Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Not sure if it’s my teeth or ear rings she is eyeing!

OR MAYBE SHE'S EYEING YOUR EYES !! Is she not the Mr P pecker?

Hahaha oh ya she is the devil child, an Mr P adores her.

I keep a good “eye” on them so they don’t go for my eyes!

But yep she’s a brat

 

[Ponypoor]

Pony Sunday
The peach trees are full of fruit - still about 3 weeks away from being ripe.
Somehow this is not a timetable that the wildlife are sticking to.
This guy looks like he will choke eating the peach whole.
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The squirrels have eaten every single one of the nectarines.

Even Tassels and the Littles are getting in on the peach-fest.
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And then there is this guy. The camera is mounted on the Chicken Palace under the roof overhang. He did a bit of a number on the electric fence but everyone is safe.

Did you have the fence plugged in when he was there? The zap should keep him away.

In camp we would use those plastic fence rods for electric twine and have about 4 strands of it - ZAP! Keeps black and grizzly away.

I would not have though you would get bears there, is this common? There have been non here this year.

 

[Ponypoor]

The bear looks small (is it just an optical illusion with the camera & angle?). I was thinking we should see mom (and quite possibly siblings)...I know that isn't what you want, of course, but one that small should have a mom around.

I was thinking a 2 yr old - still small but weaned and learning about life as a bear.

Leave you windows up on your vehicle and don’t leave any food or stuff that smells in your vehicle. They are worse than raccoons!!!

 

[Ponypoor]

Pony Sunday
The peach trees are full of fruit - still about 3 weeks away from being ripe.
Somehow this is not a timetable that the wildlife are sticking to.
This guy looks like he will choke eating the peach whole.
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The squirrels have eaten every single one of the nectarines.

Even Tassels and the Littles are getting in on the peach-fest.
View attachment 4203243

And then there is this guy. The camera is mounted on the Chicken Palace under the roof overhang. He did a bit of a number on the electric fence but everyone is safe.

My Asian Pear trees are loaded, the one is ripe, the other is about a couple weeks away.

I only have about a dozen peaches on my tree, and they are not ripe either. I say a couple weeks. I picked one and put it in the kitchen window to see if it would ripen. I think Sylvester017 told me last year about letting them ripen off the tree.

The horses and chooks are enjoying the pears - seems Truly can reach the one tree over the fence, and when she pulls the branchs the pears fall to the ground in the paddock and out where the chooks are. Brats all of them! Brats!

But I am glad they are enjoying the fruits of my labours

 

[RoyalChick]

Did you have the fence plugged in when he was there? The zap should keep him away.

In camp we would use those plastic fence rods for electric twine and have about 4 strands of it - ZAP! Keeps black and grizzly away.

I would not have though you would get bears there, is this common? There have been non here this year.

The fence was off because I have been clearing the weeds from it. He tore one section of it but I can repair it I think.
I don’t see bears every year but maybe every 2-3 years I either see a bear or see signs a bear came by.

 

[bgmathteach]

This is Bucky. She seems to have spots too.
I give up!
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Well, she was just making sure you 'spotted' her.

Don't 'give up' just enjoy - she is a pretty chickie, after all!

 

[RoyalChick]

Well, she was just making sure you 'spotted' her.

Don't 'give up' just enjoy - she is a pretty chickie, after all!

Oh I love her. I love them all. I just mean I give up on whether she is really a Buckeye and whether I am right about the breeds I believe I have.
You know I don’t care what they are because they are all just adorable chicks that will hopefully become pretty chickens. But I do think one is a Speckled Sussex and so am on the lookout for speckles!

 

[featherhead007]

She was hoping to be going to Alex's ( @featherhead007 ) place!

Not on one leg she won’t!

 

[featherhead007]

Hope you are ok and feel better soon!!

Feeling a bit better lately. I honestly thought I was going to die. No eating and no sleep, makes a poor combination.