Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Okay, let’s set a standard price for “Wonderful delicious farm fresh free range non GMO eggs” $8.00 USD

That would be price fixing and is illegal.

Price tax

 

[bgmathteach]

I did not plan for them. I really did not want this cross because as much as I do love Momma Hen, I would not wish her antics on my worst enemy. That said, now that they are here, they are cute.
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Do you know who the daddy is? You are right, they are adorable! Maybe just a bit of Momma's survival instincts will serve them well - and the 'other half' might be a bit tamer?

 

[rural mouse]

OMG how are you guys seeing all of that? All I could make out was the eyes and a faint outline of the head!!!

Gosh I'm getting old and losing my eyesight!!

Zoom in on the still shot. The moving one is too fast to see more than an eyeblink and a vague shifting. For me, the movement is more compared to what I've seen in daylight (brief) and comparison to movements witness at night out the windows. It's like watching a shadow move and recognizing the person you cannot see by the way the shadow you can see moves. The pic same thing. There's a lighter outline or shadow and sorta filling in the rest like a half finished puzzle in your head.

 

[RoyalChick]

OMG how are you guys seeing all of that? All I could make out was the eyes and a faint outline of the head!!!

Gosh I'm getting old and losing my eyesight!!

It is really hard to see. I went frame by frame!

 

[RoyalChick]

I know I've said this before, but I just love watching the 'calculating' going on before 'lift-off'

I do too!

 

[bgmathteach]

Zoom in on the still shot. The moving one is too fast to see more than an eyeblink and a vague shifting. For me, the movement is more compared to what I've seen in daylight (brief) and comparison to movements witness at night out the windows. It's like watching a shadow move and recognizing the person you cannot see by the way the shadow you can see moves. The pic same thing. There's a lighter outline or shadow and sorta filling in the rest like a half finished puzzle in your head.

Ahhh, I was only watching the video. I wish I could make it go in slo motion, as I had to replay it multiple times to pick up the eyes/movement in the first place, then a few moree times once I knew where to focus!

 

[ValarieF]

In the past, when we brought Light or Inky inside the house due to their injury, my husband would sleep on a bean bag right next to their cage if he thinks that they are lonely and needs company. More so with Light because he LOVES that chicken.

I used to lay down with my chicks in the office and take a nap.

 

[bgmathteach]

Yeah - you have to look really carefully
Here is a still from the video. I drew a red ring around the critter in question.

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Okay, so I know my pictures aren't the best as the bobcat was walking away by the time I got out with the camera, but this is what I have for bobcat pics.

That said, looking at @RoyalChick 's still, and rewatching the video some more...I still think the legs are too 'narrow'/not 'rugged enough' looking for a bobcat. That said, I can't make out a tail, and both red & grey foxes have 'bushy' tails.

Grey fox:

Note: smaller snout - half way between a red fox and a cat. Body type is also a bit mixed. Taller than a red fox, but also heavier set than one. That said, the only grey fox I have seen was one that someone had shot, and I found it dead on the back/sheltered side of my 'way-back' compost pile (what looked to be a gun shot wound in front leg - and it looked infected.). It had gotten wet, so wasn't 'fluffy', and the head shape was very different - not as pointed of a snout, much broader, flatter face - half way between a cat & a red fox. Grey foxes can climb & have retractable claws. Though taller than a red fox (yes, I said it again) it had a 'sturdier' frame look to it. That said, never saw a soaking wet red fox laying still to compare it to the body I saw.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Do you know who the daddy is? You are right, they are adorable! Maybe just a bit of Momma's survival instincts will serve them well - and the 'other half' might be a bit tamer?

I'm fairly certain Bubba is the daddy. They show zero silkie traits that the Branch babies have had at hatching. This will not be my first time with this cross, when she snuck off and came back with 10 chicks Drumstick was the daddy. The boys ended up looking like him but with a slender build. The hens in that group were slender as well and marked like Goose. All 4 of the new chicks do have feathered feet this time around.

 

[RoyalChick]

Okay, so I know my pictures aren't the best as the bobcat was walking away by the time I got out with the camera, but this is what I have for bobcat pics.

That said, looking at @RoyalChick 's still, and rewatching the video some more...I still think the legs are too 'narrow'/not 'rugged enough' looking for a bobcat. That said, I can't make out a tail, and both red & grey foxes have 'bushy' tails.
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Grey fox:
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Note: smaller snout - half way between a red fox and a cat. Body type is also a bit mixed. Taller than a red fox, but also heavier set than one. That said, the only grey fox I have seen was one that someone had shot, and I found it dead on the back/sheltered side of my 'way-back' compost pile (what looked to be a gun shot wound in front leg - and it looked infected.). It had gotten wet, so wasn't 'fluffy', and the head shape was very different - not as pointed of a snout, much broader, flatter face - half way between a cat & a fox. Grey foxes can climb & have retractable claws. Though taller than a fax (yes, I said it again) it had a 'sturdier' frame look to it. That said, never saw a soaking wet red fox laying still to compare it to the body I saw.

Hmmm. I wonder if it will be back.
I agree the legs looked more grey fox or coyote. But the ears looked too rounded at the top.
I tried to figure out the tail but the video was just not clear enough.