Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

I have room for four passengers, one copilot and myself (pilot) that’s all the weight my SkyHawk can lift.

So 6 people…. Good to know!

 

[featherhead007]

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So 6 people…. Good to know!

there are seats for six, but the original design of Marie is four seats. And it all depends on the weight of the passengers, and any baggage. Marie is a strong, well modified aircraft, but.. how do I tell someone that they can’t come because they’re too fat? That’s a dilemma, and possibly a very embarrassing situation . I usually only limit my passengers to three at a time. (With their baggage)
Ever seen six people fit into a Volkswagen Beetle? Same thing

 

[Ponypoor]

Oh no! What about the banana trees?

They are at the house. No way I am letting them attack those plants! Bananas are very delicate!

 

[featherhead007]

You know what they say, “everything is bigger in Texas!”
I have a life long friend who lives in Bryan Texas, near College Station.

And yes, I do miss him and his lovely wife dearly.

 

[Ponypoor]

Oh it's too bad about the geraniums, everybody loves them! That was hooman fallibility at work, for sure.
Is that a chicken inspecting the palms now??????

Palms survived with very minimal damage. They tore some of the leaves but they are not overly edible so thankfully they were not harmed.

I’ll have to bring them up to the house this weekend, they can go in the sun porch. They are more cold tolerant then the bananas sand can handle cooler temps. Just not freezing temps.

 

[featherhead007]

Bananas? Don’t get me started about bananas! Walmart sells bananas for $.32 cents a pound. I buy them to share with my neighbors. I end up eating banana bread, custard pie with banana topping, banana smoothies, banana layer cakes.. I’m sick of bananas!! People might start calling me King Kong, instead of Alex the chicken whisperer!

 

[featherhead007]

Palms survived with very minimal damage. They tore some of the leaves but they are not overly edible so thankfully they were not harmed.

I’ll have to bring them up to the house this weekend, they can go in the sun porch. They are more cold tolerant then the bananas sand can handle cooler temps. Just not freezing temps.

I sent a few Palm starts to a friend in Minnesota, they couldn’t do well in that dry frozen weather.

 

[rural mouse]

Bananas? Don’t get me started about bananas! Walmart sells bananas for $.32 cents a pound. I buy them to share with my neighbors. I end up eating banana bread, custard pie with banana topping, banana smoothies, banana layer cakes.. I’m sick of bananas!! People might start calling me King Kong, instead of Alex the chicken whisperer!

Share them with the chickens

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Dust bath poll, what do you use?

The vet I consulted about Hazel's respiratory problems, bubbly eyes, etc wanted me to minimize sources of dust, as irritants to her eyes and lungs. So what’s a dust bath going to consist of that will be effective, but be low dust? I think she said construction sand but I’m not sure. I can email them.

There’s so much confusing information about sand on BYC and elsewhere. Different companies or outfits around here might sell different sands and call it different things. Washed sand? And is sand even an effective dust bath if there’s no fine clingy material?

I am tempted to put in there just the topsoil dirt/organic material gathered from the deciduous woods by us. No added wood ash, definitely no DE, no sulphur, etc.

 

[Ponypoor]

Miss a couple of days and only the summary can catch you up.

Just do what I do and jump back and forth till your thoroughly confused