Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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It was a decent day today weather wise so out they came and out my camera came as well
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Peanut Butter is getting a silvery sheen
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Sugar giving her best windblown look
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Oreos back feathers, just a nifty pic
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Oh my god!!! The last picture!!! You should print it on Canvas and hang it at home. Stunning feather and stunning photography. Is it OK if I download it and maybe one day have it drawn in color?

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Awww - what a good mama! I was going to ask about their age - their feathers looked like they were about 4 or 5 days old - oh there is hope for mine yet! It's better they imprint on her for sure!

You know it's going to be super cute when they are about a month old and bigger than her - right? hahahaha! And they all try to climb under her

I had that with Henny Penny and her chicks all trying to climb under her when they were a few weeks old and twice her size!

I'm guessing 4 days old. Rural King got this shipment in on Thursday. Mom called them around noon yesterday to see if they had leghorns. At that time they had 20 left so she made a bee-line to the store. When she got there they were down to 10. I'm just thankful she did not bring home all 10.

 

[Ponypoor]

I was hoping for Coco to be broody, I even got her indoor box ready. But she was not interested in hatching her eggs .

Give it time - it's still early in the year

 

[Ponypoor]

Oh my god!!! The last picture!!! You should print it on Canvas and hang it at home. Stunning feather and stunning photography. Is it OK if I download it and maybe one day have it drawn in color?

It's really lovely isn't it

 

[featherhead007]

Give it time - it's still early in the year

Anxiety climbing. Pressure increasing.
Company coming over to check on me.

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm guessing 4 days old. Rural King got this shipment in on Thursday. Mom called them around noon yesterday to see if they had leghorns. At that time they had 20 left so she made a bee-line to the store. When she got there they were down to 10. I'm just thankful she did not bring home all 10.

Ya that would have been me

They don't sell chicks here in the feed mills (good thing too!), you have to order them in special, and then they get delivered to the feed mill - you go pick them up.

I am still super interested in getting some chicks from that one hatchery that has all the specialty chickens - all assuming I can contact them and grab some last minute. I wont dare hatch out eggs - it's too much heart ache for me with getting Roos. My luck I would get all Roos.



But I would sooooooo love to hatch out some MartyxP babies - sucks to have to worry about the poor wee things

Henny Penny and her month old chickies (16 Nov 2021):

Born 14 Oct 2021, by a month old it was getting hard to fit under Henny Penny!

 

[Ponypoor]

Anxiety climbing. Pressure increasing.
Company coming over to check on me.

Why? It's ok - deep breaths, offer them some tea, and idle chit-chat you will be fine! I say so!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Ya that would have been me

They don't sell chicks here in the feed mills (good thing too!), you have to order them in special, and then they get delivered to the feed mill - you go pick them up.

I am still super interested in getting some chicks from that one hatchery that has all the specialty chickens - all assuming I can contact them and grab some last minute. I wont dare hatch out eggs - it's too much heart ache for me with getting Roos. My luck I would get all Roos.



But I would sooooooo love to hatch out some MartyxP babies - sucks to have to worry about the poor wee things

Henny Penny and her month old chickies (16 Nov 2021):

Born 14 Oct 2021, by a month old it was getting hard to fit under Henny Penny!
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So adorable. I've got my fingers crossed that for at least 2 to 3 weeks they will be able to fit under her. Once they get some feathers with the protection of the coop and the tote they should be ok if some parts of them stick out from under her.

 

[Sally PB]

Oreos back feathers, just a nifty pic

Way cool! That would make a great jigsaw puzzle too!

 

[Ponypoor]

So adorable. I've got my fingers crossed that for at least 2 to 3 weeks they will be able to fit under her. Once they get some feathers with the protection of the coop and the tote they should be ok if some parts of them stick out from under her.

It's milder where you are so by then you should be into better weather - when my kiddos were a month old it was coming into miserable weather! Having said that, they seemed to thrive well enough! And Henny Penny herself prefers the cooler weather. She really suffers in the heat.