Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Time to work worm the flock

Found this site

https://www.heritageacresmarket.com/how-to-deworm-chickens/


Edit: ummm worm not work. They haven’t done a lick of work in weeks!

 

[Ponypoor]

In other adventures, Cardhu has eggs cracking. I found a half hatched dead chick and shell near her and one kicked entirely out of the nest with shell bits stuck to it. Tossed that one, looks like total dud. Removed the chick.

Had 4-way drama battle for nest site choice going on also: Kate, Chia, Primula, and Maizie (who was winning choice spot with Primula getting 2nd choice ).

At this point, eggs are staying under Cardhu to determine if the one was a reflex to something moving under her and now she's got it figured out or if it was purposeful in which case she will never be allowed to brood again or if it was a battle for nest site and the chick was a bystander casualty.

Am home today, so checking every hour or so. The delightful, horrible, and everything in between all in a day about having chickens

Yup drama queens all of them.

 

[Ponypoor]

More Pony Sunday

The Grackle’s babies have survived last weeks heat wave amazingly.

The nest is hidden in the foliage just beneath my wireless bridge there.

 

[RoyalChick]

Wow. Sorry...

Would you like to try this product? https://www.automatictrap.com/

I bought this more than a year ago and it is just sitting in my office. I swear that I will install it on the side of a tree trunk this summer (maybe tomorrow!).

Our crawl space person recommended it to me. I don't know if it's chicken safe but I think on the website there is an accessory that you can buy to block off the entry while you have your chickens out.

Appreciate the offer but if I could get them to go anywhere close I have snap traps, electric traps, live traps.
They are somewhere I cannot deploy traps because I can’t get to it.
Very frustrating.
But they do seem to like the contraceptive bait which hopefully will prevent it getting worse!
For tonight I have soaked the killing bait in bacon grease in the hope that makes it more appealing.
I will remove the chicken feeders too - but of course there is lots of chicken food on the floor.
Adding to my stress are a couple of bald eagles sitting in a tree overlooking the Chicken Palace. Trying to explain to them that rat dinner is way nicer than chicken dinner!

 

[Sylvester017]

All I saw at first was a Velociraptor's foot!

Still waiting on my Tomatoes - the hens are eyeballing them also, thay have trimmed all the leaves they can reach through the fencing, along with the Lettuce and Brussel sprouts. Brats!

Yeah, chickens are good at pecking the leaves thru fencing! Little smarties know to wait for the green tomatoes to turn red 1st before pecking at those!

Right now the empty raised garden bed is more fun for dust baths than pecking thru fences/netting for veggies...

 

[Sylvester017]

Don’t forget painting it orange!

I'm still pondering why he happened to have "orange" paint on hand?! Of all colors! Just for marking possums?

 

[BY Bob]

In other adventures, Cardhu has eggs cracking. I found a half hatched dead chick and shell near her and one kicked entirely out of the nest with shell bits stuck to it. Tossed that one, looks like total dud. Removed the chick.

Had 4-way drama battle for nest site choice going on also: Kate, Chia, Primula, and Maizie (who was winning choice spot with Primula getting 2nd choice ).

At this point, eggs are staying under Cardhu to determine if the one was a reflex to something moving under her and now she's got it figured out or if it was purposeful in which case she will never be allowed to brood again or if it was a battle for nest site and the chick was a bystander casualty.

Am home today, so checking every hour or so. The delightful, horrible, and everything in between all in a day about having chickens

Oh gosh. Here's hoping for the best.

 

[Sylvester017]

Caturday.
Help. My arm is stuck like this.
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Catching up all the days of the week in one day's posts... clever!

 

[Sylvester017]

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Group selfie, turned out pretty cute.

Those tassels...they look like an '80's Rockband

 

[rural mouse]

Oh gosh. Here's hoping for the best.

Another pair of eggs, movement in the one...and I got bit for attempting to tuck it under. Otherwise she is leaving it alone. Grabbing a sandwich, walking Sherlock and heading back out.