Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

I keep starting posts, not finishing, and then they pop up later when I reply to something else.

I was going to say, Bob, I’m so glad you discovered the rot before the roof fell in from the weight of snow or something!

I noticed that

 

[Ponypoor]

Oh my gosh, I love this so much!

I think the mares enjoy the chicken antics as much as I do.

 

[Ponypoor]

I never fight with Sammy… I let toddlers feed him by hand… since we came to our understanding that I don’t want his hens we have been best buddies. I seriously need to just install a perch in my bathroom for him at this rate. He tried to come into the trailer when the four soon to be soup boys ganged up on him. My porch and bathroom are now covered in spatter, he’s ok by the looks of it, just absolutely covered in gore… the wattles and combs bleed like crazy, so I’m going to have a pink rooster for a while. And they shake their heads and it gets everywhere

Ok Sammy gets to roost in the loo, I am good with that

 

[MaryJanet]

Lilly Update

The vet called today and while she had the labs back she did not want to tell me anything until she had consulted with specialists about what they are telling us.

I find this a little terrifying. I'm not certain I will sleep tonight.

Meanwhile Lilly had a great day today.

She sunbathed TWICE today and was really enjoying it!

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She was active the rest of the time. Scratching a lot and she roosted on the high roost again today.

She had a great day!

I'm so glad she's enjoying herself and I'm extremely impressed with the vet's professionalism. You've got a good one there.

 

[MaryJanet]

Coop Remediation

Someone noticed a while back that it looked like i was getting moisture in the main coop. That was absolutely true. It was under control until the last big rain storm we had. 3 inches of rain overwhelmed the coop roof and I had water dropping inside.

So I figured I would cover the roof with a tarp to buy me time for spring to arrive and find a better solution. So today, since the tribe was already out, I decided to tarp the roof. Unfortunately what I found was easy worse than I expected. I planned to tack the tarp to the existing roof. What I found was that the roof was so rotted the tacks would have never held the tarp down in even a mild wind. Whatever I do, the roof will need a new board even as a base for some other roofing material. If I squeezed it hard right now the edges would crumble in my hands.

So how to ensure the tap would stay in place?

From remodeling the dining room floor I had a very long piece of trim. Using the same methodology I do to hold the shower curtains on the run I ran the trim along the roof edge. Here is how it came out. The arrows indicate the primary wind direction as it hits the coop.

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The piece of wood I used to put on the roof was recycled from its previous life as bracing wood for deep trenches. So there is no shame for it starting to rot but this happened fast.

Hopefully this fix will get me a couple of months until spring is fully here and the ground is hard enough for heavy construction.

@Ribh @Aussie-Chookmum @LozzyR @MaryJanet @Marie2020 @ChicoryBlue @micstrachan

Smart fix!

 

[Ponypoor]

Lilly Update

The vet called today and while she had the labs back she did not want to tell me anything until she had consulted with specialists about what they are telling us.

I find this a little terrifying. I'm not certain I will sleep tonight.

Meanwhile Lilly had a great day today.

She sunbathed TWICE today and was really enjoying it!

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She was active the rest of the time. Scratching a lot and she roosted on the high roost again today.

She had a great day!

She looks good, hope for the best. And try to get a good sleep tonight.

 

[LozzyR]

Oh gosh! It was an ACM. I am so sorry Lozzy! You are never far from my thoughts apparently! Please forgive me.

Forgiven. Nice to be in people’s thoughts!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I think it was ACM who recently didn't put the hens away.

Guilty as charged. Also very lucky!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

This was great! Where were you trying to post it? I can't seem to handle much other threads with the time I have, I'm waaaaay behind again, so I'm very happy you posted it here by mistake. Also, what is the pink "Idiot Chicken" - which looks like a parrot of some kind - and what is it famous for?

That's a Galah. They are the clowns of the parrot world. If someone is acting silly here in Aus we will call them a Galah.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Oh gosh! It was an ACM. I am so sorry Lozzy! You are never far from my thoughts apparently! Please forgive me.

I see... so you never think of me? Huh!!!