Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

& our 5 are the BEST!

I bet your floors are spotless!!!

 

[Ponypoor]

DH got another rat this morning... a really big one. I asked what bait caught this one ~ he uses a cheese or p-nut butter filled cracker w/ a cubelet of pre-packaged cheese cube next to the cracker ~ the rat's choice. ZAP! 2nd rat this week...

Kensizer trap from Amazon

I threw in a small handful of mealworms tonight. It doesn’t look like my tra caught anything - it flashes a green light q 30 seconds if so. I don’t see anything on the barn cam.

Just that beast Truly out of he stall again.

 

[featherhead007]

We have a silver laced polish bantam she came with her bro but when we introduced them to the flock her brother ignored her so she was a lone chicken and got picked on by everyone so we used to feed her in our porch, and then use her to eat the food of the dining room floor. She used to run into our arms and when we picked her up she would fall asleep as it was her safe space. Now she’s filling integrated with the flock but she’s gone flighty after we went away on holiday.

You left her alone and she’s kinda angry at you. Chooks have feelings too, some deeper than humans sometimes. So many of my favorite hens, would approach me when their time has come, just so they could pass away comforted in my arms. Not a joke. It rips my heart out losing any of my precious gems, but knowing that they truly trusted me and came to me, meant everything. Yes EVERYTHING! I miss them all

 

[featherhead007]

I’m up late 1:27 pst talking with my hen Dakota. A few family items we are going over, and addressing my last will just in case. After all she is MY mathamachicken!

 

[Ponypoor]

If only. I had trouble finding these 2. Let alone 2 more.

I suggest some more lavender Orps - Laverne is such a darling and very sweet.

 

[Pebbles25]

Rats are sneaky burrowers. You may have them in the area & never see them ~ it may depend on whether they are an underground burrowing community type, or junk pile inhabitants, or barn dwellers, or heaven forbid, house/building dwellers, etc. They are everywhere whether we see them or not. Ponypoor may never have seen her barn rat if it were not for her night camera. They scurry around in the dark when dogs & cats are not around... & they run very fast when startled.

We’ve had them before we had cats and we used to hear them walking in the stone walls outside and see them running in our garden at night. We even saw a few during the day but since having cats nothing. We also look out for rat holes.

 

[rural mouse]

Thirstyday

well, they WERE drinking from the bucket...

here's what changed...

and Castor doesn't particularly care to share. Sherlock is willing to wait his turn.

 

[Ponypoor]

Rats are sneaky burrowers. You may have them in the area & never see them ~ it may depend on whether they are an underground burrowing community type, or junk pile inhabitants, or barn dwellers, or heaven forbid, house/building dwellers, etc. They are everywhere whether we see them or not. Ponypoor may never have seen her barn rat if it were not for her night camera. They scurry around in the dark when dogs & cats are not around... & they run very fast when startled.

I oh I have had the nuggets run over top of my foot when I go into the barn at night. I tried to stomp on it but wow they run fast.

Didn’t get one last night, but didn’t see it on the camera either…

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

@Grandma The Chicken this should be entered in POW! Also the calendar contest if it isn't too late.

The calendar contest ended in August, but I will submit it to POW. Thanks for recommending.

 

[Ponypoor]

Sir Shirley legacy update

Went and checked out the chicks this morning and looked at the eggs. While trying to move one and unstick it from a paper towel it broke….


The other 3 eggs were dudes so the whole lot was chucked.

Of the 4 chicks, one has spraddle legs. And I fear it will need to euthanized. Poor wee chickie. I did hobble the legs but like last years chick I had, it’s hips seem affected.

But on a happier note here are the babies. The spraddle chick is that bottom one

This chick almost has frizzle like feathers, the dark feathers are white tipped give her a grizzled look. She also had he yolk sac exposed but it looks ok now.

This was the second one hatched

And the oldest with a big white spot.

All the chicks have white tips on their feathers giving them a grizzled look. Not sure if that is due to barring?