Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Today is church. I will be giving the little ones and mama hen an ear of corn to keep them busy until I return home. They peck at the corn until there’s nothing left but the empty cobs.

 

[Ponypoor]

I just checked the species list on the nearby wildlife refuge and they list the Snowy Owl as an ‘accidental’ - meaning only seen once or twice. I have definitely never seen one.
They do list no fewer than 11 species of hawk, eagle, and osprey as regular visitors!

Aerial predator talk tax: Little-I-survived-the-hawk-attack-Pooh
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Pooh the Brave

 

[Ponypoor]

When life gives you lemons, hide!View attachment 4091499

And yet that looks like an awesome chicken shelter tree! I can see my chooks snoozing under there in the summer heat.

 

[Marie2020]

Versace was very loved here
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I miss him dearly, as well as the rest of the flock.

 

[Marie2020]

I just checked the species list on the nearby wildlife refuge and they list the Snowy Owl as an ‘accidental’ - meaning only seen once or twice. I have definitely never seen one.
They do list no fewer than 11 species of hawk, eagle, and osprey as regular visitors!

Aerial predator talk tax: Little-I-survived-the-hawk-attack-Pooh
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I really liked @Sylvester017 trick with using coverage to deter air predators from swooping down so easily.

 

[Marie2020]

When life gives you lemons, hide!View attachment 4091499

What a treasure that tree is.
I would love one of those

 

[knoturavggrl]

I too am playing a waiting game with my silkie chicklets. No crowing yet at 15 weeks.

And who knows how long to wait for an egg, Rebecca’s pullet was just shy of a yr when she laid her first egg!

In the meantime they are cute and precocious, and moulting!

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They are adorable so much fluffiness!

Sometimes they come on into the garage.....they know the feed bins are in there

It’s hilarious isn’t it? They have the same feed in their feeder no doubt but the garage feed is better right?

Crows are a great hawk deterrent.

They really are, we have a large murder here and I don’t mind all the cat food they steal at all. They are hands down the best arial defense my chickens have. It’s a fair trade for sure.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Some chick pics, just because.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Some chick pics, just because.
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They are so adorable. I could stare at those little not-a-chickens all day long.

They may not be real chickens but lets give a year, two at max. Half your flock or more will consist of fake chickens.

 

[knoturavggrl]

They are so adorable. I could stare at those little not-a-chickens all day long.

They may not be real chickens but lets give a year, two at max. Half your flock or more will consist of fake chickens.

I was not already looking at all the colors they come in .. I wasn't .. honest .. you believe me right??