Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Desertvalleychickens]

Good Morning fluffy butts and all!
Two for Tuesday!

And Storm, the courageous (possible cockerel) chick!

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

And the chicks this morning!

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

And the chicks this morning!

(The fan is in the background)

 

[knoturavggrl]

okay, @RebeccaBoyd & @rural mouse (and anyone else who wants to chime in) Who is who - pullet or roo?

New pictures of my 'BR' (ha), Marans, and buff orps. They are just under 3 weeks old. Not positive, but think they hatched on a Wed. based on when they showed up at the TSC store.

#1 & 2:
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The one with the white fluff on the chin is DEFINITELY showing pink in the wattles! The clean legged one is starting to show a hint of wattles, but the area isn't pink - so they don't really show in the pictures (of course, so hard to keep them still and in proper position for that shot, too

#3 & 4:
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These two kept looking away at the last minute - so I have lots of chest and neck shots, with the heads twisted around and out of sight for these two. Again these are supposedly Marans, I'm thinking BCM - no waddle development at all with either. No copper color, either, but that is too early - they are only half feathered (or less). The second one is slightly more advanced in the feathering department - but only by a day or two.

#5 & 6: # 5 shows absolutely no pink. But 6 (couldn't get it in a photo) is showing tiny, tiny pinkish wattles.
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#7 & 8 ( @Ponypoor look at those cute tiny but very pink wattles on #7 & #8- and not even quite 3 weeks old yet!!!)

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# 9 & 10 : BO, supposedly pullets. Way too soon to tell for sure by looks, but demeanor says 'pullet' on both. Or, at the very least, low ranking roo.View attachment 3580873View attachment 3580874View attachment 3580875

EDIT to add: I'm thinking 3, 4 & 5 (plus the BO) are pullets. But won't officially declare for the Marans for another 1-2 weeks. For the BOs, not until at least 8 weeks old.

Ill take a stab at it for fun
Boys: 1,2,6,7, and 8 the rest look to be pullets to me so far.

 

[Ponypoor]

Richard III by a long way - it is all so deliciously evil!
Hamlet is such an agonizer he drives me nuts, and don't get me started on the teenage angst in Romeo and Juliet!

Ya Romeo and Juliet - silly teens hahaha

I have a couple of chooks here I think are Romeo and Juliet - all that drama!

Ever notice how Chickens are like some Shakespearean drama?

 

[Ponypoor]

And the chicks this morning!

It doesn't take the long to grow up does it They are just adorable!

 

[Ponypoor]

Now I know exactly how incompetent you believe me to be. Yes I know that! The issue is that I am almost always one-handed because I have chicken food or a shovel or something in my other hand and it is impossible to turn the phone sideways, aim for a picture and click the shutter with one hand. Can do all that in portrait mode.

Well now - you didn't say you were running the gauntlet of velociraptors one handed!

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

It doesn't take the long to grow up does it They are just adorable!

I honestly don't know how they grow so fast! It was just last week that they had no feathers at all except for their wings!

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Well now - you didn't say you were running the gauntlet of velociraptors one handed!

 

[BY Bob]

okay, @RebeccaBoyd & @rural mouse (and anyone else who wants to chime in) Who is who - pullet or roo?

New pictures of my 'BR' (ha), Marans, and buff orps. They are just under 3 weeks old. Not positive, but think they hatched on a Wed. based on when they showed up at the TSC store.

#1 & 2:
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The one with the white fluff on the chin is DEFINITELY showing pink in the wattles! The clean legged one is starting to show a hint of wattles, but the area isn't pink - so they don't really show in the pictures (of course, so hard to keep them still and in proper position for that shot, too

#3 & 4:
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These two kept looking away at the last minute - so I have lots of chest and neck shots, with the heads twisted around and out of sight for these two. Again these are supposedly Marans, I'm thinking BCM - no waddle development at all with either. No copper color, either, but that is too early - they are only half feathered (or less). The second one is slightly more advanced in the feathering department - but only by a day or two.

#5 & 6: # 5 shows absolutely no pink. But 6 (couldn't get it in a photo) is showing tiny, tiny pinkish wattles.
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#7 & 8 ( @Ponypoor look at those cute tiny but very pink wattles on #7 & #8- and not even quite 3 weeks old yet!!!)

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# 9 & 10 : BO, supposedly pullets. Way too soon to tell for sure by looks, but demeanor says 'pullet' on both. Or, at the very least, low ranking roo.View attachment 3580873View attachment 3580874View attachment 3580875

EDIT to add: I'm thinking 3, 4 & 5 (plus the BO) are pullets. But won't officially declare for the Marans for another 1-2 weeks. For the BOs, not until at least 8 weeks old.

They are all so cute.