Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[knoturavggrl]

Finally, we have Pippa. Pip is the pony that I used to ride up until my last show on her in November. I won 2nd place with her in that show! She is a Shetland pony. View attachment 3402941

Beautiful ponies and horses!

 

[Kris5902]

I am really liking the Bielefelder (and not only because they are auto-sexing), they are a dual purpose bird and in the future if I decide to get a Roo then I will get my BIL to send the cockerels for freezer camp.

They are on my potential wish list for genetics to add here too. I love that so many of the western Rustics seem to be very similar… at least a few generations later like little Mr Scarface, and Chunk

 

[RoyalChick]

Well, well. The Chicken Palace is a happening place!

Spoiler: Eli

Eli has been in and out of the nest boxes all week but mainly as Babs’s bodyguard. I guess she decided to try it out for herself. She created a deep bowl in the bedding and laid this little number. It has white spots and is 46.6g = 1.6oz.
Congratulations Eli!
She seems quite surprised by what she produced.
Babs also laid today.
Bernie can’t see what all the fuss is about and thinks it is all a waste of time.
I have forgotten how I collect eggs and where I store them - I think I have a basket somewhere!

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Beautiful ponies and horses!

Thank you!!

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

They are on my potential wish list for genetics to add here too. I love that so many of the western Rustics seem to be very similar… at least a few generations later like little Mr Scarface, and Chunk

I have heard very good thing about Bielefelder's. They are good dual purpose birds, and a very calm and gentle. Even broodies and roos. Now, that's just with research, as I sadly do not have any currently.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Well, well. The Chicken Palace is a happening place!

Spoiler: Eli

Eli has been in and out of the nest boxes all week but mainly as Babs’s bodyguard. I guess she decided to try it out for herself. She created a deep bowl in the bedding and laid this little number. It has white spots and is 46.6g = 1.6oz.
Congratulations Eli!
She seems quite surprised by what she produced.
Babs also laid today.
Bernie can’t see what all the fuss is about and thinks it is all a waste of time.
I have forgotten how I collect eggs and where I store them - I think I have a basket somewhere!

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Congratulations, loving the reverse speckles!

 

[Kris5902]

How do I get these saddles on my chooks lol

With difficulty. Prepare to get wings in your face… they generally aren’t fans of being dressed!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Oh dear. This little fella was right next to the house this morning. It looks like a bad case of mange.
The two older and much bigger foxes look like they are much healthier.
Does anyone know if the mites that cause mange in foxes are an issue for chickens? Cats?
I will research and call a friend of mine who is a retired vet but I thought someone here might just know!
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No I don't know but I don't think so. When my vet was trying to determine if a poor (abandoned ) cat we brought in had mange, he was scraping her skin and hair (not comfortable at all) to get a sample to check with a microscope. Bonesy was skinny, starving to death and was losing hair because of starvation, not mange. She had been declawed and could hunt and attack mice (DH saw her pounce on one in our front yard) but couldn't hang on to them to kill and eat. We took her in and nursed her back to sort-of health, the starvation had injured her heart. She regrew her fur and lived a few very happy years with us, until her heart failed.
Google says the mites live inside the hair follicles. Doesn't sound like chicken-type mites.

I've not been totally convinced that it was a raccoon that wrecked your fence, something about where the big hole was (at the top, not the bottom), the type of damage and the color of the fur caught in it made me think fox or coyote. Coyotes will climb fences, maybe fox will too.

 

[Ponypoor]

Well, well. The Chicken Palace is a happening place!

Spoiler: Eli

Eli has been in and out of the nest boxes all week but mainly as Babs’s bodyguard. I guess she decided to try it out for herself. She created a deep bowl in the bedding and laid this little number. It has white spots and is 46.6g = 1.6oz.
Congratulations Eli!
She seems quite surprised by what she produced.
Babs also laid today.
Bernie can’t see what all the fuss is about and thinks it is all a waste of time.
I have forgotten how I collect eggs and where I store them - I think I have a basket somewhere!

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Wow congratulations Eli! Your growing up!

That’s wonderful

 

[ValarieF]

Congratulations, loving the reverse speckles!

I noticed yesterday my green eggs have speckles.