Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

Happy Caturday

 

[featherhead007]

Let's see now... by end of year you expect a bird count of 50-60 birds... or there-a-bouts? Couldn't happen to a better chicken dad

I hope not!

 

[featherhead007]

Happy Caturday
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I’m sorry Marie, I don’t trust your kitty!

 

[Marie2020]

I’m sorry Marie, I don’t trust your kitty!

He protects me

 

[BY Bob]

Caturday

Enzo wants to know, "How much longer until you decorate that tree so I have something to play with?"

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Mugs Friday.
Annoyed rooster.
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That's a pretty laid-back annoyance

 

[bgmathteach]

Spoiler: So Where did Niamh Roost Tonight?

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Yay!

I wonder if it had anything to do with her not feeling well? Not s adventurous? Or maybe not so willing to brave the chilly-ness?

Or, maybe, just maybe, she is learning to roost 'at home'????

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Hmmmm looking at geese listed on Audubon, a Ross's Goose has a migratory path from the Arctic south through Alberta/Saskatchewan and western Montana, then veers rather sharply to the west across Southern Idaho and into the Sacramento Valley where winter range starts. The calls of the birds I saw sound about right (they weren't quite right for Canadian honkers).

Ross's Goose from the Audubon Bird Guide https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/ross's-goose

Check out eBird - a great database of sightings. Citizen science at work! Cornell - same place that does the All About Birds website. You can choose a species, choose a region and get a map and bar graph of sighting frequency along a timeline. Membership is free but I believe you don't have to sign up to look at the data, only if you want to submit sightings. November has an increase in sightings for Ross' Goose, and you can see the migratory pathways that the sightings illustrate.
https://ebird.org/species/rosgoo/US-ID

 

[BY Bob]

Yay!

I wonder if it had anything to do with ehr not feeling well? Not s adventurous? Or maybe not so willing to brave the chilly-ness?

Or, maybe, just maybe, she is learning to roost 'at home'????

She has never roosted in the main coop with everyone except Tilly before. Never.

 

[Ponypoor]

Fluffy Friday
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It was a cold day today. I didn't get any pictures of the chickens but I still took them out for their daily "outdoor time".
Ah yes. We're expecting snow on Sunday.
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Keep your eye on Tuesday. There is a potential nor'easter. We could get a LOT of snow depending on the track.

Also keep an eye on temps - I feel that your part of the continent will also feel the cold from this arctic outflow that is setting up.

No snow here, but 1 mile east of here its a winter wonderland, snow squall sat over that section for a day, they have a good foot of snow (sister has over 2' up her way!). Meanwhile I had nice sunny weather - my chooks can enjoy another day outside - if I can get the safety fence back up, the ground is frozen now, so I am not sure I will be able to get those posts back into the ground!

I'll figure something out!