Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Oh my goodness, she really DOES have eyes!

Seriously, though..good job. No fun working that close to the eyes.

I'm sure she will much appreciate being able to see what is going on around her now. Hoping she actually roosts tonight now that she can see

I hope she can ramp now. Just walking more would make me happy.

 

[Ponypoor]

Back to the Salon

Here is the result of tonight's trim.

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The right eye is really good and she can see out the left now. That small clump of feathers is so close to her eye that I have a lot of trouble trimming it without poking her eye.

She actually has a pretty good look now. Very similar to Phyllis at this point.

That looks good! I can see her eyes now

 

[rural mouse]

I hope she can ramp now. Just walking more would make me happy.

I've noticed with Thing: fresh, vigorous trim = exploratory bird. Needs trim/blind = stationary/clumsy bird. Last trim helped, need to do more....easier when feathers are wet/clumpy

 

[Ponypoor]

I hope she can ramp now. Just walking more would make me happy.

She looks very steady on her legs, and will get stronger as she goes along, she looked like she enjoyed that grass!

 

[featherhead007]

I’m entertaining the idea of flying out to Seattle tomorrow. It would be nice if I could see my brother again soon. But I haven’t asked him if he was available to see me. (I’m not one to impose on anyone)! Here they play Scrabble late into the evening, and I’m not so fond of scrabble. But these redwood trees are so beautiful

 

[Ponypoor]

I've noticed with Thing: fresh, vigorous trim = exploratory bird. Needs trim/blind = stationary/clumsy bird. Last trim helped, need to do more....easier when feathers are wet/clumpy

I found that with my silkies, they would run into things. I really hate trimming around their eyes though!

 

[Ponypoor]

I’m not going to show Jaffar these pictures!

Oh she is such a cutie pie, Jaffar would be very happy to see her

 

[featherhead007]

Oh she is such a cutie pie, Jaffar would be very happy to see her

That little squirt is chick crazy enough, Gucci would take him over the precipice!

 

[lightm]

Today is an appropriate day to talk about our new chicks because two out of four got adopted this morning.

This April my friend who also has chickens (Let's call her W) wanted eggs from our chickens to hatch. W was particularly interested in Inky's eggs. So I had been collecting eggs for her. When Foggy was rehomed on April 17th, we decided that we want some of his babies too! So I gave her 17 eggs and she started her incubator on April 24. Some of the eggs were collected after Foggy's departure but I know the eggs can remain fertile for a while.

Foggy is Rhode Island Blue, which is a cross between Australorp and RIR. Out of these 17 eggs, 15 hatched and thrived! Interestingly enough, the only two eggs (one is not fertile, one developed but never hatched) that did not make it are the only two eggs from golden comets. In fact, they are all from Light since she is my husband's favorite. Is there some theory behind this?

So we took 4 chicks (In fact, we took three eggs that was zipping and one hatched chick from W two days later, but this is another story). We already knew that we will have to rehome the boys and we were hoping that at least two were girls. They were hatched on May 15th and May 16th.

Jumbo (top left), Foxy (top right), Coco

1. Foxy (daughter of Tina). Foxy behaved like Foggy as a baby and was really really sweet, adventurous and brave. Hubby really likes her but was certain Foxy was a roo. But we named the "roo" Foxy anyway. Today she remains super sweet and inquisitive. She is going to challenge Ginger's crown.
Notice her tail is gray lavender, not black like a true RIR.

2. Coco (son of Inky, rehomed today). Lazy and sweet boy. Not like his father as a baby. Since Inky is also RIR X Australorp, I think it makes sense that they can produce an Australorp roo?? He is a pretty boy with a purple sheen.

3. Jumbo (son of Wendy, rehomed today). Right out of the shell he was huge (Wendy always lay huge eggs). He also had a visible comb and big feet. I remember Rebecca mentioned this is a good sign of a boy, which is why I went to W's place and got a 4th baby. GOOD THING I did. This past week he has been crowing in the morning already, but really really funny and pathetic. He is not like his father either.
@Ponypoor This is the mutt that I mentioned looks like one of your chickens. Sorry forgot her name.

4. Meimei (daughter of Tina or Wendy, she was hatched at W's place and W wasn't sure...)

So our chicken math works out to be 8-1+4-2 = 9. We have 9 sweeties now! I really wish I could see how Jumbo or Coco would turn out. My dream is to move to more rural area one day and surrounded by farmers...

 

[Ponypoor]

Today is an appropriate day to talk about our new chicks because two out of four got adopted this morning.

This April my friend who also has chickens (Let's call her W) wanted eggs from our chickens to hatch. W was particularly interested in Inky's eggs. So I had been collecting eggs for her. When Foggy was rehomed on April 17th, we decided that we want some of his babies too! So I gave her 17 eggs and she started her incubator on April 24. Some of the eggs were collected after Foggy's departure but I know the eggs can remain fertile for a while.

Foggy is Rhode Island Blue, which is a cross between Australorp and RIR. Out of these 17 eggs, 15 hatched and thrived! Interestingly enough, the only two eggs (one is not fertile, one developed but never hatched) that did not make it are the only two eggs from golden comets. In fact, they are all from Light since she is my husband's favorite. Is there some theory behind this?

So we took 4 chicks (In fact, we took three eggs that was zipping and one hatched chick from W two days later, but this is another story). We already knew that we will have to rehome the boys and we were hoping that at least two were girls. They were hatched on May 15th and May 16th.

Jumbo (top left), Foxy (top right), Coco
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1. Foxy (daughter of Tina). Foxy behaved like Foggy as a baby and was really really sweet, adventurous and brave. Hubby really likes her but was certain Foxy was a roo. But we named the "roo" Foxy anyway. Today she remains super sweet and inquisitive. She is going to challenge Ginger's crown.
Notice her tail is gray, not black like a true RIR.
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2. Coco (son of Inky, rehomed today). Lazy and sweet boy. Not like his father as a baby. Since Inky is also RIR X Australorp, I think it makes sense that they can produce an Australorp roo?? He is a pretty boy with a purple sheen.
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3. Jumbo (son of Wendy, rehomed today). Right out of the shell he was huge (Wendy always lay huge eggs). He also had a visible comb and big feet. I remember Rebecca mentioned this is a good sign of a boy, which is why I went to W's place and got a 4th baby. GOOD THING I did. This past week he has been crowing in the morning already, but really really funny and pathetic. He is not like his father either.
@Ponypoor This is the mutt that I mentioned looks like one of your chickens. Sorry forgot her name.
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4. Meimei (daughter of Tina or Wendy, she was hatched at W's place and W wasn't sure...)
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So our chicken math works out to be 8-1+4-2 = 9. We have 9 sweeties now! I really wish I could see how Jumbo or Coco would turn out. My dream is to move to more rural area one day and surrounded by farmers...

They are beautiful

I hear you on rehoming it's hard...

You Jumbo looks like my Buttercup I think the pattern is called splash.