Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

That was a full day. Wow!

I spent today at work....in the garden center....came home with a delphinium, 2 dianthus, a coreopsis, and a climber (Virginia creeper?....no.... Usually a purple flower, but found a pink one)....all for that same area. Got them in the ground and shuffled fencing around tonight....just before DARK. Deer, taste the dianthus or the lupine and decide to NOT sample the delphinium!

Ripping most of the rest of the grass out was a bit of a workout.

Lookout duty....or potentilla inspection for grasshoppers (it's too early for them girl!)

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Everyone, the little ones have moved to their new house. It's time to apply for social security, get a job, pay off the mortgage. They are growing up way too quickly. Already too many responsibilities...

Raven seems really interested in that light.

 

[rural mouse]

Last night's work...and the climber is a clematis

 

[BY Bob]

Everyone, the little ones have moved to their new house. It's time to apply for social security, get a job, pay off the mortgage. They are growing up way too quickly. Already too many responsibilities...
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Raven seems really interested in that light.
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They just grow up so fast.

 

[RoyalChick]

Hey everyone. Our very own @bgmathteach did a member interview. You can catch it here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/byc-member-interview-bgmathteach.1665955/

 

[RoyalChick]

Happy Friday everyone.
Here is Broody Tassels with her fluffy butt under the shelter of the living gazebo eating over-ripe banana and a shrimp tail.
She kindly left three huge piles of stinky broody dung to help fertilize the trees. An elephant need not be ashamed of the volume she produces!

 

[Sylvester017]

Have you tried @BY Bob 's trick of putting a small light in teh coop so they go to the light??? A small solar light might work!

The outdoor porch light is on 24/7 ~ it's never turned off & the coop has two windows that gets the light into it! It's worked great for 14 yrs & now we got two that would rather stay out ~ one wants to chase crickets after dark & the other looks for a place to roost outside waiting for the other who keeps foraging. Any more ideas ?

When it was cold & no crickets it was fine but now with crickets coming out at night its too much fun to go roost at dusk! We're going to have to herd the stragglers now.

The stragglers:
Keiko

Ginny

 

[Sylvester017]

Eve turned 6 years old yesterday.

One needs to be careful doing something like this. One way of breaking a broody is to dunk them in water. Just washing Tassels might break her.

We put a broody Silkie in cold water but it didn't work on a determined Silkie. Locking out of the coop worked better for us. They're all different but by all means try what works for you all

 

[Marie2020]

CeeCee is at it again. She easily flies over the border fence and goes into the front property (near the highway) I have to chase her down and make her go back over. Talking to her about it just doesn’t seem to be working. There’s nothing in that yard but trouble. I feel bad if I have to lock her up if I go somewhere!

At least your flock is kept safe.

 

[Marie2020]

Hen probably took the stone to a pawwwn shop !

or sold it on beakbook