Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Desertvalleychickens]

She would and does. But what did you expect?
If I had tagged her on that post she probably would have made a snarky comment at my expense.

She's really annoying when she makes something but won't let anyone have seconds. It's a crime against humanity to ban seconds like that.

I'm UNlucky because when I was just a little kid, and my sister was in the house, the same thing happened to me. I used to eat "quite a lot" as my parents say, and I ended up just the same
(And my sister was, like, 4 years older than me, so even worse.....)

Edit: UNlucky, why in the world did I say lucky?

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Button laid her egg IN THE NEST BOX! She has been in the habit of dropping them anywhere, in the run, on the coop floor, anywhere but the nest box.

YAY Button!!!

Congratulations Button!

 

[BeastBaby]

ooh Black Copper Marans, I fully support your order and March cannot come soon enough.

Here here how exciting.
I’m relying on that at least one of each trio is a female

 

[BeastBaby]

Sigh, here we are, the new year and already hearing of people placing chick orders or planning hatches. I will be strong, I will be strong. No chickies for me until Poppet decides to grace us with her first eggs. 1 silkie clutch is my ONLY planned hatch this year.

Notice I said planned. I have sneaky girls, they cannot be trusted and could potentially cause mayhem.

How is Poppet doing these days? Did she fill out some? I remember she was quite tiny for her age when you got her.

 

[BeastBaby]

I am actually considering ordering me 6 chicks this spring! I’ve never done that before… always get mine from the feed stores or TSC. I didn’t know if you could only order six. But I am also afraid of what happened to Bob! I don’t think I could handle something like that

I’ve read a *majority* of Bob’s thread… but have to admit this isn’t ringing any bells. Dare I ask what happened? Was it related to shipping chicks?

 

[featherhead007]

Sigh, here we are, the new year and already hearing of people placing chick orders or planning hatches. I will be strong, I will be strong. No chickies for me until Poppet decides to grace us with her first eggs. 1 silkie clutch is my ONLY planned hatch this year.

Notice I said planned. I have sneaky girls, they cannot be trusted and could potentially cause mayhem.

Let the games begin!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

How is Poppet doing these days? Did she fill out some? I remember she was quite tiny for her age when you got her.

Poppet really has grown but still tiny. I should have weighed her when I got her. I feel she has almost doubled in weight but will always be a petite hen. Still no eggs. I know good things come to those who wait, but, I am starting to just now get impatient and poke both her and Owly. Ok girls, you made it to January, eggs please, anytime you are ready.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Here here how exciting.
I’m relying on that at least one of each trio is a female

In my experience with Marans you know early on 99% of the time if you have boys. 2 to 3 weeks keep a eye on their faces. Boys will pop wattles and combs pretty much over night. Good rule of thumb though, 4 weeks or younger you see a hint of wattles, its a boy.

 

[featherhead007]

Poppet really has grown but still tiny. I should have weighed her when I got her. I feel she has almost doubled in weight but will always be a petite hen. Still no eggs. I know good things come to those who wait, but, I am starting to just now get impatient and poke both her and Owly. Ok girls, you made it to January, eggs please, anytime you are ready.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.
You can lead a skunk to fodder, but you can also make it stink!
With chickens, it’s like this: your sanity is always on the brink!

 

[Ponypoor]

Checking out the chooks

Mama and babies are i Lulu’s stall digging through her bedding, looks like Dorothynis also there, Marty is there but out of the frame.

They are now 6 weeks old!