Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Grandma The Chicken]

It’s so humid here right now, I have the fans running in the barn with the timers set to shit them down around 3am - should be cooler by then.

Watch ya language!
I'm just kidding, Pony. It was just one mishap. But I also think it's cool that you can schedule the fans to turn off at any time. i don't have a barn so I wouldn't know and this sounds cool to me. Wish the fans in the run could do the same.
Someone add this to the Weekly Synopsis.

The mosquitoes are simply evil. All this moisture is what they like, crazy weather, and can’t change the weather. All we can do is adapt.

It's the ticks for me. I see them every time I walk. I walk on the grass nearby a school and the grass is so long and there are those pesky weeds that get on your clothes and legs when you walk through them so I eventually stopped walking since they've gotten on me. They sure do "tick" me off.

 

[BY Bob]

House chicken: to watch TV with you.

They are great indoors. Tiny poops.

 

[BY Bob]

I don't have any children - but LOVE being an Auntie....just sayin'

Aunties can play vital roles in a child's life.

 

[BY Bob]

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Ash checking in on the broodies
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Yep they're fine.
Then she stood in the middle of the coop and "brawwcawcaww" as loud as she could, stopped to consider the acoustics, then came back out satisfied.
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Polish baby
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Other polish baby
The grey one is cuckoo?
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Full crop squishing on my finger oops
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This one did not relax
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I hope it's barred :3
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This one settled and relaxed into my hand
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Such a cutie, I wonder what color you will be?

They are so darn adorable.

 

[BY Bob]

Awww great names! I love them

Thanks!

 

[BY Bob]

School chicks

Hatched 01 June 2024
They are now 6 weeks old

Hard to get a photo they are always on the go!

Georgie girl
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Clyde-ette
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Clyde who is all black is bigger than Georgie who has that grizzled reddish neck feathers.
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I had thought that Clyde would be a frizzle but seems she isn’t. So who’s baby is she? Who knows.

Please be girls!

So cute.

 

[BY Bob]

About 1 min. total less than the time it takes to be BBQ'd and eaten by me?

Or: let me try a corner/end and see if it is done. Hmm, nope, not quite - I'll need to try another piece in 30 seconds to check the progress....

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@Desertvalleychickens
Here are some pics (belatedly) showing pullet 'curved' tail feathers versus Roo 'flag' feathers. BTW, these are all youngsters - no adults!

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Young pullet - these two images are the same girl as the first photo. Note the nice little curve of the 2 longest tail feathers. Definitely 'pullet' curved feathers. (note, different breeds, and even different chickens within a breed will have/not have the couple of curved feathers - and some will barely have a perceptible curve, others are more pronounced as in this girl's case.

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Note with these 2 picture, the longest tail feathers start the curve much closer to the feather base, are more irridescent (part is due to breed/coloring, part is due to being a Roo), and the general 'drapiness' of the feathers in the roo near the tailhead/near the base of the tail, versus them just 'parting but not draping' on the hen posted at the beginning above.

I hope this helps in spotting pullet versus cockerel when looking at tail feathering! I thought I had some pics of a DC pullet to help you compare, but they all came out blurry, so weren't very helpful.

BTW: sometimes I can tell first by comb/wattles, sometimes I can tell first by tail feathering. Generally speaking, hackle feathering is last for me in 'sexing'. Note that comb/wattle development varies DRASTICALLY by breed, so being aware of how each breed develops is important for that (i.e., DC tend to have very small combs - especially the girls, and neither develop combs early - hence tail/tailhead featherng. BUT. Marans tend to develop combs early - and boys especially so. So, when comparing comb/wattle development to determine sex, need to compare within breed, not across breeds. (I hope what I just said makes sense to you - it did to me, but sometimes I don't translate well!)

This is very well put. Nicely done.

 

[BY Bob]

Between you, @BY Bob , @Ponypoor and @RebeccaBoyd - you are really tempting me!!!

I do not need polish. I do not need silkies.

Repeat after me: I do not need Polish, I do not need Silkies!

I really can't keep them with my larger birds - I have too many to not worry that someone will bully the littler ones...so: "I do not need Polish, I do not need Silkies!!!"

Darn they are so cute and cuddly though!

Polish are wonderful birds. Very special.

 

[BY Bob]

Silkie hens, make the big girls their minions!
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You DO need Silkies. I guess while your at it you might as well get a Polish as well. Eventually you can have Polkies....which you most definitely need.

Aurora would be horrified at this conversation. They are not chickens.

 

[BY Bob]

My bbq went very well. The steaks were perfect. I also bbqd ears of corn baked potatoes beans , smoked sausages with sesame seed buns. Steamed squash, Macaroni salad and ice cold watermelon for dessert.
Exquisite meal, if I do say so myself. And my friend was very pleased with the results. Yes I was outside using the new bbq. (In 106f heat )
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I also grilled outside today in the heat. I love to grille but it is so hot I finally just gave in.

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