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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    All 4 Silkies are in & around Garden Bed #2 this morning which is still producing cherry tomatoes from last season. We always let our hens play in the older beds to eat the residual 2nd crop on the old vines. Yes, there are 4 Silkies hard to see... but no white ones since we like the darker...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    She's getting meds too?
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Our aging Violet had problems w/ a ramp even w cleats to help w/grip but she was so old it took her forever to climb the ramp so we made shallow block & cement paver stones steps along the ramp. We left the steps & later on our ailing Ginny used the steps.
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Beautiful shine💕
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    There are plenty of youtube options to watch about freezing or drying eggs for future use. We use up all our Silkie eggs fast w/only 4 hens; otherwise I would've preserved if we had a surplus. Skelter, May 2025... looks like this again so DH is making another Quiche tomorrow morning. He made...
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Not everybody likes Crows... but our neighborhood murder of Crows chase away the Cooper's Hawks & never enter our chicken yard! The Crows act like a sentinel overhead on the telephone pole & then chase off any Cooper's, Egrets/cranes, or feral Amazon parrots that come by👍
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    POW! YAY! Nice to see a natural backyard pic win... & my two favorite bantam breeds! 20250620_200822.jpg 519.7 KB · Views: 37
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    DH sent this to me... I guess this is what happens in straight run orders or hatch your own?
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Yep, the pain medication/anti-inflammatory sounds good to me too 👍.
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Muffy's salmon penciling(?) is pretty 💕
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Ours don't like it when we have a camera, or ANYTHING, in our hand... they only show up when it's treats!
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    They're all pretty... but you know I love the blues. Hawthorne is a magnificent specimen, Storm is lovely 💕 Stripeys are special too.
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    Dominique Thread!

    You may be correct on your suspect cockerel... the white head spot is not a tight female spot but more irregular head splashing. Pullets will retain the black shaded front shanks & toe tops for quite a while before the leg shading disappears completely. If your suspected cockerel starts losing...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Like Ponypoor says... we do whatever we can as comfortable for them as we can 💕
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Had to hug DH instead... no other roo's here 👩‍❤️‍👨
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