Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

View attachment 3299259View attachment 3299260View attachment 3299262View attachment 3299261Not today. Today is all about avoiding the wind and wet.

What a pretty moggie!

 

[BY Bob]

Winter storm update

View attachment 3299302Snow on the heights. Leaves on the ground are soggy.

Last night's wind precursor to the storm.

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Pear came out of the coop for breakfast
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Kren is VERY interested in her. She's evasive, understandable with all the new feathers growing in on her back.

View attachment 3299313So Horus tried grabbing her (she's got her wings out). Kren is heading to the rescue, and Whiskey goes running too (off frame to the right of the pic, farther away). She retreated to the coop to grow feathers in peace. The hormones are still raging. Honestly, I'm surprised Kren didn't try. He certainly circled her a bunch, tried herding her, but respected her evasion. And responded to the hen in distress call. There's hope for him yet! Horus.....has been a good boy around Pippa, but a rotten brat around the older ladies.... Winter, please come cool the hormones on these idiots!

Wonderful storm photo. I love that! Very pretty.

 

[BY Bob]

Isn’t there a movie about the show chicken world?

I'd like to know the name of that.

 

[BY Bob]

So, I had a rough night last night. I was putting the littles away, and one of my roosters gave a horrendous, terrified ?squawk? at the top of his lungs & continued with it....I ran as fast as I could, but it wasn't quick enough. A fox got one of my hens....and it took me a full 20 min. to get the rooster to calm down...he was missing a few more saddle feathers (he is in the middle of a hard molt and doesn't have any tail feathers at the moment.) A good boy sounding the alarm....but I still lost a sweet Astralorp

I suppose I have been beating the odds for too long this year...my neighbor has lost multiple to both foxes and raccoons. But, I just can't see sequestering them to the run 24/7...when I get home from work they run to the gate and are begging for out time.

Oh no! I'm so sorry. That must be super awful. I cannot imagine being almost there in time.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

This is the face of someone who wants up on the bed. This is also the face of someone who has spent the past 2 hours wading in the creek. Sorry girl, bath first, bed later.

 

[featherhead007]

My land is like a soap opera. Always drama, always someone in trouble, bad neighbors, good people. It’s like a rollercoaster of emotions here. I think that I will call all this daytime drama “As my stomach turns” !

 

[featherhead007]

This is the face of someone who wants up on the bed. This is also the face of someone who has spent the past 2 hours wading in the creek. Sorry girl, bath first, bed later.
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Is it b.a.t.h. Time now?

 

[knoturavggrl]

Surprise Present from the Magnolia Tree

Most of you probably remember the hard freeze we had this spring which ruined all of my magnolia tree's blossoms.

Well just as it is about to drop all its leaves, the Magnolia Tree has decided to put out some blooms. Check these out.

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Better late then never! Beautiful flowers

 

[rural mouse]

All closed up before 5pm. Gray, overcast, still spitting random flakes. Not sure if it's the pumpkin in the coop or the gray day, but they were all in....Hector snuck out the door when I went in to shut the hatch. He had to consider whether to re-enter or not.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Is it b.a.t.h. Time now?

Within the hour. Rosie needs her shower for school tomorrow. It will not be fun, she will need to be in a strangle hold to keep her in the tub.