Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Yes, a little white moth that was foolish enough to touch down on a blade of grass.

“Big game Hunter “

 

[BY Bob]

My concern now is whether weasels / mink will get through hot poultry netting. I could put hardware cloth on the lower panels of the greenhouse frame on the sides. I want to put it on the rest of the lower part of the big run. It's done on the coop tractor except for the front doors. But unless it's all over, top and bottom, a mink would just climb up and through anyway, wouldn't it?

Is "hot poultry netting" electrified? If so nothing is getting through it. If not, yes it is possible a mink could get in that way.

 

[featherhead007]

That was a wild bunny? Wow, mine are all brown.

The wild neighbors bunny (the rabbit was tame enough, but too destructive, and was helping itself to all the chickens feed.

 

[featherhead007]

The wild neighbors bunny (the rabbit was tame enough, but too destructive, and was helping itself to all the chickens feed.

That picture was Jaffar, facing off against the rabbit.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Hubby and I were enjoying the garden this morning when I noticed Edwina stalking across the grass picking up twigs and leaves and tossing some of them over her shoulder.

Sure enough, there was an egg in the nest box.

 

[featherhead007]

How long do impatiently wait, until the eggs from my newer Barred rock babies, start being normal egg size? I have a carton of 1/2 to 3/4 sized eggs from them. (And wow are their eggshells hard to crack)

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Wow! That's amazing and a lovely colour combination too. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of wound did she have?

Hawk attack. I think she squirmed away somehow, and it went after Queenie and got her Butters had the hackles on the back of her neck all plucked out, maybe it had grabbed her there with it's beak? I found them in two big bunches. And her shoulders and back lost some feathers in spots. I assume the talons were grabbing her and at those points she got pretty hurt. I didn't find any deep wounds though and no significant bleeding.

 

[featherhead007]

Hawk attack. I think she squirmed away somehow, and it went after Queenie and got her Butters had the hackles on the back of her neck all plucked out, maybe it had grabbed her there with it's beak? I found them in two big bunches. And her shoulders and back lost some feathers in spots. I assume the talons were grabbing her and at those points she got pretty hurt. I didn't find any deep wounds though and no significant bleeding.

Very tragic.

 

[BY Bob]

I'll bring Rex next year. He'll have a blast chasing them in the pool!!

Yes he would for sure!

 

[BY Bob]

Here are the before and after yard pics
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Oh and my other sunflower variety opened its first bloom!
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Am I right t in assuming the chickens torn that all up?