Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Everyone! Something incredible is happening! My coturnix quail Sweetpea is broody with about 20 eggs! She also has the biggest brood patch I've ever seen and coturnix quail normally never get brood patches.
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That’s great - good luck!

 

[Ponypoor]

Happy Monday everyone. These mugs are curtesy of Raven's chicks who are 8 weeks old now. It is high time I start teaching them to sleep in the coop instead of the porch since it appears Raven will not. I am dragging my feet about it because it will end our nightly routine that I simply treasure. Raven brings the chicks to bed at the edge of dark. Me and Grandma both will go outside to sit on the porch for a bit and every single one of them will hop on both of our laps. Some will settle right down and try to sleep on our shoulders. The 2 rocks gravitate toward grandma and my Owly snuggles right in on me. We are rewarded with contented chick peeps from the babies who think they can sleep on us. If I come out later on to just sit and drink a cup of coffee later Owly will always fly to me and sit. Sometimes the rocks Trudy and Judy will follow. If a bad day has been had those few moments with them wash all the stress away. I do have to clean the porch and top of the nest box daily which is getting old.
Anyway enough rambling onto the mugs.
Judy and spot. I am watching the 2 speckled sussex chicks. I do not trust their combs nor do I like the fact the neither chick has anything as far as tail feathers go. If I bought males, it is those 2.
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Owly beside the black pullet Raven hatched out. I have not named her yet as I was not planning on keeping the 3 she hatched out. Still not, and as long as she is not named I will be able to place her.....maybe.
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Black pullet and Trudy sleeping.
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Trudy and one of the 2 for sure boys. He is a looker but like I have stated 2 roos only.
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Owly is loosing her chick fuzz on her head and is having permanent bad hair days at the moment. I love it.
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The whole group. Raven has 2 under her, the other sussex and 2nd male chick.
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She was not impressed I wanted pictures, she wanted on me.
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Awww they are very lovely even the boys

 

[notabitail]

Congratulations on 16000 pages to @BY Bob and all the others who have helped it get so big (just like In Albis and her never ending eating).

 

[featherhead007]

Dakota is being bullied by all the other chooks today. they are pecking at her, not allowing her to eat treats with them. Won’t let her under the porch where it’s much cooler than outside. I brought her in for some cool down time, and her own treats.

 

[featherhead007]

Thank you!
I however am now short a hundred and fifty dollars or so.
I think $80 may go missing next. They will notice the spike in looking at another computer (RockPro64) and buy it for me.
Oh, and they took cash. Abigail did. She's kinda sketchy sometimes. And she broke a remote once.

I see a trend happening here. Crime spree seems to be a benefit to you!

 

[notabitail]

Dakota is being bullied by all the other chooks today. they are pecking at her, not allowing her to eat treats with them. Won’t let her under the porch where it’s much cooler than outside. I brought her in for some cool down time, and her own treats.

Give her some tuna. It's cold sometimes.
Why do I feel like eating some tuna as well?

 

[notabitail]

I see a trend happening here. Crime spree seems to be a benefit to you!

It may have something to do with the terms and conditions on my BeakBook account (which I was able to obtain via Abigail who me agree to some silly terms and conditions-the page was mostly white but I now wonder if that was hiding white text as well).

 

[Ponypoor]

What, because they were being asses, sorry, butts?

Swearing again! Try ‘donkeys’ next time

 

[featherhead007]

It may have something to do with the terms and conditions on my BeakBook account (which I was able to obtain via Abigail who me agree to some silly terms and conditions-the page was mostly white but I now wonder if that was hiding white text as well).

Sneaky

 

[Ponypoor]

I did last Friday.

Hence the ‘Butt Orpington’