Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

Bullet hole? That's crazy - did you hear any shots fired?

My uncles truck got shot up - they are in Toronto - lots of gang troubles down there, drugs, illegal guns... And they dump the bodies up here it seems! A few every year get dropped in ditches.

Crazy Talk Tax

Mr Penne - I posted a Kijiji Ad for him, we shall see if I can re-home him.

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He's quite the handsome lad!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Bullet hole? That's crazy - did you hear any shots fired?

My uncles truck got shot up - they are in Toronto - lots of gang troubles down there, drugs, illegal guns... And they dump the bodies up here it seems! A few every year get dropped in ditches.

Crazy Talk Tax

Mr Penne - I posted a Kijiji Ad for him, we shall see if I can re-home him.

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Wow is he ever handsome. Which silkie girl was his mother? He is definitely a polkie. That black skin and double toes tell of his silkie heritage.

edited to add.
You see that right there is what I would have thought a Marty and Mr. P son would look like.

 

[Ponypoor]

Has her comb picked up or grown yet?

She seems to have black skin, and her comb is one of those small things - I was hoping for wattles and a comb coming from Sophia - seems I got black skin and hardly any wattles or comb on her.

 

[Lilion]

Re: Broodies - I don't try to break my broodies - I just let them be; twice a day or so, I haul them off hte nest to eat, drink and poop. The only reason I gave Sophia babies was because she was refusing food and water and her comb was limp and flopped over, she looked miserable.

Once I gave her babies she was back to eating and her comb, while not red yet is perked upright. And is definitely happy and contented. She sure is a good mama I might let her raise chicks again next year if she goes broody again, just because she has been the least troublemaker our of all the broodies, and hasn't tried to eat me, and has learnt to not fight the others.

Re: Friendly chicks - Once they get out and about and know what treats are, don't worry they will become extremely friendly hahaha. Too friendly - right you little monsters - they are in my office again looking at me, I am waiting for the day they can fly up onto my desk - won't be long now! Yee gads they are cute

Re: Roosters - they do require specific facilities if you want to keep mums and babies and other birds separated. I have issues with Marty being over bred - I can't put an apron on her it's too hot, I am hoping she goes broody and sits in her nest box for a few weeks, regrows her feathers.

You might have 3 more pullets there to keep him happier - and if you're getting a bigger coop and run, then you can go get a few more hens. And now that you have seen other breeds you can choose what you want. Legbar, Polish, Bielefelder, Barred Rock, so many to choose from!

The weeks on the nest has done wonders for Eenie. She has virtually all of her feathers back.

Once we have the new coop, we could, technically have two coops, not close to one another, one where we can put the roos. But I'm just praying for 3 pullets.

It raises a question though, when you quarantine a bird, new or sick, how far from the others should you keep them?

Really, I ran into a lady at a swap meet a couple weeks ago with Jubilee Orrington chicks. I love those speckled chickens. Maybe next spring, when we have a new coop with better brooder facilities.

 

[Ponypoor]

Wow is he ever handsome. Which silkie girl was his mother? He is definitely a polkie. That black skin and double toes tell of his silkie heritage.

edited to add.
You see that right there is what I would have thought a Marty and Mr. P son would look like.

I seem to be all confused with this chick - all the time - he is a Penelope boy (I get him mixed up with Rico who is a Sophia boy), I would say Penelope is an Ameraucana. She lays light blue eggs, has dark skin, and 5 toes And she also has a topknot, and beard and muffs.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I seem to be all confused with this chick - all the time - he is a Penelope boy (I get him mixed up with Rico who is a Sophia boy), I would say Penelope is an Ameraucana. She lays light blue eggs, has dark skin, and 5 toes And she also has a topknot, and beard and muffs.

I will let others weigh in on this. Based off your description of Penelope with her dark skin, extra toes, beard, muff and topknot, she is a silkie cross. Probably a Ameraucana x silkie cross. Those details besides the blue eggs are all silkie traits.

 

[RoyalChick]

Bullet hole? That's crazy - did you hear any shots fired?

My uncles truck got shot up - they are in Toronto - lots of gang troubles down there, drugs, illegal guns... And they dump the bodies up here it seems! A few every year get dropped in ditches.

Crazy Talk Tax

Mr Penne - I posted a Kijiji Ad for him, we shall see if I can re-home him.

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@RoyalChick

He is black as can be, glistens and he is a real pet - I can get him to you if you like. Real easy I can put him in a sock under the truck seat to keep him safe and calm, till I get across the border then haul him back out and put him in a crate.

He is gorgeous

 

[featherhead007]

Just took a look over there and looks like a Mourning Dove - not your brightest birds in my opinion... but it is what it is.

I knew that woman. Never eat any breakfast that she cooked!

 

[featherhead007]

Don't you clean them out? But I guess we get more leaves and rain here. The leaves clog up the troughs and down-spouts. I clear the debris a few times a year.

Kelly, what you need to do, is get your mind out of the gutter!

 

[rural mouse]

Kelly, what you need to do, is get your mind out of the gutter!

That's a TERRIBLE joke!

Shan hunting up breakfast scratch. They're getting bolder.