Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

You know, I may gloat a little for bringing our dear friend @RoyalChick over to the "dark side" with a feather footed lady. I have a feeling if Owly does indeed lay a blue or green egg I will be the subject of such gloating as well. To me the "dark side" is blue or green eggs. Yet here I am looking at her and Bubba already imagining what cute olive eggers they would make. Gah, Owly save me and lay pink.

Blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue

I was surprised by Ruth’s egg I was eggspecting another olive or brown egg.

My thought is since Owly is an EE than she will lay blue or bluish eggs

Right now I am eggcited to see a brown egg as I get so many blue and green ones

 

[Ponypoor]

Thanks for the ideas!

As always, I'm late and behind on the thread. It's a sad, rainy Christmas Eve here in Missouri. The rain is really coming down. I guess we're dreaming of a wet Christmas this year.

Everyone is okay here. No big change in the status quo. Meanie remains under the feeders, though she comes out to eat and drink and whenever Tres isn't around. Odd hen. Maybe she's just not into boys? I literally never saw Manny mate with her. But she does come out, so there's that.

Tres's future remains uncertain. If we free-ranged, I wouldn't consider rehoming him. But we don't and we don't intend to hatch chicks again, so There's just not much reason to have a rooster. Eh. We'll see how it goes.

Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!

Are you sure she isn’t moulting? She sure sounds like my hens when they moult, she might now have one of those full blown lose all ones feathers moult, she could be going through a less obvious moult. But she would still be feeling poorly.

As for the ‘Roland’ I have the feeling you would feel more at ease if you rehomed him, in which case this may be the best solution for all of you involved.

It’s been very wet here also, and very mild. But I will take it! I do not like the freezing weather, and can do without snow.

 

[Ponypoor]

Beautiful eggs!

Thank you, I am still astonished by the different colours of their eggs

 

[Ponypoor]

One other thing I forgot! Sheba, bless her feathered heart, is STILL laying! We get about 4-5 eggs a week! Crazy. It's nothing we're doing. We don't even have electricity to the coop and we're lazy so some weekend mornings we don't open the doors until 10!

That little black mutt-hen, whatever mix she is, is just a laying fool!

Those mutts are great aren’t they

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue

I was surprised by Ruth’s egg I was eggspecting another olive or brown egg.

My thought is since Owly is an EE than she will lay blue or bluish eggs

Right now I am eggcited to see a brown egg as I get so many blue and green ones

Remember now, blue or green is not a given with Owly or all EEs in general. There is a chance, slight one but still a chance of a pink or brown egg. Easter Eggers are in truth mutts so egg color can be hit or miss. If she were a true Ameraucana then I would for sure get a blue egg. Ask @BY Bob , he hoped Queen Aurora would lay blue, but instead she knew better and lays pink. I also want my dark eggs back, my Marans are on strike, every single one of them. The only darkish egg I am getting is from good old faithful Blueberry. Goose is laying as well, but hers are a nice tan color. White now, I am swimming in white eggs. Sigh, the horror of it all. That is why I am open for throwing all my color preferences out the window and just add a blue egg to the mix. I've read the riot act to Holly, Corona, Baby, Lilly and Bunny. 1 month girls, one more month of free-loading.

 

[RoyalChick]

Remember now, blue or green is not a given with Owly or all EEs in general. There is a chance, slight one but still a chance of a pink or brown egg. Easter Eggers are in truth mutts so egg color can be hit or miss. If she were a true Ameraucana then I would for sure get a blue egg. Ask @BY Bob , he hoped Queen Aurora would lay blue, but instead she knew better and lays pink. I also want my dark eggs back, my Marans are on strike, every single one of them. The only darkish egg I am getting is from good old faithful Blueberry. Goose is laying as well, but hers are a nice tan color. White now, I am swimming in white eggs. Sigh, the horror of it all. That is why I am open for throwing all my color preferences out the window and just add a blue egg to the mix. I've read the riot act to Holly, Corona, Baby, Lilly and Bunny. 1 month girls, one more month of free-loading.

Tassels laid beautiful dark khaki colored eggs for enough days for me to fall in love with the color. Then she stopped and is content with being big and fluffy and changing the color of her gowns.
Just look at those feathers!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Tassels laid beautiful dark khaki colored eggs for enough days for me to fall in love with the color. Then she stopped and is content with being big and fluffy and changing the color of her gowns.
Just look at those feathers!

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Tassels is so pretty. It is a insult to her to call her a black hen. She is a hen of many colors. If we had only known as a chick what she would turn into as a adult she could have been named Dolly.

 

[RoyalChick]

Tassels is so pretty. It is a insult to her to call her a black hen. She is a hen of many colors. If we had only known as a chick what she would turn into as a adult she could have been named Dolly.

Yes. That would be a great name for her. But I don’t think I can change it as I think she knows her name.
Maybe Dolly could be her stage name!

 

[knoturavggrl]

Tassels laid beautiful dark khaki colored eggs for enough days for me to fall in love with the color. Then she stopped and is content with being big and fluffy and changing the color of her gowns.
Just look at those feathers!

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I love the iridescence absolutely gorgeous

 

[knoturavggrl]

Happy holidays everyone!