Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

@alex
I would like to ask a few things of you Don't ever change no purple rinses and believe in yourself because you are incredible!

 

[lightm]

Not exactly a lap chicken but I am allowed to touch. Later she decides to peck me. A bit like when you give a cat a tummy rub - it is all soft and lovely until suddenly it is all claws and teeth!
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Love that tail. She almost looks like a garden sculpture in the first picture.

 

[Marie2020]

Maybe if they have to be in a box, would they like to be together at least, in a larger box?

They are both not cuddle bugs but I will find a larger box and let them choose. They enjoyed an hour snoozing until princess decided she had enough and started being a football thug and kicking her box

 

[Marie2020]

Not exactly a lap chicken but I am allowed to touch. Later she decides to peck me. A bit like when you give a cat a tummy rub - it is all soft and lovely until suddenly it is all claws and teeth!
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She's just perfect

 

[Marie2020]

I want to break free….
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Or just look handsome
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My goodness is that the same rooster dancing like John Travolta

 

[Marie2020]

I want to break free….
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Or just look handsome
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He is absolutely gorgeous. I'm smitten

 

[RoyalChick]

Much to the distress of the Princesses I sat out in their field listening to the hawk and playing recordings of hawks from the Cornell website.
We have a match.
It is a Juvenile Red Tailed Hawk.
I didn’t see him/her but the cry is an exact match.
It seems to be setting up house in the area. Grrr.
In good news all the chickens recognize the call and stay under cover.

 

[BY Bob]

It is 95F/35C in the shade. The human servant is getting heat stroke as she runs back and forth with ice for the waterers.
She has opened a patio umbrella to create extra shade to supplement the trees, shrubs, and roofed parts of the run.
So what is a poor chicken to do?

Spoiler: Coping with the heat

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Hope I did the spoiler right.

Crazy chickens. Just crazy. It rained here again. Was up to 98°F (37°C) with a heat index around 110°F (43°C). Now it's 82°F (27°C).

Hot chickens tax

 

[featherhead007]

I don’t care how much this hen “Flash” complains. She’s inside to cool down and get some meds for those sticky fleas!!!!

 

[RoyalChick]

Crazy chickens. Just crazy. It rained here again. Was up to 98°F (37°C) with a heat index around 110°F (43°C). Now it's 82°F (27°C).

Hot chickens tax

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Same temperature and humidity but no rain. We sooo need rain!