Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Dakota stays with me, the rest are in the coop. Mama chicken lost two chicks while I was away. Hawk I’m sure of it. Dakota gets shrimp tonight. Honestly, I love cooking my own food, spiced and simmered to my liking. Seems Dakota likes my shrimp too.
Hawks, cats and nosey neighbors are my predators.

 

[BY Bob]

And of course armies of chickens may be the way to go for many of life’s issues!

Ticks, grubs, overall insect control

 

[featherhead007]

Only way to live and thrive is to have communication and caring friends. Paul can always reach me by radio in my plane, for emergencies. He’s also a great chicken sitter (in a pinch)
The roo is fine, he just had a burr stuck deep in his beak. Dakota got airsickness coming back, but she’s fine now. I’m sick because of the price of AVGas these days!

I flew I said I drove, but that was only an option. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused

 

[featherhead007]

Ticks, grubs, overall insect control

Bob have I mentioned lately, just how much I appreciate you and this room? Please pass such information on to Her Majestifullness Queen Aurora. Thanks

 

[BY Bob]

Hi everyone.

I missed the last 2 pony Sundays. I could save this video for the next one but I will just have to take another.

The shrimplets have grown. They are big enough the light is left on for 12 hours at a time now. I just love watching them swim around doing their own Shrimpy things. Also look how tiny the little snails are. I let her have this hatch and their are little snails everywhere, no more to hatch for a while. The darn things already laid another clutch a few days ago that I just found and need to remove. I plan on giving them a few more days for their shells to harden up and I am then going to put a piece of blanched cucumber in the bottom of the tank. My co-workers daughter just set up a small tank and wants some baby snails and shrimp. However many snails end up on the cucumber she can have. I will let go of 5 shrimp.

Shrimp tax
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How cool!

 

[rural mouse]

Close encounter of the third kind

The chooks were just bonkers tonight, I had a devil of a time getting everyone settled. Even the silkie babies where causing grief, running out the door when I was trying to get everyone in.

They were all carrying in squawking so much and just creating such drama and havoc. Finally o turned of all the lights hoping they would settle down by Marty and Whiskers just kept it up causing everyone to also just keep it up.

I grabbed Whiskers to put her in her crate and turned to walk and tripped over a blooming big RAT.

I dropped Whiskers (sorry girl), and screamed ‘OH MY GAWD ITS A RAT’ which set everyone off squawking again… with me screaming along with them.

Poor rat likely almost had heart failure, in retrospect I should have stomped on the blighter, but the shock of it all freaked me out.

So that’s what the chooks were all carrying on about.

Once Rat ran off I was able to put Whiskers in her crate with her babies and chase everyone to bed.

Time to go and set a couple of traps. The rat must go, my poor heart can’t handle the stress of another encounter!

Sorry, shouldn't be laughing, but the whole mental image: screaming chooks, "go to bed! Screaming Kelly....snag a chook...turn about step on rat, screaming/dancing (high stepping) Kelly, chook getting swung about at ends of twin flailing arms...more screaming chooks, feathers and chooks bouncing all over...rat tail disappearing into a hole.... all in Looney Toons animation...

 

[bgmathteach]

Is there shrimp math and snail math like there is chicken math?

sort of. But it is logarithmic instead of multiplicative

 

[BY Bob]

BFTP March 2025

Topsy and Flopsy
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A couple of door sitters

How pretty they are!

 

[BY Bob]

Wonky egg today
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That egg is cool!

 

[BY Bob]

Bob have I mentioned lately, just how much I appreciate you and this room? Please pass such information on to Her Majestifullness Queen Aurora. Thanks

We appreciate you as well.