Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

@featherhead007 ! Did you see the POW?

Standing on one leg.

 

[featherhead007]

If this one makes it to full feathering I’m going to call her CeeCee

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Let me introduce to you the first to be named :
Little “Aero” because of her huge wings, and she’s already trying to fly. View attachment 3809198

Hi Aero!

 

[Ponypoor]

Let me introduce to you the first to be named :
Little “Aero” because of her huge wings, and she’s already trying to fly. View attachment 3809198

Hi Aero! Welcome to FBA!

 

[Ponypoor]

If this one makes it to full feathering I’m going to call her CeeCeeView attachment 3809199

She’s very sweet

 

[rural mouse]

I know this will make some people sad, and so am I, but I am doing this in their best interest.

Tomorrow morning my aunt is coming to pick up the Cinnamon Queens and Leghorns. We discussed it several times when she would come visit my grandmother, she wanted them back in February. She had chickens up until about 4 years ago, way more then I have ever had at one time and then sold out. She then completely redid her coop and turned it into a sewing shack as she calls it. She wanted the girls but did not want to give up her building. Instead she and her husband built a new coop right behind it. They will have a 1/4 acre completely enclosed run. They are going to join a stray hen that showed up in the winter and has made herself at home and needs friends. I will miss the leghorns and queen girls but it really is for the best, especially the leghorns. The leghorns are adventurous and spend a good 60% of their day on the hillside out of sight. As of yesterday I am now down to 2 leghorns. I cannot protect them from predators when they range so far up the hill and venture into coyote and everything under the suns territory. I offered up the queens because in the last month they have started following the leghorns out of sight. I feel with the run size she has, which I am very jealous of by the way, the adventurous leghorns will adjust well. She also picked up some eggs from me a week before grandma passed. She gave me no warning so I was not turning the eggs on the counter but took 2 dozen home to throw in the incubator. She had 9 leghorn crosses hatch plus a owly chick. Sigh in a way I am disappointed she has gotten chicken fever again. I almost had her talked out of her cabinet incubator dang it. Mine, I can stuff 47 eggs in. Hers holds about 100 eggs.

The ladies will help educate the young offspring.

And you will be able to get updates on the ladies too.

It's hard to let them go, but you know they're going to be well cared for (like Tiger Chicken)

 

[rural mouse]

Breed guesses for this one?:
Her wings are huge. Bigger than her body. View attachment 3808742View attachment 3808753

Yellow legs? I've seen buff rocks up here this year. A possibility. Straight comb?

 

[rural mouse]

Mugging for Monday
P.J.
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P.J.'s mother, Sweet Peach
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P.J.'s father, Porter Roy
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And sweet little Hilda
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Oooooh! What is Sweet Peach? She's beautiful! So are the others, but I've bever seen lacing like hers before!

 

[rural mouse]

Retirement benefits. Naps anytime I want. The babies agree. View attachment 3808884

If that little dark one has a rose comb, you DEFINITELY have a golden wyandotte there. Lighting on that pic lit it up beautifully! The one under your chin next to the blue (grey chick) is going to be white or mostly white, I think. The other 3 golden ones, still not sure on. They're good at hiding their tells.

 

[rural mouse]

Ok a last Mugs Monday

Peek-a-boo! I see you Bert
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He popped his head up from behind the old gazebo I was going to use at the barn, but was destroyed in the wind storm.

I love his blue ears and mulberry coloured comb and wattles.
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He's looking like he stuck his head in treacle! So gold!