Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Sorry, I couldn't resist that one!

 

[featherhead007]

And BOB, What's up with my BLU? He's been whispering in his sleep... Phyllis, Phyllis Awe, Phyllis.

 

[RoyalChick]

Snack and Nap

The little chickies eating with mom and then settling down to rest.

Wow! What a great video. First of all, you do see that they have doubled in size since yesterday. Amazing. Second they are quite cheeky - pecking at Sydney and trying to jump up on her. But most wonderful is Sydney herself - so alert and how she stretches up vertically at the end presumably inspecting for danger outside. She looks infinitely elastic - like stretching chewing gum!

 

[Shadrach]

To my cousins over at Fluffy Butt
I know you are all cute and all that .. .. .. .. that's if you like that cotton ball kind of cuteness which I am personally a bit unclear about as my little sister Minnie has some of that still going on and she is a real pain in the fluffy butt .... ... but just be clear, you got nuffing on me, Dotty, now that I have got fevvers .. .. .. .. here, let me show you .. ..

The transformation in both looks and behaviour is quite noticeable once they have feathered.
Why run when you can fly!

 

[BY Bob]

Wow! What a great video. First of all, you do see that they have doubled in size since yesterday. Amazing. Second they are quite cheeky - pecking at Sydney and trying to jump up on her. But most wonderful is Sydney herself - so alert and how she stretches up vertically at the end presumably inspecting for danger outside. She looks infinitely elastic - like stretching chewing gum!

Sydney has a huge neck. More so than any other chicken I have had. I just love when she stretches it out!

 

[RoyalChick]

Apologies to the Fluffy Butt cousins
Hi, Minnie here. I just want to apologize for my 'sister' Dotty. Her saying you weren't cute because you were like cotton balls is just uncalled for. She is a bit like that, quite rude, and whatever she has is 'the thing' and she can't take fellow chicks the way they come. Right now it is 'fevvers'. Always 'fevvers' with her. As you can see I am losing the fluff around my pantaloons and am completely bald under my wings so enough with all this talk of 'fevvers'!

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Well she can be quite a bully. Between you and me, and not to spread around, but wot with the size of her and how bossy she is, I do wonder if she is in fact, you know, shhhh don't tell, but maybe she is a roo! See here how she is lording it over me and showing off her fevvers?

Well I showed her. Look who gets to fly first and highest. Of course later she will give me grief for showing her up, but it is totally worth it!

Good luck with all that cuteness and those big Aunts. We have big Aunts too - they are very noisy. They call themselves Princesses, but you would think they would make refined peep peep peep talk like we do and not all that Bawk-Bawk-ing they do every day.

 

[Shadrach]

Auntie Aurora

The following video is not just fun because there are chickies in it. Aunt Aurora has finished laying her egg and walks out and past the chickies and Sydney.

The video also captures Aurora's strange nest building while walking behaviour. Watch as she exits the nest and picks up straw and puts it on her back. It’s odd. I watched her do this in the yard one day after laying but instead of straw she was picking up sticks and putting them on her back.

Has anyone ever seen one of their hens do this before?

It's not something I've seen hens do here.

 

[RoyalChick]

It's not something I've seen hens do here.

Interesting - I assumed it was normal. I assumed it was misguided nest building sort of activity, but the funny thing is it looks like she is patting herself on the back for a job well done! I will try and get video of it.

 

[Ribh]

Snack and Nap

The little chickies eating with mom and then settling down to rest.

Sydney is a most gorgeous mother. She has done excellently well!!!

 

[LozzyR]

Snack and Nap

The little chickies eating with mom and then settling down to rest.

Aww, that’s so adorable! Interesting how two bubbies didn’t nap under Sydney.