Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Broody - ?

This time last year my Silkies were in the middle of being broody. This year no one seems interested in being broody. Wonder why such changes from year to year.

 

[rural mouse]

Yes I was thinking eggs - I cringe at the thought of hatching Roos, then what to do with them??

Breed the line. Get registered with the livestock conservancy.

 

[rural mouse]

Maybe.... I still have a couple months to get through here, I sent an email to the hatchery to see if they will even have any chicks or eggs in April.

And I still want to get some of those Silver Spangle Hamburg in the Hatchery located here in Alberta

Just a warning. Hamburg chicks are a bit smaller than most standard (not as small as silkies). Cheetah was smaller than all the other chicks. The heat packs may be critical to getting them home safely.

 

[lightm]

Glad you took this step. Hope this helps you focus on your physical and mental wellbeing for awhile.


Made it home. They say surgery went well. Have a metal plate on one bone and screws in both of them. Have a nerve block pump for three days to help control pain. Doctor also sent prescription for pain meds to a different pharmacy where they charged less than $5 without going through insurance. And I have a calf wrap that inflates to go on my other leg for several days to prevent blood clots. It is much smaller than ones I have had in hospital in the past, rechargeable and no tubes.

So happy that you got your surgery and got home safe. Hopefully you can get your pain well under control and cuddle with your chickens soon.

 

[Ponypoor]

Just a warning. Hamburg chicks are a bit smaller than most standard (not as small as silkies). Cheetah was smaller than all the other chicks. The heat packs may be critical to getting them home safely.

I might order a brooder plate also, I think it will plug into my trucks power outlet fine. That way they will be toasty warm... Such an enabler

 

[Ponypoor]

Breed the line. Get registered with the livestock conservancy.

Would love to if I were home and could spend the time doing that

Work gets in the way of so many things.... Just think of all the chickens I could have if I won the lottery hahaha!

 

[ValarieF]

Well the youngsters are finally eating outside with the rest of the flock. They are all getting along. Im waiting for more of my Anconas to lay. Hoping after they all start laying one will go broody. Today is day 18 on the incubator time for the lockdown. Also playing my game alot with friends.

 

[ValarieF]

Would love to if I were home and could spend the time doing that

Work gets in the way of so many things.... Just think of all the chickens I could have if I won the lottery hahaha!

If i win the lottery I will enable all of you! And send money for it.

 

[BY Bob]

Ask Aurora
Todays question comes from either Berthie or Lassie. Don't us who is whom?

One of them writes.......

Dear Aurora,

Berthie, or Lassie here, my human mom gets us mixed up all the time. Let's simplify it and just call me one of the Queens, I like that better personally myself. Look what I laid this morning. I added extra bloom on it and it is pink in your honor. I informed my mom she needed to photograph it, she claims it looks brown still in photo's even though it is pink in person. She cannot do anything right and now it appears us hens need to learn to take the pictures as well.

What is the point of doing the extra work so I stand out from the flock if your human looks at you and says in pictures it is brown?


Dear Berthie or Lassie,

Holy crap! I knew they had cloned a sheep but are those sneaky humans now cloning chickens?! I hope you two are at least from the same hatch. I thought I was seeing double at first. Then I looked at Phyllis and there was still only one of her, thank heaven. I haven’t had this problem with my vision since that time I drank that weird tasting grape juice from my human servants glass when they weren’t looking. (Thanks for the assist in distracting them, Sydney)

Congratulations whoever you are, on laying the most beautiful of all the egg colors, pink. Anyone can lay a brown, white, blue, or green egg, very few of us are talented enough to lay a beautiful pink egg. The sad thing is that our incompetent human servants cannot even take a good photo of our extraordinary achievement. This is likely because they are not qualified photographers.

Did you know that there are humans whose sole purpose if to take photos? Lilly used to talk about them but I did not believe her. Then one day my human servant scooped be up, (I was distracted by a pile of meal worms at the time. I should never have trusted Maleficent to warn me if trouble approached.) and took me on a long car ride, At the end of this ride was one of these human photographers. This was the result.

These human photographers are supposedly specially trained. I do think I look exceptionally good in that photo. Way better than in anything my human has ever taken. My guess is that one of them might be able to capture the special color of our eggs. Therefore, my suggestion for you is to make your human take your egg to a photographer.

Of course they will probably complain that it costs money and that you don’t lay enough eggs to justify the expense. Well the way the price of eggs is skyrocketing, I bet she could exchange a dozen or two for a good quality photo session. Which is just what you have earned and deserve.

You ask, “What is the point of doing the extra work...”. The point is that being exceptional requires extra work. You should want to be exceptional and therefore should recognize your special achievement as its own reward. I am absolutely certain that you can now shut up every other hen when they talk about their egg color. No one can top what you have done and that should be its own reward.

Every exceptional chicken knows what you are feeling. You are not alone in this. Most humans are not smart enough to see the excellence in their midst. That does not mean you should stop striving for excellence.

I am going to challenge you to keep striving to be exceptional. Even if no one else notices, you will know that you are better than all of them. Nothing is more fulfilling than knowing you are truly everyone’s better. That should be enough.

I know. I live it every day.

 

[BY Bob]

Ask Aurora
Todays question comes from either Berthie or Lassie. Don't us who is whom?

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One of them writes.......

Dear Aurora,

Berthie, or Lassie here, my human mom gets us mixed up all the time. Let's simplify it and just call me one of the Queens, I like that better personally myself. Look what I laid this morning. I added extra bloom on it and it is pink in your honor. I informed my mom she needed to photograph it, she claims it looks brown still in photo's even though it is pink in person. She cannot do anything right and now it appears us hens need to learn to take the pictures as well.

What is the point of doing the extra work so I stand out from the flock if your human looks at you and says in pictures it is brown?


Dear Berthie or Lassie,

Holy crap! I knew they had cloned a sheep but are those sneaky humans now cloning chickens?! I hope you two are at least from the same hatch. I thought I was seeing double at first. Then I looked at Phyllis and there was still only one of her, thank heaven. I haven’t had this problem with my vision since that time I drank that weird tasting grape juice from my human servants glass when they weren’t looking. (Thanks for the assist in distracting them, Sydney)

Congratulations whoever you are, on laying the most beautiful of all the egg colors, pink. Anyone can lay a brown, white, blue, or green egg, very few of us are talented enough to lay a beautiful pink egg. The sad thing is that our incompetent human servants cannot even take a good photo of our extraordinary achievement. This is likely because they are not qualified photographers.

Did you know that there are humans whose sole purpose if to take photos? Lilly used to talk about them but I did not believe her. Then one day my human servant scooped be up, (I was distracted by a pile of meal worms at the time. I should never have trusted Maleficent to warn me if trouble approached.) and took me on a long car ride, At the end of this ride was one of these human photographers. This was the result.

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These human photographers are supposedly specially trained. I do think I look exceptionally good in that photo. Way better than in anything my human has ever taken. My guess is that one of them might be able to capture the special color of our eggs. Therefore, my suggestion for you is to make your human take your egg to a photographer.

Of course they will probably complain that it costs money and that you don’t lay enough eggs to justify the expense. Well the way the price of eggs is skyrocketing, I bet she could exchange a dozen or two for a good quality photo session. Which is just what you have earned and deserve.

You ask, “What is the point of doing the extra work...”. The point is that being exceptional requires extra work. You should want to be exceptional and therefore should recognize your special achievement as its own reward. I am absolutely certain that you can now shut up every other hen when they talk about their egg color. No one can top what you have done and that should be its own reward.

Every exceptional chicken knows what you are feeling. You are not alone in this. Most humans are not smart enough to see the excellence in their midst. That does not mean you should stop striving for excellence.

I am going to challenge you to keep striving to be exceptional. Even if no one else notices, you will know that you are better than all of them. Nothing is more fulfilling than knowing you are truly everyone’s better. That should be enough.

I know. I live it every day.

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