Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Grow a thick coat (fur or feather), a layer of fat, and some sleep through the winter.

Marie has that and does that already!

 

[Ponypoor]

I'd freeze
No thanks. How do those animals survive

As RM stated they adapt.

All the animals that live there are adapted to extreme temps both hot and cold.

Take Caribou here in the far north. They are extremely adapted to bitterly cold temps and in fact they suffer in the heat.

Now take animals that are in the tropics, they would not survive the winters but can handle heat and humidity fine.

Then there is me… I want it 28C and a nice breeze all the time

 

[Ponypoor]

Some of you will remember a couple years ago, I tried putting some mosquito screening up in the feedroom door to keep the chooks out.

Didn’t take them long to figure out how to get in.

Well I have upgraded to screen with magnets to close it.

Sue was checking it out, I am sure she will figure it out - soon….

 

[bgmathteach]

I’m looking at Dakota, and she looks very healthy. I think she’s conning me about her health. She pretends to be weak and needs to get out of the heat and into the house. She’ll hang around my feet, pretending to peck at the grass, even if there isn’t any grass. She knows that soon enough, I’ll pick her up and go inside. (There’s cool air conditioning inside) there’s corn inside, fresh water and safflower seeds inside. Possibly some steak strips also. That Dakota, she’s no dummy. View attachment 4143543

Yes, they do have us trained - even if it means 'conning' us.

 

[bgmathteach]

Sunday picsView attachment 4143599velvet, he's going to be fun to watch develop the antlers

View attachment 4143596and have a surprise in the rose patch



Was at FIL yesterday. Got some picsView attachment 4143597Thing 2's daughters by Cheetah.both started as the one on the left. The one on the right has bled the mottling through.

View attachment 4143598and with one of the Nellie daughter pairs

Can you get some offspring from Thing's daughters? Hatch some of their eggs??

What does he have for a rooster?

 

[featherhead007]

Gizmo is a multi purpose chook.
It makes me laugh.
It shows emotions to me.
It doesn’t poop very much.
It laughs at my jokes.

 

[featherhead007]

Gizmo is a multi purpose chook.
It makes me laugh.
It shows emotions to me.
It doesn’t poop very much.
It laughs at my jokes.

Jury is still out on whether Giz is a he or she

 

[featherhead007]

It’s biting Sunday I guess. Gizmo bit me, Mr. Wyandottey (my buddy) bit me. The golden girls both bit me. The two little white ones bit me. Blue, bit me and flash bit me. That’s the last time I ever feed them hotdogs by hand in the frenzy, they think my fingers are food.

 

[featherhead007]

Yes, they do have us trained - even if it means 'conning' us.

She’s got new tactics. I went out to see the birds on my porch, but as soon as I opened the door, in Dakota ran into the house and straight towards the chickens room.

 

[featherhead007]

I just received a phone call from my neighbor. She said that one of my chooks is acting strangely. I asked her to describe what she saw from the fence line? She was in a panic and told me that one of my birds was in a hole and was trying to bury itself! I went outside and saw Nacho dust bathing near the front door.
I politely thanked her for the concern, and told Nacho not to bathe where hoomans can see her. I’m in the house now still laughing