Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

What did you mix up?

Called your hen by the wrong name called her Hen-Rietta, not Beetov-Hen....

 

[featherhead007]

Called your hen by the wrong name called her Hen-Rietta, not Beetov-Hen....

That’s ok, they were sisters, from the same hatch

 

[Ponypoor]

That’s ok, they were sisters, from the same hatch

I love her expression, so expectant

 

[featherhead007]

That’s ok, they were sisters, from the same hatch

I’m tears at the moment I surely miss that friendly, smart, shiny hen!

 

[Ponypoor]

I’m tears at the moment I surely miss that friendly, smart, shiny hen!View attachment 3198687View attachment 3198699

She sure was a beauty, love the comb and wattles too

 

[Ponypoor]

Must go batten down the hatches, under another severe thunderstorm warning again

 

[Ponypoor]

Must go batten down the hatches, under another severe thunderstorm warning again

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Oh I think it’s scraping just to the south of me, hopefully!

 

[Kris5902]

Such beauty though.
But giving them a scratch is not worth getting butted for , be careful

Yep, Isla doesn’t like me… Roddy was worse… they do run essentially free and are IMO more than half feral

 

[Kris5902]

Must go batten down the hatches, under another severe thunderstorm warning again

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Stay safe and keep the critters good as well

 

[bgmathteach]

Don't know why, but when they decide to worship the sun, Storm burrows her head into Ash's fluff. I've not every seen that before. It's that common?
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I had 2 buff orpingtons (actually 3, the 'golden girls', but 2 were besties). One would roost on the roost at night, and margaret - one of the others, would put her head between golden girl#1's feet. They would sleep like that every night! When they dust bathed, Margaret would always be crowding Goldie #1, almost snuggling, and she would practically (but not quite) lay on top of her when they were sunbathing! The two were inseparable, and Margaret was the more needy/dependent one - almost like the Bobsie twins...where one was, the other was sure to be. I wouldn't say it is 'usual' for them to be so 'tight'/bonded, but it isn't completely 'unusual' either! (Remember, I'm a mathematician, so I am using statistical definitions of 'usual/unusual')

Personally, I think it is sweet that they are so close