Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

I think it is less teaming up and more that a good sunbathing spot attracts followers. I find one flops down and someone else immediately runs up to join her.

Be honest, you are running a boneless chicken ranch!

 

[featherhead007]

Be honest, you are running a boneless chicken ranch!

 

[ManueB]

She is unique and very pretty.
The breeder I got Sylvie from was mystified how she came about, and I adore her!
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We have a saying that mixed blood make beautiful children...especially unusual or unlikely mixes .
One of my friend back from library school, is french-vietnamese. A few years ago she married a berber from Kabylie (in Algeria). Both families wouldn't hear anything about it... but it all changed when they had their first son, the most beautiful baby I ever saw (and I don't even like babies).

It isn't. I can only do so much. She has scabs on her comb from Aurora.

It's sad that Aurora should chose to pick on Hattie. But I'll admit I'll take that, if only none of them turn out to have respiratory issues during the following days.
And I'm not 100% sure, but I think it was you who told me combs scab very easily and will also heal very well most of the time.

There's 2, a dark and a light. Also one that looks like my Storm, and another that looks like Lark/Indigo with a straight comb.

@Logar my versions of some of your beautiesView attachment 3935325Daisy
View attachment 3935326Lark, framed by Hyacinth and Jane

View attachment 3935327Storm, current Queen

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@rural mouse , how many chickens do you have now ? I'm following on and off and between the losses you had and the chicks that are now grown I'm not sure anymore.

Tuefer Tuesday
Two black ex-broodies ? So glad Merle finally gave up after five weeks. Lulu only stayed for two and a half.

Two preening ladies- Léa and Chipie. Hard to think Chipie raised Léa. Léa is still afraid of her even being twice her size !

These two now hate each other after their first chaotic love affair two years ago...

Now Théo has Piou-piou's heart but he is still pining for Merle

Sometime ago I asked for tips to help my leghorns to be less afraid of me, and mentioned that I had another chicken, Laure,who was even more afraid and stressed by humans.
We ended up taking her to the vet after she kept laying broken soft shell eggs for three weeks. I took her off the roost while it was still night, and the vet gassed her in the pet carrier so she never knew what happened. She was implanted and is having the heavy implant-induced molt now, but doing good and not struggling to lay anymore.
She is more terrified than ever of us and other chickens but I did manage to give her the habit to stay with me in the coop in the morning while I clean it, so I can give her a bowl of food just for her. She has a very good appetite but is too scared to eat while other chickens are there. Now she knows her name and when I call her she knows it's for food. I can't catch her or touch her but I can make her eat .

 

[bgmathteach]

I gave her the option. Wake up or get in the bucket!View attachment 3935337

That doesn't make sense...she would have to wake up to get in the bucket

 

[SimpleJenn]

Twofer, a pair of Polish

 

[bgmathteach]

Sunbathing 2fers wishing you all a happy Tuesday.
Piglet and Tassels
Calypso and Pooh
Bernie and Piglet

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Oooh, love that first picture - ying and yang! You should submit that to one of the contests (if they are still going on) and POW. That one is wall worthy!

 

[bgmathteach]

Two preening ladies- Léa and Chipie. Hard to think Chipie raised Léa. Léa is still afraid of her even being twice her size !

It isn't the size of the bird, but the size of the personality/spunk in the bird! Look at @Ponypoor 's Marty & @RebeccaBoyd 's Poppet!

P.S. I just love Chipie! Tiny and spunky and beautiful - the WHOLE package

 

[Marie2020]

Morning! I have plenty lolView attachment 3935303View attachment 3935304View attachment 3935305View attachment 3935306View attachment 3935307View attachment 3935308

Hello

They are in lovely condition and very pretty

Welcome to Fluffy Butt's

 

[BY Bob]

The Other Possibilities

So I got the Polish eggs from Omega Hill Farms. They offer the following breeds:

Breed​	Egg​	Chick​
Bielefelder​	Brown	Chipmunk
Blue Isbar	Mint Green	Dark Grey
Cream Legbar	Blue	Brown
French Black Copper Maran	Dark Brown	Black & Yellow
Tolbunt Polish	White	Chipmunk

I can't figure out how Miss Terry Aster came from any combination of these but perhaps as you know genetics better than me @rural mouse you can put something together.

Remember Aster was all yellow as a chick.

 

[Logar]

Do you have chickens? If so we all love photos of them.

I have 6 lovely idiots!

I caught her mid complaint. She wasn’t too happy about that