Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Happy Tuesday everyone.
Here is a relaxing 2fer. Tassels and Piglet.

 

[rural mouse]

And Castor just demonstrated he's a SMART kitty.

We baby gated the stairs as it's easier to clean up accidents on the hard floor.

The gate was up when Castor came in this morning, and he did NOT jump it.

Reward: his food dish.

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Happy Tuesday everyone.
Here is a relaxing 2fer. Tassels and Piglet.
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I don't think my chickens can put their head on their wing like (piglet?) can do.

Here's a two-fer this Tuesday. I made this in landscape for the calendar.
Did I already show this? Well, too bad if I did. I'll show it again.
They do look somewhat possessed. They love baths. Just not the face-washing... My goodness. They look mad.

 

[BY Bob]

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My little Tina, she's up and running again

So wonderful.

 

[BY Bob]

The visit in a car seems very strange to me too. Recalling how it was for us with COVID - couldn't they do more distance calls, and maybe visits at home for emergencies ?

There is no way they could make the same money and see as many animals if they saw animals at home. My vet already only works 4 days a week. I can't see her doing house calls. In fact of I have an emergency I need to go to an animal emergency room to get help. Of course they don't take chickens.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

The poor unsuspecting boys have their dental visit in about 30 minutes. I will have to have pictures later of some drugged up pony's.

 

[BY Bob]

2fer Tuesday

My two old gals enjoying a clean coop together on Saturday.

 

[knoturavggrl]

They will be fine. It is always hard to watch them when momma abandons them - the pitiful peeps and such. The good news is they they are at least somewhat accepted by the flock and will grow into their own just fine.

She may still tolerate them hanging around her during the day (maybe, maybe not) One of my DCs that tends to hang onto her chicks for a while started sleeping with her flock mates at night, but hung with the chicks during the day for another full week (she finally completely abandon them when they were 2 days shy of 10 weeks old!)

My experience was much the same. Brownie stopped sleeping with them first at around 6-7 weeks, but she still let them hang with her in the daytime. They are now coming up on 17 weeks old and they still hang with her some of the time when they are out foraging when she will allow it, which she often will.

Currently, all 4 have formed a gang and are rarely apart from one another. The boys try to woo the older girls with only a little success, it’s kinda hilarious. The other day Lore ran over to Flour who was in the process of eating an egg I cracked for all of them and he made the tidbitting sound, I swear she rolled her eyes at him then pecked his head twice for good measure at which point he ran away. He will have to learn to do better then that

Your babies will be just fine

 

[knoturavggrl]

2fer Tuesday

My two old gals enjoying a clean coop together on Saturday.

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Glad to see her up and about! Mine seem perturbed when I throw down new shavings and clean the coop up then they go about fixing it and rearranging all the new stuff I clearly put down wrong, only then are they finally content. Chickens

 

[featherhead007]

In my case, old age.

I do wish Hattie had raised chicks. I think she would have been a splendid mum.

No broodies here this year. It seems Phyllis is no longer interested.

Phyllis isn’t interested in being broody, because there’s no money in it!