreciate all the caring support.

Wow! That looks like fun!!!

I'm in love!!! I've never had one of my own, but I think I love cows more than any other animals. When I was a child, I used to climb into the apple tree and hand apples down to my uncles cows. One time he let me feed a calf with a bottle. Now that was a hoot!!

They are all adorable!!!

Oh my!!! Still my heart!!!

Valerie, I’m careful not to say “be still my heart” mine just might stay stopped!