Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

I know. You are right.
She is all elegance and clean lines!
I was comparing to these full-on fluffs …
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Spectacular bums all.

I do get your point though. Those Roadrunners had magnificent bums.

 

[BY Bob]

I actually got quite a collection of fluff shots thebother day.
View attachment 3311914Primula and Mera (I think), with cheetah bombing

Cuckoo was really strutting her fluffView attachment 3311917View attachment 3311916View attachment 3311915Enough to have captured Cheetah's attention: must fix the feathers! You mussed them!

Nellie's tail is growing in nicely
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View attachment 3311919He's still sporting the stray flag.
View attachment 3311922Storm is looking pied: new color vs old

View attachment 3311920And Whiskey sounding off.

That is a great collection. Wonderful.

 

[BY Bob]

Happy Friday

Poor Aurora. Everyone else is looking good.

 

[RoyalChick]

I actually got quite a collection of fluff shots thebother day.
View attachment 3311914Primula and Mera (I think), with cheetah bombing

Cuckoo was really strutting her fluffView attachment 3311917View attachment 3311916View attachment 3311915Enough to have captured Cheetah's attention: must fix the feathers! You mussed them!

Nellie's tail is growing in nicely
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View attachment 3311919He's still sporting the stray flag.
View attachment 3311922Storm is looking pied: new color vs old

View attachment 3311920And Whiskey sounding off.

Just stunning! Very interesting to see Storm’s two colors. I remember Bob posted a picture of bi-color Hattie one time - kinda cool to see them redecorate!

 

[Ponypoor]

Are the worms you found something the horses can get too? If so, and being as they live together, I would.

Hahaha I was just wondering that (humans too!!!) when I read your message

This is what I found: “Two ascarid species infect horses, Parascaris equorum and P univalens.”

These are horse specific and I could find nowhere that chicken ascaris can infect horses or people.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Fluffy Butt Friday and the promised Video:

The video is longish its about three and half minutes. I have zero knowledge on how to edit sorry. Hopefully you guys enjoy it anyway

 

[BY Bob]

Just stunning! Very interesting to see Storm’s two colors. I remember Bob posted a picture of bi-color Hattie one time - kinda cool to see them redecorate!

Aurora is darkening up again with new feathers. I swear she fades in the sun.

 

[BY Bob]

Hahaha I was just wondering that (humans too!!!) when I read your message

This is what I found: “Two ascarid species infect horses, Parascaris equorum and P univalens.”

These are horse specific and I could find nowhere that chicken ascaris can infect horses or people.

I hate to say it but chicken Ascaris can most definitely invade humans.

 

[featherhead007]

Just tell him to work out and fly faster....he'll be able to keep up with Marie with training!

“Shut up! I was never built for flight. I’m only here for my good looks!”

 

[ManueB]

Google translate is NOT helpful on the rooster sound. Even writing the character it comes out as whoa-whoa-whoa (oh, oh, oh is the character translation) which isn't helpful if you're familiar with pinyin (the Chinese phonetics, including tone marks)

The Chinese pronunciation is "wowowo", or perhaps "wo-wo-woooo" to emphasize the end. To perhaps make it sound better, you drop the "w" when you say it.

I think the English pronunciation is nonsense . I am still confused. Roosters don't crow like that.

Ha ha ha! But when you think of it roosters dont all make the same sounds either. I can hear four plus my two from home, and they all make a distinctive song. Especially a bantam rooster down there that sort of rolls the rrrrr with a shrill voice .

Cocka dodal do is what it sounds like too me

Maybe people speaking different language don't actually hear exactly the same thing ? When we play trivial pursuit with my partner he says he's on a purple question when I see pink, and he calls dark blue what I call purple .

Roosting question

For the last two nights I have been going out at 7pm to shut the pop door now that they can safely be in the run all day. Last night was the first night I saw them all roosted for the night as I went in to do a head count to ensure all was well. I noticed Peanut my Ameraucana with an attitude was all by herself, tonight same thing two groups and her all by herself.

In your guy’s opinion is this flock justice for her being a bit of a bully?
Or do you think its because she looks different with her beard then all the other birds?

I know there is nothing I can do to change the flock dynamics just curious what your guys thoughts are.

Same as others have said it can be for a number of reasons. I have a hen, Brune, that is a pain to go to bed, she cries for half an hour and pecks her neighbors - she has often slept alone. Then, Cannelle has periods when she decides she wants to roost alone. Then there's also the place they pick to roost- Peanut might have the best spot and no one dares disturb her. There has been quite an evolution in the way my flock roosts, and it's always interesting to see. Right now it's so dramatic that I'm actually in the coop for fifteen minutes with a big stick to stop the roosters if they pick a fight .

Are the worms you found something the horses can get too? If so, and being as they live together, I would.

@Ponypoor worms are in the environment. However the sub-species of ascaris found in horses, cats and poultry are all different (A. Galli, arascaris equorum and Toxocara Cati) so I'm not sure they contaminate one another. We treated the cats when we dewormed the flock for precaution. One thing is sure, you must treat the whole flock, not just one member.

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Wow you all have gorgeous pictures for Friday! These lovely butts are a pledge for diversity in the bum division- fluff is lovely but sleek is elegant !
Here are mine from today. I included the two hard molters Cannelle and Théo because they are actually growing back feathers.
Cannelle growing a tail but not doing as good as I'd hoped today

Théo - you can see the quills by zooming on his behind

Blanche manages to have a pretty butt with brittle broken feathers

Gastounet has grown a mane but he's lacking in the tail department!

Lea's butt.

I'm worried however to notice Chipie is loosing her tail feathers : she just grew them back from the molt a month ago, so I'm afraid they may have been pulled out with all the quarrelling going on in the flock. She doesn't have many, so just two missing makes her look strange. Do you know if pulled feathers will eventually grow back ?