Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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Hello FBA, hope you all have a nice Fluffy Butt Friday!

Mine didn't begin so well as I came upon the sheep's flock running this morning, spread throughout both sides of the dirt road. Problem was, they had five LGD's with them but no humans, including the dreaded Candy, an Anatolian shepherd we all fear. I did my best imitation of the shepherd (though there's no way I can get the local accent right) and called them out loud "Alice! Sultan ! Shabbal! Oscar! Candy ! Au troupeau !" and proceeded to avoid the sheep's by diving in the bushes on their right, to cut through the field below. I did make it alive, so I call it a victory .


I probably got lost again in translation because I also find him pretty, but I meant to say he is a pain in the butt and a very angry rooster . He's crossed standard / bantam so he's the size of my smallest ex-batt hen.

@RoyalChick So what did you do with Maggie last night, and how is she ?

Sorry for rambling and here goes the butts. It's so nice to see some feathers back on some of your chickens, and some of mine. Maybe we'll make it through molting before winter!

Léa is growing some black tail feathers back : at one point she had only two left, one on each side, and I wondered if she would turn all red.
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Merle will never have any fluff
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Piou-piou on the other hand has quite a pretty fluffy butt now, shakin' it here.
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Pain in the butt's butt
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Chipie is also growing back tail feathers and look so much better! She's ready to conquer the chicken's world!
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And Nougat whose butt stays dirty and relatively fluffy even through her molt.
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Always rooting for Chipie!

 

[lightm]

Maggie not looking great.
I don’t like her stance though she is alert and was scratching around and sunbathing earlier. And you can see in the one picture she grabbed at a bit of weed.
I don’t know if it is more than the molt. It is now just over two months since she laid the most recent lash egg. I dunno what to think.

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Poor Maggie. Get better soon!

 

[rural mouse]

So what sort of comb does Mr P have?
And if Marty (who is a silkie and I guess they have walnut combs..?), was to hatch eggs what would her chicks have?

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He has a V-comb. Same type as Thing has. The chart in that link doesn't cover V-combs, strawberry, cushion, or the buttercup comb. What little info I can find on v-combs crossed with others is the straight comb and it comes out wonky. Some have smallish combs, some have split straight combs that are similar to a Buttercup comb. Maybe you should do a breeding science paper on it....of course that means LOTS of babies...

 

[knoturavggrl]

I love my chickens! They could be the best thing that has ever happened to me.

They were free ranging almost all day today so I thought I won't make them their regular dinner. Well, at 5pm, I opened the back door, they ALL flew to me looking completely adorable and asking me where is their dinner. So I gave them a can of sardines (yes I like it too so yummy) and wheat bran soaked in milk. They were satisfied.

Some butts that I captured yesterday:

Foxy (she is getting huge, 5 month old, bigger than most adults)
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Inky, still broody.
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Foxy again.
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Beautiful fluffy butts and I agree they are wonderful companions.

 

[Ponypoor]

He has a V-comb. Same type as Thing has. The chart in that link doesn't cover V-combs, strawberry, cushion, or the buttercup comb. What little info I can find on v-combs crossed with others is the straight comb and it comes out wonky. Some have smallish combs, some have split straight combs that are similar to a Buttercup comb. Maybe you should do a breeding science paper on it....of course that means LOTS of babies...

Enabler

 

[Ponypoor]

My porch pals: View attachment 3291568

Alex’s chickens mustn’t poop I never see doodoo on his porch steps

Hi girls!

 

[Ponypoor]

I love my chickens! They could be the best thing that has ever happened to me.

They were free ranging almost all day today so I thought I won't make them their regular dinner. Well, at 5pm, I opened the back door, they ALL flew to me looking completely adorable and asking me where is their dinner. So I gave them a can of sardines (yes I like it too so yummy) and wheat bran soaked in milk. They were satisfied.

Some butts that I captured yesterday:

Foxy (she is getting huge, 5 month old, bigger than most adults)
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Inky, still broody.
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Foxy again.
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Hey beauties you have your mama well trained

 

[Ponypoor]

Hello FBA, hope you all have a nice Fluffy Butt Friday!

Mine didn't begin so well as I came upon the sheep's flock running this morning, spread throughout both sides of the dirt road. Problem was, they had five LGD's with them but no humans, including the dreaded Candy, an Anatolian shepherd we all fear. I did my best imitation of the shepherd (though there's no way I can get the local accent right) and called them out loud "Alice! Sultan ! Shabbal! Oscar! Candy ! Au troupeau !" and proceeded to avoid the sheep's by diving in the bushes on their right, to cut through the field below. I did make it alive, so I call it a victory .


I probably got lost again in translation because I also find him pretty, but I meant to say he is a pain in the butt and a very angry rooster . He's crossed standard / bantam so he's the size of my smallest ex-batt hen.

@RoyalChick So what did you do with Maggie last night, and how is she ?

Sorry for rambling and here goes the butts. It's so nice to see some feathers back on some of your chickens, and some of mine. Maybe we'll make it through molting before winter!

Léa is growing some black tail feathers back : at one point she had only two left, one on each side, and I wondered if she would turn all red.
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Merle will never have any fluff
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Piou-piou on the other hand has quite a pretty fluffy butt now, shakin' it here.
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Pain in the butt's butt
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Chipie is also growing back tail feathers and look so much better! She's ready to conquer the chicken's world!
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And Nougat whose butt stays dirty and relatively fluffy even through her molt.
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That Chipie looks like a firecracker! She certainly is pretty!

Had a good chuckle over the sheep incident hahaha glad you survived to tell the tale!

 

[Ponypoor]

As Blondie sang....

Hurry up.....Hurry up and wait....

Oh great thanks another song….
Guess it’s better than shake rattle and roll, which I’ve been singing all week. (Thanks to Alex for that one way back when)

 

[Ponypoor]

Hubby put me in bedroom. Couch was uncomfortable and I can hardly walk as is. Hope my back is better tomorrow I wanna play with the chicks and get the tweens out tomorrow for some integrating.
See ya all in the morning.
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Feel better!

Those chicks are soooo tiny!