Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock
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They are so adorable, that I just have baby fever now.
I called the Spring Valley Hatchery here in AB, and we had a lovely chat, she isn't offering any of the Silver Spangle Hamburgs, but knows a lady who does have them, but she has the Neidemier or however you spell it ones. If they are auto-sexing I wouldn't mind a couple of them.
She has Whiting True Blues, but they aren't auto-sexing so I am leary of getting Roos, I told her I would like Legbars and I think she has some of those they are auto-sexing. Anyways I am going to send her an email with what I am looking for.
This lady wasn't very impressed with my idea of driving home with them... I feel it would be fine, they are so small that a small crate with a brooder plate would be fine for them. It's not like I am getting 40 of them! I think shipping they by mail is worse that my bringing them home with my full attention on them...
I haven't heard back from the place in Manitoba yet...
Boy oh boy - the enabling going on here - tsk tsk tsk....
So in other words beautiful chickies, you need to get out and about, and you need to find out weird and wonderful things that Aurora can research and get her Royal little claws into!
As mere Human I suggest checking out the Human Royals for some ideas - if there is any group of Humans that strive to be like Royal Chickens it is Human Royals....
I look forward to everyones creativity! And if anyone requires a private read through I am willing to assist with the help of Old Penelope of course!
Kids and pups - good times
Dear Aurora,
I am exhausted. My name is Eli and I am only a very small chicken and know I will never be top chicken (though I am working on a magnificent beard).
I am OK with that, but I need your help on how I can get a decent night's sleep. I know you have a very demanding job keeping all the other chickens in their place and I am sure you must have mastered the art of managing your own wellbeing, and I can see from your photos that you look very youthful and energetic (particularly when there are blueberries available) and therefore I believe you must be getting enough sleep.
Here is my problem. I live with two other chickens. One I have known from hatch (Babs) and one who I think follows your advice closely (Bernadette). And come bed time those two get all riled up and there is so much noise and flying back and forth that I cannot get any rest.
It takes for forever for them to settle down and we always end up in the same places anyway with me and Babs up in the rafters, and Bernie over by the heater (which looks like a very nice place by the way), so why all the fuss?
Why can't Bernie and Babs just accept that is where we will all end up and go straight there? Why does Bernie need to fly where Babs is so that Babs flies where I am and I have to fly somewhere else? And why do they have to do that over, and over, and over again? And, why do they have to make such a racket while they do it? Honestly the lungs on Babs and Bernadette is quite astonishing to me (I tend to squeak just a little).
To give you a sense of how much of a problem this is, twice now I have been forced to bed down in random places because the running around has gone on for so long that it got too dark for me to see to get up to the rafters.
I would really appreciate your advice on how to get more shut-eye. As the days get longer my issue will only get worse and I really, really need my beauty sleep - I can feel the bags around my eyes getting bigger with each passing day!
Yours,
Eli (severely sleep deprived)
I am exhausted. My name is Eli and I am only a very small chicken and know I will never be top chicken (though I am working on a magnificent beard).
I am OK with that, but I need your help on how I can get a decent night's sleep. I know you have a very demanding job keeping all the other chickens in their place and I am sure you must have mastered the art of managing your own wellbeing, and I can see from your photos that you look very youthful and energetic (particularly when there are blueberries available) and therefore I believe you must be getting enough sleep.
Here is my problem. I live with two other chickens. One I have known from hatch (Babs) and one who I think follows your advice closely (Bernadette). And come bed time those two get all riled up and there is so much noise and flying back and forth that I cannot get any rest.
It takes for forever for them to settle down and we always end up in the same places anyway with me and Babs up in the rafters, and Bernie over by the heater (which looks like a very nice place by the way), so why all the fuss?
Why can't Bernie and Babs just accept that is where we will all end up and go straight there? Why does Bernie need to fly where Babs is so that Babs flies where I am and I have to fly somewhere else? And why do they have to do that over, and over, and over again? And, why do they have to make such a racket while they do it? Honestly the lungs on Babs and Bernadette is quite astonishing to me (I tend to squeak just a little).
To give you a sense of how much of a problem this is, twice now I have been forced to bed down in random places because the running around has gone on for so long that it got too dark for me to see to get up to the rafters.
I would really appreciate your advice on how to get more shut-eye. As the days get longer my issue will only get worse and I really, really need my beauty sleep - I can feel the bags around my eyes getting bigger with each passing day!
Yours,
Eli (severely sleep deprived)
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I hope it was a great one!
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Absolutely. Dreaming of a good night's sleep away from those other 2.
Cute photos. But is the standing white chicken OK? Her body language concerns me.
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