Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

Why can you not hold him till then?

Awesome - good sized parakeet

Were did you get him?

Pics !!!

My brother got him from Petco. They told him when he got him home he needed to let him be in his cage for a few hours to adjust. He has already named him "Happy". I got no say in helping choose a name. He reminded me I have 30 chickens, he just has 1 bird. He is just over 6 months old, one of the certificates has his hatch date on it. He was hatched 2/10/22. Conveniently a day before Ezzie's hatch date. His cage will stay in his room, but once he adjusts and settles I'm allowed to take him all over the house. We will share him as he puts it. He told me he thought "Happy" would help me with the loss of daddy and Ezzie. I guess he has been planning on getting a bird for a while now but they never had the right one when he would go check. This variety of conure is supposed to be the quietest one and the smallest. I'm right now reading everything I can find about them. I personally wanted a bird but I was leaning towards Indian Ringnecks and Goffin Cockatoos. Happy will not have a huge vocabulary, but they can learn a few words and phrases. I will see that he imitates my boys crow someday. I will simply bring Branch in and let him do the rest.

Meet Happy.

 

[featherhead007]

Well that’s it.

So much for hiding out in the barn.

Whatever mum has I have - thanks mum

And I was doing so good staying away from germ factory kids…. Darn tootin! Should have included old people who frequent casinos!!

I tried singing to the chickies and the ponies and all I could do was sound a little ‘horse’ and croak out a few peeps of ‘Gloria’ (great song), now I am barking like a dog, coughing…

Oh god, she’s got Covid!!

 

[Ponypoor]

Thanks everyone for asking after Lulu. She is a mystery to me.
No egg overnight and no egg this morning and she is not very interested in visiting the nest boxes today. I have examined her rear end (externally only) and cannot feel an egg and nor is she pumping her tail.
She is a bit perkier today. She is eating and drinking.
But, she is definitely not her normal chipper self.
She is sitting and resting much more often than usual (and more than the others).
One odd thing is she is sitting with her rear end and tail very high - this is a mild version I caught on camera. Very blurry as it is from a far away coop cam - but you can see her shape.
Anyone any ideas?

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Yes that is an odd stance. Usually odd stances are indicative of discomfort. What is she like when walking?

 

[Ponypoor]

My brother got him from Petco. They told him when he got him home he needed to let him be in his cage for a few hours to adjust. He has already named him "Happy". I got no say in helping choose a name. He reminded me I have 30 chickens, he just has 1 bird. He is just over 6 months old, one of the certificates has his hatch date on it. He was hatched 2/10/22. Conveniently a day before Ezzie's hatch date. His cage will stay in his room, but once he adjusts and settles I'm allowed to take him all over the house. We will share him as he puts it. He told me he thought "Happy" would help me with the loss of daddy and Ezzie. I guess he has been planning on getting a bird for a while now but they never had the right one when he would go check. This variety of conure is supposed to be the quietest one and the smallest. I'm right now reading everything I can find about them. I personally wanted a bird but I was leaning towards Indian Ringnecks and Goffin Cockatoos. Happy will not have a huge vocabulary, but they can learn a few words and phrases. I will see that he imitates my boys crow someday. I will simply bring Branch in and let him do the rest.

Meet Happy.
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Oh that’s wonderful Such lovely birds

 

[featherhead007]

My brother got him from Petco. They told him when he got him home he needed to let him be in his cage for a few hours to adjust. He has already named him "Happy". I got no say in helping choose a name. He reminded me I have 30 chickens, he just has 1 bird. He is just over 6 months old, one of the certificates has his hatch date on it. He was hatched 2/10/22. Conveniently a day before Ezzie's hatch date. His cage will stay in his room, but once he adjusts and settles I'm allowed to take him all over the house. We will share him as he puts it. He told me he thought "Happy" would help me with the loss of daddy and Ezzie. I guess he has been planning on getting a bird for a while now but they never had the right one when he would go check. This variety of conure is supposed to be the quietest one and the smallest. I'm right now reading everything I can find about them. I personally wanted a bird but I was leaning towards Indian Ringnecks and Goffin Cockatoos. Happy will not have a huge vocabulary, but they can learn a few words and phrases. I will see that he imitates my boys crow someday. I will simply bring Branch in and let him do the rest.

Meet Happy.
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“What a cute little bunny rabbit. I will pet him and squeeze him and rub him and pat him “ (from the Daffy Duck cartoon)

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

“What a cute little bunny rabbit. I will pet him and squeeze him and rub him and pat him “ (from the Daffy Duck cartoon)

And call him George. I already have a George, Twiggy's brother. As long as Twiggy is a girl, I will keep George. If Twiggy turns out to be a boy, Twiggy will now stay.

 

[featherhead007]

Just got back from a quick visit with paul. The mechanic will be there this afternoon to install the sensor on the SkyHawk. It’s getting hot here again today. Already 92f but will be pushing 100f in an hour or so.
(Wonder if “SkyHawk” can be used as tax free status)

Update: it’s 99f now

 

[featherhead007]

And call him George. I already have a George, Twiggy's brother. As long as Twiggy is a girl, I will keep George. If Twiggy turns out to be a boy, Twiggy will now stay.

“And I will call him George!” I forgot that part.

 

[rural mouse]

My brother got him from Petco. They told him when he got him home he needed to let him be in his cage for a few hours to adjust. He has already named him "Happy". I got no say in helping choose a name. He reminded me I have 30 chickens, he just has 1 bird. He is just over 6 months old, one of the certificates has his hatch date on it. He was hatched 2/10/22. Conveniently a day before Ezzie's hatch date. His cage will stay in his room, but once he adjusts and settles I'm allowed to take him all over the house. We will share him as he puts it. He told me he thought "Happy" would help me with the loss of daddy and Ezzie. I guess he has been planning on getting a bird for a while now but they never had the right one when he would go check. This variety of conure is supposed to be the quietest one and the smallest. I'm right now reading everything I can find about them. I personally wanted a bird but I was leaning towards Indian Ringnecks and Goffin Cockatoos. Happy will not have a huge vocabulary, but they can learn a few words and phrases. I will see that he imitates my boys crow someday. I will simply bring Branch in and let him do the rest.

Meet Happy.
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Get Branch to teach Happy all the alarm calls too....

 

[rural mouse]

“And I will call him George!” I forgot that part.

My MIL has a shih zu named George....from exactly that. As a pup he looked like/ran like a black and white marshmallow frog.