Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

A very special package arrived for me this week. I hope I did this right - here is the link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/shadrachs-lamps.1272460/page-34
If not, just go to @Shadrach's lamps thread and look for my post.

They are truly stunning! You are most lucky.

 

[BY Bob]

Clover and Bread turn 9 weeks old tomorrow. Clover is still not so sure the camera is not a chick eating monster.
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They are growing up beautifully. I love the wariness in Clover's expression!

 

[BY Bob]

She could live for ages. I sure hope she does. She has a good life & lots of love & care.

It could be that the shorter days have ended her egg laying. If so, It is likely she will make the entire winter and could have many good months left to go. Someone might want to warn the little princesses the harassment will not be ending any time soon.

 

[BY Bob]

Yes she is. She is the spitting image of her mother. The one thing she did NOT inherit from her parents is their love for having a picture taken. Daisy and Drummie pose or try and photobomb. Clover, runs for the hills. One thing i did manage to get today is a surplus of flufffy butt pictures of her for next friday lol.

Always good to hold some ready for when Friday arrives. Good thinking.

 

[BY Bob]

BY Bob, has that problem with "Phyllis", his beautiful Polish hen (She's a photo bomber too)

She sure is.

 

[BY Bob]

Oh dear. Dorothy js a California White, too, and all Leghorn in personality!
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Another gorgeous wily white chicken. I am once again smitten.

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Oh dear. Dorothy js a California White, too, and all Leghorn in personality!
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So pretty!

 

[BY Bob]

The Great Escape

The Great Escape is an amazing film from 1963 starting Steve McQueen and James Garner among others. It is the basis for the cartoon movie Chicken Run and McQeen's character is the basis for the chicken Ginger.

I have been continuously lampooning @Ribh and her plan to lock in her run by utilizing this film. I have even gone so far as to compare her to the evil owner, Mrs. Tweedy.

Its time for me to take some of my own medicine. Perhaps I have become Mr. Tweedy?

I think I have my own Ginger in my flock. Ginger is obsessed with escaping and is the one who designs and executes their escapes.

My flock has had no free range time since the ceramic egg moving incident. They have been stuck in the complex while I try to find something that may explain it (other than Phyllis' purse).

Well it looks like Phyllis is now my Ginger. She has already breached the perimeter fenca, the only chicken to ever do so. Now she is working on the coop complex.

I caught her on film trying to tunnel out. Watch as I catch her on camera. At first she is wandering around, nothing to see here, then she goes into her deep hole that she has dug where there is an intersection in the walls of the complex that is partially hidden from the camera. Very sneaky.

She is not alone however. About a minute in, her co-conspirator arrives to help point out where to dig.

 

[RoyalChick]

So happy. Had to share this. Looks like I have one flock!
In reality of course Maggie has her fluffy butt to the Little Princesses and was intent in something or other and didn’t notice them come close. Only a minute later she turned and chased them off.
but for one lovely minute I had a peaceful flock of five. Ahhhhh. So nice.

 

[HappyClucker7]

So happy. Had to share this. Looks like I have one flock!
In reality of course Maggie has her fluffy butt to the Little Princesses and was intent in something or other and didn’t notice them come close. Only a minute later she turned and chased them off.
but for one lovely minute I had a peaceful flock of five. Ahhhhh. So nice.
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Adorable! They all look so happy digging in the dirt.