Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

Evidentially, someone didn't get the message that you shouldn't stop in the middle of a freeway off-ramp! (Was that Pear?)

Yes, and Whiskey joined her for a bit.

 

[featherhead007]

That’s it!!! I have a bag of M&Ms and they didn’t stamp every one. I’m sending all those defective candies back and expect a refund !!

 

[notabitail]

That’s it!!! I have a bag of M&Ms and they didn’t stamp every one. I’m sending all those defective candies back and expect a refund !!

If you send Mars a polite letter they might just send you a coupon back.

 

[featherhead007]

If you send Mars a polite letter they might just send you a coupon back.

I’m anything but polite!

 

[featherhead007]

I can’t believe this. I have Dakota, Blue, and one of my beautiful llRockettes (Bopeeps) in the same room, at the same time

 

[RoyalChick]

Just trying it out for size and I already got a customer.
@rural mouse was right - even tempted by BOSS in the rung below she couldn’t hop down one rung - she had to fly down and then fly back up.

Another picture so you can see how it fits - I think this will be a winner.
The 14’ (measured in daylight it is 14’) wood ladder is just too long uncut so I am going to leave that for now.

And I can’t get any more lumber for perches because the area where the lumber scrap is has been taken over by angry yellow jackets. I will go look at night with a head lamp.

Oh and here are some gratuitous pictures of Mr. Chips.

 

[drstratton]

I think the step ladder is a great idea with 1 caveat. The angle. If you can remove the side braces and spread it to closer to a 45⁰ angle going up, I think it would work really well. At the current >60⁰ ascent, I think it's a might steep for how close together the rungs are, especially with the sides. Optionally, remove the metal hinge thing at the top also and gain 2 ladders, run 1 from the ground up the wall and the other crosswise above it with the end on the 6x6 and the other end supported by some sort of shortish post (or caught by the chains). The criss-cross gives some of the tree type variety/height while gaining more roots in the same area.

The wooden ladder (15') looks like the rungs are close to perfectly spaced out, and with that length, could make for quite the range of avoiding options, especially if it were angled so the upper end was no more than 6 feet up (or hang in from the chains as a swing)

My escape artist thought I set this ladder up for her. Where there's a will there's a way!

 

[rural mouse]

Just trying it out for size and I already got a customer.
@rural mouse was right - even tempted by BOSS in the rung below she couldn’t hop down one rung - she had to fly down and then fly back up.
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Another picture so you can see how it fits - I think this will be a winner.
The 14’ (measured in daylight it is 14’) wood ladder is just too long uncut so I am going to leave that for now.
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And I can’t get any more lumber for perches because the area where the lumber scrap is has been taken over by angry yellow jackets. I will go look at night with a head lamp.

Oh and here are some gratuitous pictures of Mr. Chips.
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Yeah, wait on the yellowjacket lumber unless you can take a hose out with you (they can't fly in "rain". I like both heights for the blue piece. Can you make a "platform" on the next back brace up from the higher blue spot and run one cross wise through there just for another dimension?

 

[drstratton]

@RoyalChick ~ I've outlived all my handymen or their businesses. The new ones just aren't the same... or don't have communication skills... or don't show up as scheduled.

DH can use bungie bands, spring clips, & tape things together in a pinch & I appreciate that... but no reliable construction skills . At least he's very good w/our hens He had to take Suzu to the vet w/o me last week & he's been treating her 2x/day, tolerating her 2 week confinement in the kitchen, & taking her out to the coop at night & bringing her back into the house every morning.
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What a good man!

 

[Ponypoor]

Leah

Wee Leah passed away today, I just couldn’t get calories into her, I might do a check of the crop to see if there are any visible signs of blockage. But I do feel there was more going on with her.

Petra is on her own now and a bit lost. Hopefully she will make some friends with the silkie chicks.