Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Correct on the second part, not on the first! The last couple of days have been pretty calm but everything just takes me a long time to do. I'm worried about getting it done before it's miserable weather (my fingers are terrible in the cold). The new Buckeyes do not have a finished covered run to hang out in yet, though I will divide what's covered when it rains, no matter.

Also now I'm looking at more excavation into the hill to connect one of the coops. That's a day's project of me pickaxing or maybe DH loosening the soil and me hauling it away (thinking rightly that it was not needed, he's switched out the bucket attachment to a stump grinder for his latest projects).

But Hazel is doing pretty well and is relaxing about Shehnai being close by and separated. I made a little tunnel to the Main run from her coop, and then got tarps on it. I was calling herwhile crouched next to it, and she was interested but afraid, and finally ran through it to get to the run when she saw the route a BO took (as the BO's responded to my calls). Last night she ultimately followed the BO's through it to roosting (one or two went back and forth twice, waiting on her I think). This morning she traversed it again as I saw her in the run when I checked the cameras.

By the way, Nutmeg's great name reminded me - Hazel's full name is actually Hazelnut. She had the darkest coloring of all in the first Buckeye group, very much the color of a hazelnut's skin.


This is the case here, Shehnai's legs are tall and massive, compared to a hen it's disproportional.

Shehnai has always seemed to be a few weeks ahead of the others in development. Just yesterday I noticed how much bigger two of the pullets - Olive and Bea - suddenly seemed to be! Their shoulders have really widened.

Sounds like you are making great progress in improving Hazel's life. You are quite clever! Well done!

 

[BY Bob]

Hey guys, sorry I’ve not been on here… I’ve been focusing on my schoolwork and I decided to put my phone down so that I could knock a bunch of work out.
And I still have more work…
I’ve decided I'm not going to be on here that often, just every once in a while, so that I can check in on y’all and update you guys on my chooks.

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That is a proper focus.

 

[featherhead007]

An Old Video

I promised this a while ago. Here are the girls a week ago when they saw the big run for the first time.

She overshot the runway with that landing.

 

[BY Bob]

Best laid plans of mice or men. Sorry the initial meeting didn’t work so well.

They came in like a gang of thugs. There only interest was to attack. I was very disappointed in them and told them so. Not that they cared.

They are in the big run dust bathing now. It seems as if things have calmed down. The Phyllistines know most of the yard and who to avoid. They really haven't met Aurora or Hattie yet.

 

[BY Bob]

She overshot the runway with that landing.

I was sure you would notice that.

 

[featherhead007]

They came in like a gang of thugs. There only interest was to attack. I was very disappointed in them.

They are in the big run dust bathing now. It seems as if things have calmed down. The Phyllistines know most of the yard and who to avoid. They really haven't met Aurora or Hattie yet.

I really hope things smooth out with this endeavor

 

[featherhead007]

I was sure you would notice that.

She needed her flaps down and pull back on the speed a bit.
(Just saying)

 

[featherhead007]

Landing mishap tax,:

 

[BY Bob]

I really hope things smooth out with this endeavor

They usually do. It's going better now.

 

[BY Bob]

She needed her flaps down and pull back on the speed a bit.
(Just saying)

Ill let her know.