Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

I thought they were surprisingly accurate flyers in those videos.

This reminds me of Lil' Queenie roosting high too, so I'd like to tell the story -- Her "quarantine" was in a room in the house, I had her in the Buckeye's big brooder with a pretty high roost available, one the pullets liked. Not good enough. Two walls were made up of nylon window screening taped to weeny 1/8"x2"x 4ft strapping sticks for framing (also taped together), going up almost to the ceiling, about five feet up from the floor of the brooder.

Well, I go in to check on her in the evening and she's nowhere to be seen, and just as I'm standing there confounded she makes a little "Huh? I was sleeping" bok. It's impossible, but there's a dark figure way up there. She had wedged herself between the ceiling and the top cross stick, perfectly balanced on the 1/8' edge. She thoughtfully roosted head-out, with her bum over the brooder. I was surprised she hadn't brought it all down with her weight. I got her down and put her on the top roost. She did that a few times, even roosting bum-out once (I still can't imagine how she maneuvered on the 1/8" edge to turn around). It all started to sag soon, I filled in that space up there, made her a higher well-supported roost and cleared more landing area. That ended it.

Lil' Queenie (RIP). She used that roost as the highest available from then on. When she first integrated she also tried to roost very high in the Big Run. Once I showed her I wanted her to roost with the Buckeyes in the secure coop she did that.
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Awww. Lovely Queenie.
Thank you for sharing that story from her integration and such a cute picture of her.
She was a beautiful hen and I know you miss her.

 

[featherhead007]

Yep that would be awesome!

If Jaffar will make it that long. His coughing and sneezing is getting worse.

 

[bgmathteach]

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My chickens say goodnight!


And this is any tax I need to make up

All are llovely photos!

Bolt looks quite curious in her photo!

 

[bgmathteach]

I just had a brain fart.
Tax. Pastel enjoying grape leaves
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Mine love grape leaves as well, especially young, tender leaves! In late spring into summer I usually gather a bunch of vines to put in the runs for them to work at all day (well, the vultures usually clean all the leaves off in a short time!) for something to do while I'm at work. I just weave the ends into the fencing to hold the sections of vine so they can bite & pull/twist pieces of the leaves off.

 

[bgmathteach]

I think you gave her some defective or poorly trained chickens.

Just saying.

Oh, contraire, my dear friend - they are well versed in the "way of the chicken"

 

[bgmathteach]

Yes her hackles seem very different from the typical photos you see of Jubilee orpingtons. I think they are gorgeous. They remind my Patsy in a way.

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Wow - aside from being lovely....even in her golden years, Patsy was quite agile! Looks like she is playing the chicken equivalent of the 'limbo stick' while trying to get every morsel of meal worm!

 

[featherhead007]

That bump on Coco is distressing her and she scratched it last night. I am going to put some antibiotic ointment on it (after I get some) all I have is Vetericyn + spray.
right now, she just wants to snuggle up with me.
The bump looks to me like an infected peck or scratch, but I don’t know.

 

[bgmathteach]

Forgot to post my video yesterday

Wow, this video really shows how large Zeus's comb and waddles are getting! (I already knew Hades' were large....but Zeus' have become quite striking as well!)

 

[BY Bob]

I thought they were surprisingly accurate flyers in those videos.

This reminds me of Lil' Queenie roosting high too, so I'd like to tell the story -- Her "quarantine" was in a room in the house, I had her in the Buckeye's big brooder with a pretty high roost available, one the pullets liked. Not good enough. Two walls were made up of nylon window screening taped to weeny 1/8"x2"x 4ft strapping sticks for framing (also taped together), going up almost to the ceiling, about five feet up from the floor of the brooder.

Well, I go in to check on her in the evening and she's nowhere to be seen, and just as I'm standing there confounded she makes a little "Huh? I was sleeping" bok. It's impossible, but there's a dark figure way up there. She had wedged herself between the ceiling and the top cross stick, perfectly balanced on the 1/8' edge. She thoughtfully roosted head-out, with her bum over the brooder. I was surprised she hadn't brought it all down with her weight. I got her down and put her on the top roost. She did that a few times, even roosting bum-out once (I still can't imagine how she maneuvered on the 1/8" edge to turn around). It all started to sag soon, I filled in that space up there, made her a higher well-supported roost and cleared more landing area. That ended it.

Lil' Queenie (RIP). She used that roost as the highest available from then on. When she first integrated she also tried to roost very high in the Big Run. Once I showed her I wanted her to roost with the Buckeyes in the secure coop she did that.
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Such a darling lady.

 

[BY Bob]

Mine love grape leaves as well, especially young, tender leaves! In late spring into summer I usually gather a bunch of vines to put in the runs for them to work at all day (well, the vultures usually clean all the leaves off in a short time!) for something to do while I'm at work. I just weave the ends into the fencing to hold the sections of vine so the can bite & pull/twist pieces of leaves off.

Mine use grape vines as roosts!