Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Logar]

Hello

They are in lovely condition and very pretty

Welcome to Fluffy Butt's

Thank you! Just don’t tell them that. They don’t need the encouragement to demand more treats.

 

[BY Bob]

Twofer, a pair of Polish
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Gorgeous!

 

[BY Bob]

I have 6 lovely idiots!View attachment 3935465
I caught her mid complaint. She wasn’t too happy about that

What great photo and a perfect Monday mug!

 

[BY Bob]

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.

They do and they heal quickly.

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 .

You are doing very well. That is excellent progress. It takes time and patience. Keep working with her.

 

[Sylvester017]

Ewww did she pop on your seat ?!

Dakota! Tell uncle Alex to put a towel on his seat next time

Looks like he has seat covers already. We used to travel with a beach towel for a pet Cockatiel that rode around in the car w/ us. Birds seem to love car rides. Our handicapped Silkie chick would scream if we left her alone (she was too ill to mix in a flock) so we had to take her w/ us if we left the house so we kept paper dinner napkins in the car! She was a very needy chick but we committed to her special needs.

A car Silkie ~ Amber

 

[RoyalChick]

I have 6 lovely idiots!View attachment 3935465
I caught her mid complaint. She wasn’t too happy about that

I love her feather pattern!

 

[Ponypoor]

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'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.


@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.
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Two preening ladies- Léa and Chipie. Hard to think Chipie raised Léa. Léa is still afraid of her even being twice her size !
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These two now hate each other after their first chaotic love affair two years ago...
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Now Théo has Piou-piou's heart but he is still pining for Merle
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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 .
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I would be most interested to hear how this implant works over time.

What is the duration of its action?

 

[Ponypoor]

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

And now I have Mr LC who thinks he is a big macho man what a little turnip he is!

 

[Ponypoor]

I did get some once that was "fine flake". It was terribly tiny.

That may be the case. Since I was toying with the idea of a poop board and maybe no litter at all, I was kind of miserly with it.

Since this coop is contained in a building, I guess I'm trying to think of ways to keep it as clean as chickens can be. In the old coop, it was filthy anyway, between years of dust and dirt and roof leaks. I had a very rough homemade concrete floor and did a deep litter that I only cleaned out about once a year, and never that well to be honest. - This one's a fresh start.



This is a simple water resistant subfloor under the linoleum. Pretty solid, yet not to hard of a landing really.

I pick poops every day, takes about 5 min to flick the poops into a bucket (ya not Alex’s idea of a bucket), scoop any poops off the floor and I check nest boxes and clean those also.

The alleyway takes more work which I do in the afternoon when I get home. I scape and sweep the floor so I am not slipping around in chicken doodoo, or dragging the water hose through it.

Of course I don’t apply myself to ‘getting it done’ what with the distraction of the chooks and horses…

‘Oh hey Truly do want that scratched?’
‘Hey pony-kins what’s up old lady?’
‘Hey Mr P where’s your ladies?’
‘Stop that get down from there Tippy, TIPPY get your butt back here’
‘Butterscotch get home go get home!’
‘Eli-tooo where are youuuu’

And so it goes with the time thieves

 

[Ponypoor]

I have 6 lovely idiots!View attachment 3935465
I caught her mid complaint. She wasn’t too happy about that

Oooooo a dark Brahma - oh I sooooo want a couple!