Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Every chook is enjoying the water park I set up in the coop area. But (Flash) is overheated I brought her inside with me and the air conditioning. I guess she gets extra meally worms and ice cold corn on the cob for now. My special Flash.

And she’s got one big fluffy butt too!

 

[lightm]

Since little Ezzie moved from the incubator to the brooder 4 hours ago she has done the following...
*Bit me when I went to take her out of the incubator.
*Pooped on me while I was trying to teach her to drink.
*Decided that instead of eating, she should hop into my lap to take a nap and while she had me won over, pooped on me again.
*The look she gives me, she has no regrets for biting me or pooping on me.
I'm in love already with her attitude.

Everyone meet the poop machine Ezzie!!
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Look at her cheeks, she's bearded.
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Oh dear god, no chick is cuter!

 

[featherhead007]

Rock Garden Cuteness from the past:

 

[GregnLety]

A few pics now that a bunch of my stress is gone.

Poofy Jr's hatchling is now bigger than her, she is easily one of my top 3 favorite hens.

Red's my favorite rooster. He and Poofy Jr are hatch mates.

Buddy is a handsome young rooster

 

[Ponypoor]

Oh dear god, no chick is cuter!

Yep 'she' is extremely cute, and now even cuter

We will let @RebeccaBoyd tell lightm about our wonderfully Ezzie who I would snap up in an instant if I could.

 

[featherhead007]

A few pics now that a bunch of my stress is gone.View attachment 3191541Poofy Jr's hatchling is now bigger than her, she is easily one of my top 3 favorite hens. View attachment 3191552Red's my favorite rooster. He and Poofy Jr are hatch mates.View attachment 3191563Buddy is a handsome young rooster

For the chickens, and a for you.!

 

[lightm]

Showdown

There was a staring contest at my door yesterday. To view this correctly you need to hit play on the video first and then open the spoiler.

Spoiler: Showdown

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@Ribh @MaryJanet @LozzyR @ChicoryBlue @micstrachan @Shadrach @Aussie-Chookmum @Marie2020

Well played Bob. Such good music.

 

[lightm]

I would LOVE a smaller one. And in the summer that is what they have. But I haven't found a smaller heated one. Grrrr.
And yes - the nipple waterer would be an option. They have a nipple waterer on a heated base inside the coop already, so I could just abandon the hanging waterer in the winter altogeher and let them deal with the nipple one.
But I am a softy - and they clearly prefer the open one (though they are perfectly adept at using the nipples).
Maybe I just need to practice more - the second time today (after I washed the floor of the servants' quarters in the Chicken Palace) I was clearly already a bit better at it!

I know this is a post from 5 months ago, and I also feel really silly to suggest: if you don't mind a smaller one, how about you only fill half of the waterer? Doesn't that make it easier to flip?

 

[featherhead007]

I’m sorry, I should have done a Pullet dance for your luck with chickens. But I’m too busy doing the rain dance for the much needed rain here instead.

Dance for any occasion:

 

[featherhead007]

You sure it is massage, not accupuncture?

My doctor would be wondering what happened to my back. (I would tell her exactly what happened)!!