Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[notabitail]

@casportpony
@Marie2020
@notabitail

casportpony BYC staff deleted my double post. I have admired the very chicken knowledgable casportpony over these many years. casportpony has dozens of posts about chickens, diseases, surgeries, problems, etc, many posts. A real BYC angel!

Just a heads up: There should be a delete button on every post you post. If you push that and then push delete it should delete it without needing to report.

 

[featherhead007]

There actually is!

Test it out

 

[Sylvester017]

Those are awesome - I love that boiled egg holder so adorable! Thanks for sharing

TY! I think it's a little cutie too ~ & so functional.

After decades of trying to get a correct soft-boiled egg on the stovetop in pans of water and getting either undercooked or hardboiled eggs or split-open shells, I got the little Egg Genie as advertised on TV.

14 yrs ago it was no longer manufactured but when I saw one at a discount store closeout I grabbed the last one & not sure if subsequent Genies were made as good!

Perfect Silkie soft-boiled eggs once I figured when to take the little eggies out. Egg Genie is not as sophisticated as the many many modern egg cookers available today but for the years I've had it it's been wonderful & still works with minimal counter footprint unlike the modern cooker footprints.

My Egg Genie pkg

Newer Egg Genie pkg.

 

[Sylvester017]

Undecided on what exactly he/she is. Big legs and feet, but doesn’t crow and acts like a rooster outside, but like a loving hen inside. Maybe I have only one rooster after all? But it has a big fluffy butt. View attachment 3918551View attachment 3918552

From what a breeder told us is that cockerels develop their tail feather much later than pullets. But until an egg is layed it's sometimes later before one knows gender for sure.

 

[Sylvester017]

Sherlock training has hit a major achievement: 2 consecutive mornings on a "Stay" command on the deck while I take feed out to the coop and open it. The Release The Horde is a major chase temptation. Add in his desire to be with his person (me) and its difficult for him to Stay anywhere. Yesterday took several attempts to get him to stay put (I'd disappear behind the bush on the corner of the deck and he'd move so he could see me. Back to try again.

This morning, he stayed in front of the door where he could see me once I got down the steps. I was even able to go into the coop to open the bird door and refill the bucket inside!

Last night after the Thunder bucket dumper past byView attachment 3918602On Sherlock's last walk.

View attachment 3918604Moulting Storm...new feathers just above her tail....you going to drop that last tail feather, lady?

TY for the beautiful "rural" country scenes!

Yep, the last feather drop keeps me wondering too!

 

[Sylvester017]

You put so much work into saving her...permanent home?

If she's tiny it might not be good to keep her w/full sized mating males?!

 

[featherhead007]

From what a breeder told us is that cockerels develop their tail feather much later than pullets. But until an egg is layed it's sometimes later before one knows gender for sure.

If it’s a he, then it sure acts like a she to me. It snuggles, coos, and acts daintily around me. It’s confusing

 

[featherhead007]

If it’s a he, then it sure acts like a she to me. It snuggles, coos, and acts daintily around me. It’s confusing

It’s got plenty of tail inside that buttfluff. I guess I should just wait and see what happens.

 

[Ponypoor]

Puss cat keeps a close eye on princess


Her poop is looking better now . The sun is out and there's a breeze. It made her look yellow but it's brown

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That’s a funny photo with Puss looking over the fence at her

 

[Ponypoor]

From what a breeder told us is that cockerels develop their tail feather much later than pullets. But until an egg is layed it's sometimes later before one knows gender for sure.

I wonder if that’s a silkie thing?

And my MM Marans Shorley, hasn’t crowed yet…. Meanwhile Mr Little Chicken is a screaming demon! He sure has turned on the hormones since Rosario arrived!