Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Lots of snow here. Heavy packing snow at first, now fluffier. I don't know the inches but it's up to and over my knees and takes a few shovels to get to ground.

Worked like a dog yesterday taking down the poultry net fences & wrapping up the wire, clearing my collection of various shaped landscape stones so DH can snowblow and I can find them this winter, and bringing in the last aviary nets. I will say these Buckeyes are NOT adventurous happy campers in the cold! I left up the aviary netting as long as I could, because it offered them lots more roaming possibilities. There was no snow! But they are the wimpiest Buckeyes. They have not lived up to their reputation!

Sorry, ladies.

Maybe because Peanut was molting so hard, and was so cold, she never wanted to lead them out there?

Maybe their covered run is Paradise?

With the aviary netting down I secured the (under) roof tarps on that side, and consolidated the greenhouse frames.

Here's before I went out to shovel some and clear off their coop. The green tarp there while keeping the driving snow out for now is blocking some ventilation. So I have a new plan to hang one from the door top at the wall angled out to the edge of the overhang. It's the exposed western side. The eastern side has no problem and is working great.
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Peanut Long-Neck. She needs her outer contour feathers to grow in more, and underfluff too. She still looks 50% as big as the others.
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Butters' derriere for FBF, Peanut in front.
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And her great silhouette. Butters is also sporting the popular mussed-look. The lower black tail feather looks like a dart stuck there!
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Uh oh, the photographer has overstayed her welcome. Or maybe Butters is ready for her close-up now!! Beautiful Butters. Nice Punk hairstyle, there! She says No, not Punk, it's called The Molt. Very fashionable!
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Snowed like crazy here also! It -18c brrr, will get up extra early in the morning to brush off my truck. I just have to go about 1.5km to the office yard but may as well be 150km with so much snow!

I love how their pin feathers on their heads look hahaha

 

[Ponypoor]

yea 3 months. I just ordered the traction device for my neck.

Sure hope it helps some. Well physio always helps some, it’s just a question of how much…

 

[Ponypoor]

I did not get any fluffy butt pictures today. Instead I got something 1000x better. I got my boy who let me walk right up to him and pick him up today. I got a hour and a half nap for me with both of our favorite tv show on our favorite channel. All my chickens are now forgiven for my anger at them yesterday.
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We fell asleep to "Evil Lives Here" on ID
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Awesome

 

[Ponypoor]

Not a fluffy butt, but too darn cute not to share. Happy Friday!

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Awwww too cute and funny!

 

[Ponypoor]

Glad to see the FBA coop is doing okay. I also had this situation with the ice on the wiring.
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Amazing photo!

 

[Ponypoor]

The sign saying that bird bites makes me giggle. Technically to a stranger you could say the exact same thing about Happy. She may be tiny but that beak can hurt. If she does not know you the first time she meets you she is going to test you. Depending on how you react sets the stage for how she behaves. She is going to fly to you, don't be like my sister and duck and squeal...just don't. She may give a test nibble. It is actually gentle, but how you react to it will determine how she behaves around you. If you act like she is afraid, she will really try to bite you. If you stay calm, and tell her no she will not try to bite anymore. This bird also reads emotions like no other. You cannot handle her if you are in a bad mood, she picks up on it and acts out. I have not went to see her since I came home, we have a great relationship but I know she will pick up on that I am off and the demon will come out.

That is my Arab all over again! All emotions with that one!

I find that Henny Penny is like that too.

 

[Ponypoor]

A disaster was narrowly avoided a hour ago. One of my neighbors has a Great Pyrenees. He has never gotten loose so I forget about him. I went out to get the egg off the porch and CeCe followed me. The dog was loose and asleep on my bottom step. CeCe about knocked me down to fight the dog. I had to yell at mom to come break them up and run back inside as they came up on the porch fighting. The fight was broken up and CeCe drug back inside before mom took the other dog home. I'm so thankful I did not fall when she bumped me going after him. I am also glad I was able to get inside and not be stuck in the middle of the fight.

Omg Rebecca how scary - makes you know how it feeels to be vulnerable ! Oh we love our pets but sometimes they can cause some troubles

 

[rural mouse]

That first picture is stunning! Definitely wall-worthy. Submit it to POW for sure. It is truly lovely.

Done

 

[ValarieF]

Sure hope it helps some. Well physio always helps some, it’s just a question of how much…

So far it hurts me and gives me a headache

 

[Marie2020]

Lots of snow here. Heavy packing snow at first, now fluffier. I don't know the inches but it's up to and over my knees and takes a few shovels to get to ground.

Worked like a dog yesterday taking down the poultry net fences & wrapping up the wire, clearing my collection of various shaped landscape stones so DH can snowblow and I can find them this winter, and bringing in the last aviary nets. I will say these Buckeyes are NOT adventurous happy campers in the cold! I left up the aviary netting as long as I could, because it offered them lots more roaming possibilities. There was no snow! But they are the wimpiest Buckeyes. They have not lived up to their reputation!

Sorry, ladies.

Maybe because Peanut was molting so hard, and was so cold, she never wanted to lead them out there?

Maybe their covered run is Paradise?

With the aviary netting down I secured the (under) roof tarps on that side, and consolidated the greenhouse frames.

Here's before I went out to shovel some and clear off their coop. The green tarp there while keeping the driving snow out for now is blocking some ventilation. So I have a new plan to hang one from the door top at the wall angled out to the edge of the overhang. It's the exposed western side. The eastern side has no problem and is working great.
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Peanut Long-Neck. She needs her outer contour feathers to grow in more, and underfluff too. She still looks 50% as big as the others.
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Butters' derriere for FBF, Peanut in front.
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And her great silhouette. Butters is also sporting the popular mussed-look. The lower black tail feather looks like a dart stuck there!
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Uh oh, the photographer has overstayed her welcome. Or maybe Butters is ready for her close-up now!! Beautiful Butters. Nice Punk hairstyle, there! She says No, not Punk, it's called The Molt. Very fashionable!
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These pictures of the snow are beautiful but they have really made my bottom freeze just looking at them