Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Logar]

I took her out front and she pretty much didn’t move for 15 minutes

 

[featherhead007]

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I took her out front and she pretty much didn’t move for 15 minutes

Butterball!

 

[BY Bob]

Somehow I had it reversed in my head: Aster hatching under Lady F and Versace under Glynda.... the polish that didn't survive was unmistakable as a Polish, so the brown egg is definitely Aster's....which throws out the Isbar idea entirely. Those were on the same site as you got the Polish eggs with the brown coming from the other place.....where ZERO of the listings match what we see in Aster.

Is there ANY chance that Aster managed to hatch under Lady F?....No, that doesn't explain the egg shells. 2 white egg shells and 1 brown.....2 polish chicks, 1 not.....

Puzzler....will keep mulling ideas on little Miss Terri Aster.

There is no chance she hatched under Lady Featherington.

 

[featherhead007]

There is no chance she hatched under Lady Featherington.

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My friend Bob, if I were a chick I would’ve loved to hatch under Lady Featherington!

 

[Sylvester017]

I've never heard of Breda chickens! I don't live in Europe or UK, I'm in Alberta Canada. They are gorgeous though!

TY! They are a lovely breed & came in Cuckoo,
Mottled, & Blue/Black/Splash, & probably White

Okay ~ since some Breda were imported to the States about a decade ago I wondered if some might have been imported to Canada at the same time. The small quantity imported here made a low gene pool so they weren't hardy plus customer unfamiliarity, therefore no demand for them, caused breeders to phase out their US Breda projects.

I think there's only one seller left in the US & they've been using cross-breeding projects to infuse hardiness to keep the B/B/S variety Breda alive here.

Some Breda's we had:

Blue pullet ~ Phaedra

Blue cockerel ~ Ichabod

Blue pullet ~ Kahlah

Blue Pullet ~ Tova

Cuckoo Breda ~ Char (HRH Charlotte, Princess of Cambridge)

 

[BY Bob]

Ooooo a fluffy splash! I love it! Gosh I cannot wait to see her grown!

Patience my friend. Patience

 

[BY Bob]

Found this info:

https://www.mypetchicken.com/produc...8i40LiM_paxEUXmpO8mhOwPGJMnEij14X1WLeq5Hiylrd

 

[BY Bob]

Yesterday, I got some Ivermectin pour on, and put 3-4 drops on the back of her neck.

I've never heard of Ivermevtin topical. That sounds a lot easier than any oral medicine.

 

[BY Bob]

It's done! At least, done enough for now. It's cheap and flimsy and couldn't keep out anything more ferocious and determined than a chicken But they can't get out and they have outdoor space we could give them quickly and that's what matters. View attachment 3936243View attachment 3936244
There's still some trimming of wire and clipping of zip ties. I know that poultry netting won't stop anything determined. But we're going to skirt it with hardware cloth, and landscape timbers, to stop diggers from going under. Hawks and such can't get in, and in daylight, they're the biggest threat. A dog might make a hole...but not before the girls could get back inside. Under the shed is blocked off with rocks and timbers and hardware cloth.

They were bit wary, but once they came out, the stretching and digging and dusting began. View attachment 3936246

Seems like a reasonable solution. Well done.

 

[BY Bob]

I guess @BY Bob doesn't get a vote on egg color????


Actually, no body does....except Aster

I've been burned too many times to care.

Que sera sera