I don’t know what color to expect from her. She’s a jungle fowl
Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock
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He and Sally and Lu and Penelope and Petunia and all the others, are enjoying the eternal meadows and soft warm sunshineHe was precious and would have been an excellent rooster, I'm sure of it.
Poetic!He and Sally and Lu and Penelope and Petunia and all the others, are enjoying the eternal meadows and soft warm sunshine
Night Marie - I am also off to do chores and get some sleep.
Good night everyone!
BFTP
Mr LC
And Sir Jaffar too! All of them.Poetic!
I have given up trying to keep up now.
Work has me just swamped with all the roof collapses coming in this past month. So much work to do, and then there is my own issues with snow and ice.
I have been flipping around catching what I can in the way of any news and updates .
Gradually got worse throughout the day. The recovery guides say day 5 is the worst...let's hope so. I'm on my own tomorrow. Maybe I'll get the paints out for kiddo or something.
Tax, kids watching television and playing with the feeder hubby surprised them with.
Can we count this as mugs monday?
Is it for food or for perching?
Red keeping watch
Tax, kids watching television and playing with the feeder hubby surprised them with.
Can we count this as mugs monday?
Is it for food or for perching?
Red keeping watch
The coop is finished and the silkies plus Turkey are separated. Ok, I need to do a little tweak here and there but it is 99% finished.
These pictures are where I started at this morning.
Before we left to head to Lowes and then Tractor supply and Walmart, I filled it full of 2 wheelbarrows full of sawdust. The wheel broke off on the last load when I was pushing it through the door or I would have put at least another load in it. I also packed out the cinder blocks and a 8 foot long 2 x 4 for a roost and set that up. They have 2 nest boxes for now.
At Lowes I picked up another 10 feet of the 1/4 inch galvanized wire and it was just enough to line the rest of it including the door. Then we headed to TSC where I got another feeder and waterer. Ouch those have jumped in price in the last year like everything else. At Walmart while my brother did some grocery shopping I went and found 4 clear shower liners, heavy duty ones. I should have gotten 5, but will pick another one up later this week. Once again it was dark when we finished. I will get pictures tomorrow morning before I head to work. All in all this has cost me $550 to build. I had originally thought of building a proper coop and a run but with the price of wood and the amount of galvanized wire I would have needed, it would have been $2000 plus. That and getting help from dad to build the thing. He has taken a backset on the flu and is going to the dr tomorrow so it would still be a few weeks before he felt like doing something. I'm going to bring it up with mom, if she will let me have most of the side yard, I want to buy another panel or two each month and by fall have enough to build a 30x30 pen for the big chickens. I could then use the smaller one for broody hens and chicks.
These pictures are where I started at this morning.
Before we left to head to Lowes and then Tractor supply and Walmart, I filled it full of 2 wheelbarrows full of sawdust. The wheel broke off on the last load when I was pushing it through the door or I would have put at least another load in it. I also packed out the cinder blocks and a 8 foot long 2 x 4 for a roost and set that up. They have 2 nest boxes for now.
At Lowes I picked up another 10 feet of the 1/4 inch galvanized wire and it was just enough to line the rest of it including the door. Then we headed to TSC where I got another feeder and waterer. Ouch those have jumped in price in the last year like everything else. At Walmart while my brother did some grocery shopping I went and found 4 clear shower liners, heavy duty ones. I should have gotten 5, but will pick another one up later this week. Once again it was dark when we finished. I will get pictures tomorrow morning before I head to work. All in all this has cost me $550 to build. I had originally thought of building a proper coop and a run but with the price of wood and the amount of galvanized wire I would have needed, it would have been $2000 plus. That and getting help from dad to build the thing. He has taken a backset on the flu and is going to the dr tomorrow so it would still be a few weeks before he felt like doing something. I'm going to bring it up with mom, if she will let me have most of the side yard, I want to buy another panel or two each month and by fall have enough to build a 30x30 pen for the big chickens. I could then use the smaller one for broody hens and chicks.
Mugs Monday.
Holly who is back to laying. I finally have my dark eggs once again.
With the passing of Momma hen and Butter, Holly is now my oldest flock member at 5 years old last month. The Cochins are the next oldest and will turn 5 in November. I will have to get a picture of her egg later. Age is catching up to her and while still dark, it is lighter then it has been in previous years. It is ok Holly, age is catching up to us all.
George Mugs.
you can see his splash marking in his topknot in the close up.
Holly who is back to laying. I finally have my dark eggs once again.
With the passing of Momma hen and Butter, Holly is now my oldest flock member at 5 years old last month. The Cochins are the next oldest and will turn 5 in November. I will have to get a picture of her egg later. Age is catching up to her and while still dark, it is lighter then it has been in previous years. It is ok Holly, age is catching up to us all.
George Mugs.
you can see his splash marking in his topknot in the close up.
Just looked and cream or tinted - so I guess like Mrs LC’s eggs. But a bit larger.
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