Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Yep, kinda like that, except the my chicks have one mission.
GET DADDY!!

 

[Sylvester017]

Are they quail? They are tiny!

Button Quail...tinier than Coturnix Quail...about a dozen newly hatched Buttons will fit in a man's hand.

 

[rural mouse]

What’s all this squawking about?

I still say they're BOTH girls

 

[RoyalChick]

Button Quail...tinier than Coturnix Quail...about a dozen newly hatched Buttons will fit in a man's hand.

I really couldn’t cope with something that small.

 

[rural mouse]

Those of you who stock up on eggshells for your hens... How/where do you keep them? Do you rince them and keep them in the fridge? Or just a cool, dry place? I'm going to ask my grandma to start keeping the shells when she uses eggs, just as an extra sort of supplement/treat. My girls like the OS so I don't need to supplement with egg shells but they like to eat them so I want to

Containers in the garage, dump out along side scratch, wash container, add to bag of next sold eggs. I get cartons AND shells back. People currently do NOT want to negatively impact their egg supply.

 

[Sylvester017]

I really couldn’t cope with something that small.

Neither could I...they're so fast I'd be afraid of stepping on one or losing one but they are fascinating

 

[featherhead007]

Neither could I...they're so fast I'd be afraid of stepping on one or losing one but they are fascinating

Okay then. This is the proof that “size matters”!
Glad they weren’t hummingbirds!

 

[rural mouse]

Are Black Vultures carrion or fresh prey eaters? Are they a worry for chicken owners?

Carrion. They're pretty laid back birds too.

 

[rural mouse]

Tassels failed her 3pm test so she is back in jail.
Here she is settled down on a block of ice.
I leave pre-dawn tomorrow so my poor chicken sitter will have to deal with her.
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That LOOK! She looks truly PISSED!

How DARE you try to cool me down! I am GOING to hatch SOMETHING!

 

[rural mouse]

Containers in the garage, dump out along side scratch, wash container, add to bag of next sold eggs. I get cartons AND shells back. People currently do NOT want to negatively impact their egg supply.

Winter temps work fine this way. Now summer time.....modifications will be happening.