Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

My little princess

 

[Labsandchickens8]

@RoyalChick as promised, the clown car.

And at 915am, it's still a FROSTY 13⁰F out.View attachment 4286845

View attachment 4286847thirsty pair...with a reflected Sherlock mug

So MANY beautiful chickens popping out of that door! How many do you have?

 

[rural mouse]

So MANY beautiful chickens popping out of that door! How many do you have?

3 roosters, 4 cockerels, 27 hens, 3 pullets

5 hens didn't want to leave the coop until after I brought in the feed bucket, so aren't in the vid.

 

[featherhead007]

3 roosters, 4 cockerels, 27 hens, 3 pullets

5 hens didn't want to leave the coop until after I brought in the feed bucket, so aren't in the vid.

Wow that’s almost 37 chooks

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Will you get a couple more chicks this year?

No we won't. We'll keep the four we have now.

What colour eggs do your new pullets lay?

White and they are quite small.

 

[RoyalChick]

I have delivered two bales of compressed straw and the ladies are busy arranging it to their liking.

 

[Marie2020]

Wow that’s almost 37 chooks

@Ponypoor has about 3000.

 

[Marie2020]

Good night everyone ️

My old flexi and Princess

 

[Ponypoor]

@Ponypoor has about 3000.

Yep seems like that! Though some days I look on the barn cams and just cannot see them! They disperse about the barn during the day, but when I come home and open that barn door it like a flood of chooks

They all want to tell me off, or tell tales about who did what to them…. Whatever it is they have a lot to say!

Just checked camera in alleyway and seems they are hanging out by the front door under the heater.

Earlier the silkie chicklets were hanging out on the roosting ledges,

Gomer was on the step below them, not sure why - resting maybe?

It’s been snowing today (ya what a shocker) horses were none too pleased

 

[Ponypoor]

But that face! I would forgive it almost anything.

Not me, she’s been trouble since she was born. I between wanting to throttle her, and then telling her she’s a smart girl. Her problem is that she is too smart.

She was in a rush to lay an egg.
At least it was 5am not 3am like the other night!

Or like Marty and her 2am flight into the abyss!

You're an inspiration to me! I got chickens so much later in life than I would have liked to. I had actually given up on getting them. Middle son set a date, sent me links of a coop and run to buy from Amazon (not great, but they got me started!) and all 3 sons got out there in our July heat and got 'er done. Forced DH's hand because he had to supervise to ensure everything was done perfectly. I was 63 at the time.
I have calculated numerous times - when can't I reasonably have chickens anymore? So glad to see that date might be later than I thought!

Figure I am good for chooks for at least the next 8 years assuming this next batch of chicks live that long. I’ll be 68 then. Might get more in a couple of years, see how I feel. Here it’s winter that dictates things, if I can manage to trudge to the barn in sun freezing temps.

So she was Truly agitated?

Truly an idiot! Truly drives me nuts, truly gonna thump her one…… and so on - it’s a good name for her.

Here’s one for you @notabitail : how do I make Siri have a softer, kinder voice? My Siri seems to be angry at me. (Like I’m asking dumb questions)

My computer is not allowed to talk to me. I disabled Siri first thing.

Have that google Alexa thingie - when you say thank you to it, ‘Alexa’ replies back ‘you’re welcome’. Great fun!

Maybe they are still too young?View attachment 4286856View attachment 4286856

I don’t think BCM, looks like BSL (though that one lighter one to the right looks like a Welsummer) they remind me of Sophia and I figure she was a BSL. She was such a lovely hen, and lived a good age.