Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[knoturavggrl]

Well I ask still way way behind, but just had to post this.

I think I am in big trouble. Had to stop by TSC today. They have Lavender Orpington and Blue Laced Gold Wyandotte pullets.

I really really want some. But am so worried about getting them when we are still over 100 degrees during the day for a few more days, then it is finally supposed to start being in the 80-90 degree range.

And of course my girls who tried to be broody almost all summer have finally quit. So I would have to use a brooder and try to integrate instead of sneaking them under a hen. And am not sure if I should keep them in an air-conditioned building the first few days.

Ok, let the enabling commence.

Both of those breeds would be AMAZING You definitely shouldn’t pass them up!

 

[RoyalChick]

Sylvie (I think) laid her first (I think) egg today.
I am proud, and a bit sad, as it means my beautiful baby is all grown up! On the bright side, maybe she will quit flying and become a bit more sedate.

But, I am a bit puzzled.
I am 99% sure that the egg in the nest box today is Sylvie's:
- I saw her on camera spending time in the nest boxes
- In theory she is the only brown egg layer other than Bernie
- Bernie and Babs also laid in the same box today

It was a tiny egg (only 1.5oz). So cute!

But the mystery is that I also found a semi-soft-shelled brown egg (well the remains of its shell) under the roosts where the Pentagonists sleep. From its smell it was probably 3 days old. It was a full size egg.

- Could Sylvie have laid a bigger but not properly shelled egg as a trial run before producing today's perfect but tiny egg?
- Could it have been one of the other Pentagonists that laid an egg from the roost and it is brown even though they are supposed to lay either blue or green eggs?
- Could it be that Bernie randomly laid a weak-shelled egg under the Pentagonist's roost? The shell I found was paler than Bernie's usual, and Bernie's egg today has a nice shell.

If Sylvie is like Bernie we may have to wait several days for her to lay again.

 

[bgmathteach]

Buff butts are always welcome here!

Yes, I suppose you would like butts that are buff. Will go along with your chicken foot fetish....

 

[bgmathteach]

Sylvie (I think) laid her first (I think) egg today.
I am proud, and a bit sad, as it means my beautiful baby is all grown up! On the bright side, maybe she will quit flying and become a bit more sedate.

But, I am a bit puzzled.
I am 99% sure that the egg in the nest box today is Sylvie's:
- I saw her on camera spending time in the nest boxes
- In theory she is the only brown egg layer other than Bernie
- Bernie and Babs also laid in the same box today

It was a tiny egg (only 1.5oz). So cute!

But the mystery is that I also found a semi-soft shelled brown egg (well the remains of its shell) under the roosts where the Pentagonists sleep. From its smell it was probably 3 days old. It was a full size egg.

- Could Sylvie have laid a bigger but not properly shelled egg as a trial run before producing today's perfect but tiny egg? yes
- Could it have been one of the other Pentagonists that laid an egg from the roost and it is brown even though they are supposed to lay either blue or green eggs? yes
- Could it be that Bernie randomly laid a weak-shelled egg under the Pentagonist's roost? The shell I found was paler than Bernie's usual, and Bernie's egg today has a nice shell. yes

If Sylvie is like Bernie we may have to wait several days for her to lay again.

Absolutely. Though it is the least likely option (due to the size) it is not at all uncommon for young layers to lay thin shelled or shell-less eggs in the beginning.

Oh, ask @BY Bob about 'supposed to lay' colored eggs.

Frequently very thin shelled eggs, especially brown ones, tend to be lighter in color than their full shelled counter parts. If it isn't from a shell gland issue - it is usually because it passes through the shell gland (and spray booth) too quickly.

Happy to be of help!

 

[notabitail]

Absolutely. Though it is the least likely option (due to the size) it is not at all uncommon for young layers to lay think shelled or shell-less eggs in the beginning.

Oh, ask @BY Bob about 'supposed to lay' colored eggs.

Frequently very thin shelled eggs, especially brown ones, tend to be lighter in color than their full shelled counter parts. If it isn't from a shell gland issue - it is usually because it passes through the shell gland (and spray booth) too quickly.

Happy to be of help!

ThinkShell-the latest laptop for hens! (Or roosters, but it's delicate and breaks easily).

 

[RoyalChick]

Absolutely. Though it is the least likely option (due to the size) it is not at all uncommon for young layers to lay thin shelled or shell-less eggs in the beginning.

Oh, ask @BY Bob about 'supposed to lay' colored eggs.

Frequently very thin shelled eggs, especially brown ones, tend to be lighter in color than their full shelled counter parts. If it isn't from a shell gland issue - it is usually because it passes through the shell gland (and spray booth) too quickly.

Happy to be of help!

Thanks.
Very strange. I will watch closely over the next few days.
I had to be away for a couple of nights, so of course this all happened when I wasn't there.

 

[lightm]

Hello friends. I need to ask for your prayers/good thoughts/ positive energy what ever you do. Things are a bit dire here financially. I really need a solid buyer for my property in the next week. Without a buyer my choices are the county takes it or i take out a loan i can't afford.

At least Alinta has lots of berries to eat!
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I'm so sorry to hear this. Praying for you and sending good thoughts along the way!!

 

[featherhead007]

Yes, I suppose you would like butts that are buff. Will go along with your chicken foot fetish....

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Some others, like @RebeccaBoyd and @rural mouse , probably others, can chime in here as well.

In my experience, you generally need 4-5 hens for 2 or more roos. That said, I have had hen hatch 4 chicks, 2 & 2, and they were absolutely fine together. In short: it depends! It depends on the temperament of the roosters, the keeping arrangements, and the hens themselves. Each rooster really needs at least 1 hen that has accepted him - otherwise he will always be fighting the other rooster (mainly because the other rooster will be 'protecting' HIS hens from the mating advances of the rooster with no hens).

With a young boy, expect him to go through his hormonal idiot stage. As long as he isn't harming you - and somebody (hen or other roo) teaches him the ropes and gives him a smack-down when he is inappropriate...AND he learns from the 'smack-down', it should be fine. Some, as @rural mouse learned, just don't have the tempermant to accept multiple roosters/settle down/smarten up.
Yet she has others that are perfectly fine in a multiple Rooster flock.

Pastel is always fine with other roosters. BBQ and Bolts brother, Basil, and Pastel were good friends until I rehomed Basil (RIP Basil. I’m glad that you were a free range roo with lots of ladies at your new home. And from what I’ve heard, you have two sons who look just like you.) and Pumpkin, Pastel’s half brother from a different clutch. We rehomed him a while ago. He’s still alive, and has tons of sons and daughters at my friends home. He’s gonna be a meat bird soon, as he’s an @$$#0|€. But Pastel was fine with them until we got rid of them. We only got rid of them for our hens sake. Three hens with three roosters is not healthy. We didn’t have Willow when we had Basil and Pumpkin.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Hello friends. I need to ask for your prayers/good thoughts/ positive energy what ever you do. Things are a bit dire here financially. I really need a solid buyer for my property in the next week. Without a buyer my choices are the county takes it or i take out a loan i can't afford.

At least Alinta has lots of berries to eat!
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