Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

So, finally, I am up to taking pics. These are of my now 3 week old babies that my BR girl (Georgie) hatched. Looks like it is 3 female BR crosses, and 4 male. I have no idea what the ?Welsummer? or EE? chick cross is. (both welsummer and EE chicks can be chipmunk colored - so that is a guess now, too - especially since I have no idea who the daddy might be, so no reference as to what to expect for a comb type for assistance, either)

First up is momma herself - Georgie:
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Two little cockerels:

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My mystery chickie - are you part welsummer or part EE?
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Mystery chickie with 2 sisters: (3rd sibling photo bombing lower left)
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Finally, a picture with MOST of the growing family (Momma and 6 of the 8 chicks.)
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Hmmm, I have to say, looking at these pics for the first time - the darker BR mixes have me worried - they have decent sized combs, too. Yikes, I was hoping to get at least 50-50. And I really want chipmunk stripes to be a girl...no telltale by the comb, but the stance...hmmmmm.

Daddy options:
1) Half Amreaucana/EE, half DC
2) Full BLue egger of some type (can't remember hatchry's name for them - but straight comb, he is striped like a BR/RR mix)
3) A 'black Jersey Giant'. It is in quotes because that is what he is supposed to be, but if so, he is the smallest, thinnest JG ever. All black, straight comb, but built like a slightly larger leghorn - so no clue what he really is.

I did have an older BR boy, but had to put him down due to an injury that wasn't healing - and I am pretty sure he was no longer breeding the girls prior to me ending his suffering and burying him, so these were the only boys that Georgie had access to.

I have in other pens a full Americauna/EE Roo, a Cuckoo marans Roo, and a true Jersey Giant Roo, but they only occassionally free ranged at the same time, and the individual flocks pretty much kept to their own spaces.


With my growing teens (no, weren't old enough, and weren't out) I will have a Buff Orp Roo, a Full DC roo (maybe - the three I have to pick from are being dirty little buggers - so we will see if one smartens up or not), and maybe keeping a White Rock Roo.


If one of these mixed BRs is a good boy - I may keep him instead of the White Rock....but I prefer fresh bloodlines....hmmm, more pondering and a bit of time needed on that last 2 decisions!

Your Welsummer chick mix could possibly be a girl ~ pure Welsummer female chicks have darker eyeliner behind their eyes and darker skull feathers & your eyeliner chick has dark eyeliner. But being a mix breed who knows if that holds true? Will be fun seeing what develops!

 

[Sylvester017]

Do you live at the Winchester mystery house?

I'd feel right at home!!!

 

[SimpleJenn]

Hubby thinks if we sleep on it we'll have a good name for her. She was very good and put herself to bed, but I had to wrangle all the midsize chicks into the coop! Hubby had to help!

Kasumi is in the broody coop to sleep in isolation. Tomorrow...well it'll be tomorrow.

Here are pics of the other three to cheer things up

Nyx


Possibly Cocoa


Mud

 

[featherhead007]

Hubby thinks if we sleep on it we'll have a good name for her. She was very good and put herself to bed, but I had to wrangle all the midsize chicks into the coop! Hubby had to help!

Kasumi is in the broody coop to sleep in isolation. Tomorrow...well it'll be tomorrow.

Here are pics of the other three to cheer things up
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Nyx
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Possibly Cocoa
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Mud
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Maybe give Kasumi one more chance? Please
I’m going to live to regret this!

 

[Sylvester017]

Whoa Nelly - is that pot plants or potted plants?! FYI both are legal up here btw….

Here are some lovely plants I am enjoying

My peaches are coming along nicely should be good next week as long as it stays hot to ripen them fully.

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Almost ripe!

Gorgeous! Peaches are DH's favorite

On the farm we had to pick fruit before fully tree ripe & set them on the table or kitchen counter to ripen; otherwise birds would peck holes in the fruit & ants & flies would get into the sweet open wounds. Rats or mice were never a problem but birds were the enemy.

 

[rural mouse]

Hubby said "She may be feral, but she is beautiful."
She's a red pyle old english game bantam crossed with porcelain d'uccle so two beautiful little breeds, and hopefully she settles into the life of luxury she now has.
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I wanted to call her cinnabun but it doesn't seem right for her.

She's got such a dainty build, and escapes well....what about naming her after a figure skater or ice dancer?

 

[featherhead007]

I don’t know Jenn. She looks like a Tootie to me. Rooty tootie fresh and fruity!

I call this guy my rootie tootie fresh and fruity roo.

 

[Ponypoor]

Hubby thinks if we sleep on it we'll have a good name for her. She was very good and put herself to bed, but I had to wrangle all the midsize chicks into the coop! Hubby had to help!

Kasumi is in the broody coop to sleep in isolation. Tomorrow...well it'll be tomorrow.

Here are pics of the other three to cheer things up
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Nyx
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Possibly Cocoa
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Mud
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They are very cute at that stage were they are all gangly

 

[featherhead007]

Whoa Nelly - is that pot plants or potted plants?! FYI both are legal up here btw….

Here are some lovely plants I am enjoying

My peaches are coming along nicely should be good next week as long as it stays hot to ripen them fully.

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Almost ripe!

It’s obvious that you are aware of the medicinal benefits of cannabis up there!

 

[Sylvester017]

I just might go nuts wearing this straight jacket! Dr can't say surgery would heal right & waiting on Nature (God) for healing. They don't like doing surgery on us old dinosaurs !

Prayers please would be much appreciated for healing of my right humerus.