Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[fuentemoon]

I’m sorry to hear that. Don’t they have a cream or any antibiotic for that?

 

[fuentemoon]

Rosie laid her first egg if the year! I don't think she has laid this early since her first year with us. Especially funny since we had snow and ice this week. Pretty wonderful for an almost 8 year old chicken!
So many beautiful eggs!

 

[TOMTE]

They're starting to stack up!!!

 

[TOMTE]

I have seen how they kill frogs, like an alligator or croc they flog the poor thing around smacking it into the ground till it's dead then eat it in one big gulp!

That's how they tackled the hornworms on the tomato plants over the summer. Some of those suckers were as big around as my thumb one of the girls (Aliss I think) nabbed the biggest one out of my hand through the snow fence in the split second that I wasn't watching her, and she tore off at top speed to the other side of the garden where she started to smack it against the ground over and over, at which point the others realized she had something good and then they were chasing her around, tearing off chunks of big, juicy caterpillar

I felt so bad for it because I was GOING TO keep it in my critter container to pupate over winter... Well, at least its death was (relatively) quick

 

[featherhead007]

That's how they tackled the hornworms on the tomato plants over the summer. Some of those suckers were as big around as my thumb one of the girls (Aliss I think) nabbed the biggest one out of my hand through the snow fence in the split second that I wasn't watching her, and she tore off at top speed to the other side of the garden where she started to smack it against the ground over and over, at which point the others realized she had something good and then they were chasing her around, tearing off chunks of big, juicy caterpillar

I felt so bad for it because I was GOING TO keep it in my critter container to pupate over winter... Well, at least its death was (relatively) quick

Such horrid drama! Didn’t that worm have a family? No protection? Poor thing came to a violent end!

 

[Marie2020]

Such horrid drama! Didn’t that worm have a family? No protection? Poor thing came to a violent end!

Call the police and arrest that naughty chicken

 

[Marie2020]

Except when one of their flock-mates tries to steal it, and in that case the poor critter gets pulled limb from limb. Our lovely chickens really are quite brutal!

Our lovely feathered dinosaurs

 

[Marie2020]

killer bunny won

I laughed so much Nancy stopped cuddling me and ran off

 

[notabitail]

That must be something. Supposedly I have been in an earthquake but I have never felt it. I can't imagine what that is like.

It's not bad if you're used to them. This one was essentially just rolling slowly.

I still don't get why the Bigs go nuts when there is a earthquake. None of the other chooks cared.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Well I am home today. Diner is closed.

Everyone pray, please pray for just about all of Kentucky. There is going to be some major flooding happening over the next 24 hours. Our ground is saturated after pretty much 2 weeks of snow and rain. It is a monsoon out there. I'm already flooded in on both sides of the main road in and out. All I can do is watch the creek and take action if needed to save the horses. 4 to 6 inches if not more in some area's this afternoon and into tonight. We simply cannot handle that much.

My normally calm and lazy creek....

She is not so lazy anymore and is just about to break over..