Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

It Had to Happen

I am surprised I was able to hold off as long as I could. Yes, @Shadrach I know they should not eat junk. I could not help myself nor wait any longer. I promise to not do it again, for maybe a week?

 

[LozzyR]

It's a very rough figure. I don't really know how many are in Shad's tribes, your flock (is it 12?), micstrachans flock, whodats flock, feathers or CCCLs flock. Ali and I have 4. RC has 5. Bob has 8. The other Bob, I guessed 10-15 (likely very low estimate). The total is probably higher than my first rough count.

Plus my five.

 

[BY Bob]

I Just Took These

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

That first pasta was so cute. I love how they fight each other over the same piece. Don't feel to bad, mine were maybe 4 days old when they first got dried cranberries or raisons. They got their first taste of mac n cheese a day or two later. Now they mob me when i step outside expecting some kind of treat, which i'm all to happy to oblige.

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

It's a very rough figure. I don't really know how many are in Shad's tribes, your flock (is it 12?), micstrachans flock, whodats flock, feathers or CCCLs flock. Ali and I have 4. RC has 5. Bob has 8. The other Bob, I guessed 10-15 (likely very low estimate). The total is probably higher than my first rough count.

I'm at 23 at the moment. But I currently have 3 hens sitting on 3 dozen or so of eggs...I may be insane...

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

I was born after the hippie era, but I too am an old hippie!!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

It Had to Happen

I am surprised I was able to hold off as long as I could. Yes, @Shadrach I know they should not eat junk. I could not help myself nor wait any longer. I promise to not do it again, for maybe a week?

AWE!!! So cute! Lucky is a girl after my own heart! She just charged right in there and grab that noodle and away she went!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

I Just Took These

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There's an awful lot of white on those baby wings. Perhaps Ned is indeed Ned...by the end of this week we should know for sure.

Lucky will be a little longer.

 

[featherhead007]

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Teaching the baby Princesses
I am trying something new. When I put my arm in their brooder home they panic and that was freaking me out because I don't want to traumatize them. But they seem generally rather robust so I have become braver.
I noticed that if I ignore all the panic and actually manage to grab one, she calms down in my hands and stops shrieking. Then she perks up and looks around interested in the big wide world. I am counting this as a huge victory.
Now I have started using it to teach them about the big long stairway they have to navigate to get home (an essential lesson I think for them to be allowed to wander unsupervised around the Palace). So we now have a routine which is at least twice a day, ideally more often, I grab a baby Princess and take her for a short walk holding her in my hands to show her the sights (of course while cooing gently at her) and then I place her on the top of the ladder facing home.
They are definitely getting the hang of it. Minnie even paused on the doorstep to investigate something before walking casually back inside. When I am confident they have figured it out I will start them a rung lower. Admittedly they are still only going in from the top rung but it is a start!
Wish me luck people.

Just don't bring them in the "big coop" (your house) or they will stay in! "Right Jaffar?"

 

[featherhead007]

I like it. Baby steps work well. They are pretty smart. I think you will have them trained in no time. They will get used to your voice and calm down the more you interact with them and nothing bad happens.

Unless you have a rooster named BLU. he's the (Exception to the rule)