Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

I recommend roovolution!

Huh?

 

[Pebbles25]

Caturday

I give you a leaf filled cat tail for Caturday.

View attachment 4227176Beautiful tail!

 

[Pebbles25]

Huh?

https://www.roovolution.org/

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Huh?

The Roovolution organization (?) are a couple that advocate for & educate about roosters. They have YouTube videos and podcasts and a Facebook community group. I’ve mentioned them a couple of times. Those points about eyes I posted came from them.

 

[SimpleJenn]

A fine and dandy Wattles Wednesday


I have to keep yelling at these criminals to stop bothering the run dwellers. They keep getting up on the coops and run and it annoys the others so much!

Getting more imaging on my neck today, hopefully it's something easy to fix.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

https://www.roovolution.org/

The Roovolution organization (?) are a couple that advocate for & educate about roosters. They have YouTube videos and podcasts and a Facebook community group. I’ve mentioned them a couple of times. Those points about eyes I posted came from them.

https://www.facebook.com/Roovolution/

 

[RoyalChick]

https://www.facebook.com/Roovolution/

Thanks. Bookmarked.
Here is my young lad. He is developing a green tail. He is also now a complete master of the rat proof feeders. Cookie is still too small so I am still using the clips so she doesn’t get trapped.

 

[kattabelly]

Windy wattles

Waiting wattles (she's desperate to get in there but I know she just wants to terrorise the new girls like she does the rest)

Why is this weirdo watching us washing? wattles

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Took Hazel out of the big coop and put her in the big run with Diane and Tedi after setting up privacy screens. Annie is back in the big coop laying, when she’s done I’ll go get her too. I think this is going to be the next couple of days’ arrangements least.

I believe the only solution right now is divided runs. I’m not sure how to do this & integrate the coops. The best way to attach the coops is on one side and end of the big run which is longer than wide, the hill I partially excavated this summer. Maybe a division down the middle…

The coop attachment and run division problem is knotty but the aviary area & forest area are well- suited to division.

Hazel did a lot of loud calling at first when she got back in the big run. Shehnai shadowed her and the BO’s from outside, tidbitting and bukking. Hazel could hear him and stuck with the BO’s. It wasn’t bad, she tended to retreat to the corner but also move with the BO’s. She was standing and preening and ate and foraged a little.

I want Hazel to get her bearings and to feel safe. She also hasn’t had a dust bath in two days. I called to her and took a scoop and scratched around in the bath. Also gave her some dandelion leaves. After I left I observed her and one of the BO’s in the dust bath, yes! But it was a short session. Hopefully she’ll indulge later on after a few hours of safety in there.

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Yesterday

After Hazel made low vocal sounds from the big coop Shehnai realized she was in there and went nuts trying to figure out how to get in, going all around the coop and little run a few times, weirdly totally ignoring going into the run and through the pop door, which was open, probably because that route was not direct.

Then later when I was tending to the poop a pullet managed to jump up and squeeze by me. Once in, she made hostile sounds, so did Hazel, and they faced off, Hazel rising from her nestbox and approaching, then they scuffled. I couldn’t tell if Hazel fought and then ran, or just tried to run past her. Got the pullet out, then Shehnai tried to jump up to the edge too but couldn’t get by me and didn’t have a good grip on the edge and slipped off.

 

[featherhead007]

Are you sure you don't have a predator? Maybe a feral cat?

Very much a possibility