Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

I woke up at 4:45 to hens fussing--- I went to the coop . all were on the root looking at Onetail stiff on the coop floor. She didnt make it.
sad but thats life with chickens

Your hens knew - maybe spreading the word, maybe giving a eulogy, but either way, missing their departed sister.

 

[Ponypoor]

Hi everyone my boyfriend is here (got in May 27th) so I've been busy spending time with him. But I wanted to share something exciting!

The eastern phoebes are hatching!
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That’s some nest! What an engineer mama Phoebe is

 

[Ponypoor]

Well as I stated it’s been a miserable day, extremely cold for this time of year, high winds from the north and overcast. Just a really miserable day.

And I made it worse by stupidly tripping the power to my internet in the barn, and now my wireless bridge (network transmitter/receiver) at the barn has lost its pairing with the one here at the house.

And silly me can’t remember how to reset it, so I am having to surf the web trying to figure how to re-pair the units. Oh I have done this before but wish I had written down how to do it! First step figure out the IP address of the one at the barn….. it’s not like I haven’t done this a thousand time - but I gave up working in IT many yrs ago!

Without this I cannot see anything happening in the barn or out the barn. Or work on my laptop in the barn. So I guess I better get cracking and fix it.

IT tax

Yesterday was a glorious day

So it has been this Spring, one lovely day followed by a week of crapy weather.

 

[LozzyR]

Good morning everyone.

I have been silent and I am sorry. I have been mourning the loss of dear Owly since Friday morning. My brother hit her while leaving to go to work. I do not blame him, he was in as big of a wreck as I was. I also do not blame George anymore. Owly was a few days into being broody for the first time and had come off her nest. George was doing what roosters do and Owly was just running from him. I finally forgave George yesterday evening while sitting out back and he came and hopped up on my lap for his cuddles. It has been hard to even look at him since Friday. I guess in that moment it dawned on me that I came very close to loosing him as well. It was not malicious in his part of chasing her. I have saw it happen 1000 times when a broody hen comes off the nest that first week or so. Every one of my boys have done it in the past. They chase the girl for a few seconds and then stop when they realize she wants nothing to do with them.

Fly high my friend. You are with Grandma again and I'm sure she was thrilled to have you back.
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I’m so sorry Rebecca.

 

[featherhead007]

Well as I stated it’s been a miserable day, extremely cold for this time of year, high winds from the north and overcast. Just a really miserable day.

And I made it worse by stupidly tripping the power to my internet in the barn, and now my wireless bridge (network transmitter/receiver) at the barn has lost its pairing with the one here at the house.

And silly me can’t remember how to reset it, so I am having to surf the web trying to figure how to re-pair the units. Oh I have done this before but wish I had written down how to do it! First step figure out the IP address of the one at the barn….. it’s not like I haven’t done this a thousand time - but I gave up working in IT many yrs ago!

Without this I cannot see anything happening in the barn or out the barn. Or work on my laptop in the barn. So I guess I better get cracking and fix it.

IT tax

Yesterday was a glorious day
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So it has been this Spring, one lovely day followed by a week of crapy weather.

Sunny and 100f here today

 

[featherhead007]

As I was flying home, some plane had a hard landing on my airstrip, and I had to fly to Bakersfield municipal airport to refuel and wait for clearance to get back home. I won’t put Marie in danger of running over someone's plane debris. Hey, I know it’s not about chickens but airplanes have wings too! (Just saying)

 

[Sylvester017]

Oh you must be thinking of me when you say that!

But yep it’s always a worry I will forget someone!

Yes, I was thinking of you!

 

[BY Bob]

Hi everyone my boyfriend is here (got in May 27th) so I've been busy spending time with him. But I wanted to share something exciting!

The eastern phoebes are hatching!
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How exciting!

 

[BY Bob]

Mini vacuum? Like they make for keyboards?

(Only half joking.)

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They make them for ears too!

Vacuum tax

 

[BY Bob]

I woke up at 4:45 to hens fussing--- I went to the coop . all were on the root looking at Onetail stiff on the coop floor. She didnt make it.
sad but thats life with chickens

I'm sorry for your loss.