Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

That's a resounding 'yes' according to Dutchess Kate:
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And, I believe, clearly seconded by Betty:

(I hope you aren't upset @BY Bob that I commandeered your picture...I was actually looking for the GREAT profile shot of her head, but after 20 min I gave up & copied this one!)

I notice Kate is wearing a broach that was given to Elizabeth by Canada in the shape of Canadian Maple leaf it’s encrusted in a gazzillion diamonds….

Why they would ever match it with a white dress is beyond me….

I think that Pompei has a far better headpiece though!
Plus he has wattles!

 

[Ponypoor]

I know, that is one reason why discovering these is torture. So far from the Butter x Drumstick and Butter x Bubba crosses I have gotten Squirrel who is gorgeous and her color still shocks me.
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Then we had my little Dalmatian wanna-be Cricket who had the feathered feet. Again, let us all curse that dog. I'm still proud of myself for not shooting her like I wanted too. It was not her fault her owner is a idiot. But I will forever now hate her and curse her.
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There was Creamy, who was pale yellow in the front and white in the back, she did not get the marans feathered legs though.
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Finally we have Kit and Kat who I think are going to end up looking similar to big sister Squirrel.
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Such variation with this cross with the one constant being a BCM rooster leads me to wonder if Butter is a pure Buff orp. My cousin gave me the eggs from which she hatched out from and said she should be. At the time 90% of his flock was Buff orps, including his rooster. The few oddball hens he had were a few bantams. I just cannot see Butter being a bantam cross with her size. Out of curiosity with no plans to keep right now I want to see what the 3 new buff girls will produce with Bubba.

Awww Kit and Kat sure are growing! They look so big now

 

[lightm]

$262 round trip in business class plus the cost of either parking or a car to get to a relevant train station.
I live close to a train station but it is a tiny one and on a different system. Theoretically it is possible to go from my station into Manhattan (maybe Newark) and then pick up the NE Regional train or Acela to DC. In practice that takes for forever because of how the timetables work so I take a car to a station on the NE Regional line.
I don’t know what the plane costs. Might even be the same. But I like trains!
Tax: Maggie popped in to say hi.
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I love trains, relaxing and reliable, not mention all the scenery, so much better than airplanes. I love sleeping on a train too, like a baby in a cradle.

Look at these sunshine girls!

 

[Ponypoor]

Nah, it's waaaaay safer than you're used to.

I got this chart from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/injury-in-australia/contents/all-causes-of-injury


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Overexertion is halfway up the list. Australians need to chill out more!

“Contact with living things” ….

 

[bgmathteach]

Nah, it's waaaaay safer than you're used to.

I got this chart from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/injury-in-australia/contents/all-causes-of-injury


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Overexertion is halfway up the list. Australians need to chill out more!

Hmmm, @MaryJanet I think this chart is flawed. I don't see death by drop bear on there at all.

That chart must either be completely wrong, or an anomaly. Are drop bears susceptible to Covid? Have they been in hiding/ self imposed lock down?

Tax: A whole bunch of Marans varieties




https://www.google.com/search?q=mar...QIHcj_BSkQ_h0oBHoECAwQCQ#imgrc=X-tk2rNeR37OEM

 

[Ponypoor]

Oh cute story I forgot to tell you while I was visiting my chicks in the brooder tent. So one little chick decided she was gonna walk up to me and start staring at my boobs, which are a decent size (not to brag for story only). So I'm looking at her and her lil head and neck and eyes are going. Then "plop" right in the boobs and cleavage she went. I was like "wth" are you doing! Those aren't your pillows!These chicks have such a personality.

Ewwww hahahaha

 

[lightm]

I eat my chickens because I know they were raised with love, good food, and had a good life. Far better than any store bought chicken in flavor, and in their life experience. It is hard at times, but also very rewarding to me to know they had a good life, not some crappy caged experience without love and scratching about in any meaningful way.

You love your steaks. Wouldn't you rather know it came from a cow who was well loved and cared for than one who lived a miserable (cow) life?

I am an omnivore. While I fully respect vegetarians and vegans, I just can't do it. So, in my mind, the least I can do is to make sure what I eat had a decent life. I have consciously made a shift to have some non-meat meals (i.e. subbing legumes instead of meat into some recipes), but there really is no substitute for good meat, be it steak, chicken, or other. When you raise it yourself, and have to kill it yourself, it makes you much more aware, and much more desirous of using the whole animal as much as possible.

I love that you love your girls (and Jaffar) so much, treat them so well, and have such a unique and wonderful relationship with them. I respect that you can't think of eating them. However, I got my chickens initially specifically so that I COULD eat 'contaminant free' eggs and chicken meat. I love them, I treat them as well as I can, I cry when I process them, but I also love what they give to me food wise as well. Each and every one I process, I thank, I hold them tenderly before processing, and I sincerely hope that they pass as stress and pain free as possible.

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You have my uttermost respect!

 

[BY Bob]

Someone did not get Inside a Coop Tonight.......

And I am 127 miles from home.

Spoiler: Guess Who

 

[ValarieF]

I have perverted lil chicks. I just had lap time. Some of them just have a boob fetish I have no shinies there.

 

[Ponypoor]

Fluffy butts… or at least an attempt at them

And some bonus photos