Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

I spotted a cave
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There may be something in the cave
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It’s a chicken cave!
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They are so clever I love it

 

[Marie2020]

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Pure laziness on my part for not remembering to buy magnets to seal the mesh

I go to town once a week and if I dont get it then so sad too bad!

But I am going to have to put my foot down soon.

But today my foot is driving me nuts so maybe when it’s better…

The yellow jacket sting to my ankle from last week. A delayed histamine reaction.
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It burns and itchs - this morning it was just red in a small 1” location now it’s spreading and swollen. Crazy that something so small can cause so much irritation!

I went and got some Claritin and now I have the jitters and feel crappy from that.

Would vinegar of baking soda help.
I've had so many bites this year

 

[Marie2020]

Dear Aurora,

Little Owly here.

I have a question about my hooman. Since I was adopted by my momma Raven I have worked very hard to become a favorite chicken. I heeded the words of wisdom from Butter to always sit in a available lap. I watched as Branch and Bubba strutted around and posed for the black box she calls a camera and followed suit. I may not be a rooster but I can strut and pose with the best of them now. Goose, Chiquita and Branch claimed she loves beards so I am eating everything spicy and growing a beard to rival their own. I want my human to be happy so everything my elders say makes her happy I try to do. Why then is my hooman sad? What is sad by the way, I do not know? My elders are the ones claiming she is sad. I know happy, I have always been happy, this sadness is new to me. I continue to jump on her lap or shoulder every chance I get. Instead of the smiles that once followed this now come hugs and her eyes start raining. Branch says I have to let her give me the tight hugs and never mind the rain it will pass. Will it? I strut and I pose but the black box never appears anymore why? Am I doing it wrong? Are pullets and ladies not supposed to strut, is it only a rooster thing? Momma Hen says give it time and one day it will appear again and I need to keep practicing. I am not sure I should listen to her, my Hooman has began to glare at her and telling her not to think about it. Of course, I do not know what she is thinking about, she is Momma Hen and everyone calls her crazy. Is my beard making her sad? I am young and loosing my baby fuzz and just starting to grow a beard. Did I get everything wrong and should I have instead grown feathers on my feet? The majority of my elders agree that beards mean nothing it is the feet and legs extra feathers must grow. I am so confused and just want things back to the way they were. We do not have a Queen now so that is why I am turning to you. I hear whispers of the Great Queen of all flocks Aurora who knows everything. The Marshmallows claim they once sought out your help and you kindly replied and solved their problem as teens. Will things go back to as before? Will my Hooman be happy again? I do not know of this sadness but I do not like it. Do other flocks experience sadness as well? If so how did you help to bring back the happiness? Can we tiny baby chickens bring back happiness or is it something only my elders can do?

Yours truly
A very lost and confused Owly
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Owly

 

[Marie2020]

Hello everyone-
I have some catching up to do. On Monday I had my first appointment and I decided to participate in a trial they have. It may reduce the probability that I will have a recurrence and it is a low risk trial. I will get a series of shots of the flu vaccine which should act like biologics do and prompt my own immune system to fight the cancer. Crazy cool medical advances! Then I will have surgery on the 31st of this month.

Wishing you success on this healing

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These beautiful creatures could give anyone a health boost

 

[lightm]

Great job with Light! The triangle picture next to last is pretty cool too!

Thank you. I love that picture too.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Dear Aurora,

Little Owly here.

I have a question about my hooman. Since I was adopted by my momma Raven I have worked very hard to become a favorite chicken. I heeded the words of wisdom from Butter to always sit in a available lap. I watched as Branch and Bubba strutted around and posed for the black box she calls a camera and followed suit. I may not be a rooster but I can strut and pose with the best of them now. Goose, Chiquita and Branch claimed she loves beards so I am eating everything spicy and growing a beard to rival their own. I want my human to be happy so everything my elders say makes her happy I try to do. Why then is my hooman sad? What is sad by the way, I do not know? My elders are the ones claiming she is sad. I know happy, I have always been happy, this sadness is new to me. I continue to jump on her lap or shoulder every chance I get. Instead of the smiles that once followed this now come hugs and her eyes start raining. Branch says I have to let her give me the tight hugs and never mind the rain it will pass. Will it? I strut and I pose but the black box never appears anymore why? Am I doing it wrong? Are pullets and ladies not supposed to strut, is it only a rooster thing? Momma Hen says give it time and one day it will appear again and I need to keep practicing. I am not sure I should listen to her, my Hooman has began to glare at her and telling her not to think about it. Of course, I do not know what she is thinking about, she is Momma Hen and everyone calls her crazy. Is my beard making her sad? I am young and loosing my baby fuzz and just starting to grow a beard. Did I get everything wrong and should I have instead grown feathers on my feet? The majority of my elders agree that beards mean nothing it is the feet and legs extra feathers must grow. I am so confused and just want things back to the way they were. We do not have a Queen now so that is why I am turning to you. I hear whispers of the Great Queen of all flocks Aurora who knows everything. The Marshmallows claim they once sought out your help and you kindly replied and solved their problem as teens. Will things go back to as before? Will my Hooman be happy again? I do not know of this sadness but I do not like it. Do other flocks experience sadness as well? If so how did you help to bring back the happiness? Can we tiny baby chickens bring back happiness or is it something only my elders can do?

Yours truly
A very lost and confused Owly
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[Sally PB]

This one made my eyes rain.

Mine too.

 

[lightm]

Everyone! Look at the featured content on the homepage! My mealworm article is on there!

Congratulations!!! To celebrate that, here is a picture of Light, taken February 2022, sitting by my mealworm bin. She was inside house for more than a month recovering from injury from rooster mating, similar to Manue's Piou-piou.

Shortly before this picture was taken, I had a different bin and she surely got into it and enjoyed herself....

 

[rural mouse]

Why do Canadians say "zed" instead of "z"?

Not just Canadians. Australia, Britain,.....

 

[RoyalChick]

Not just Canadians. Australia, Britain,.....

So really the question is why do Americans say zee?

Language tax - Sylvie posing