Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Thanks for asking. I have five properties. Four in California and one in DC I rent.
Two large barns with a house and pool north of me, on one property.
Grass lands and a barn where Chaco used to live (rest her soul)
One high mountain property, I used to use as a camping getaway
And my home property, with two houses on 2 acres where my chickens let me live.

Oh, and I own the hanger where I keep Marie in, at the end of the municipal airfield close by.

 

[featherhead007]

That's a lot!

Do you have a fenced off veggie bed anywhere?

Do you have a tractor mower or goats to keep the weeds/brush down?

A dog as guardian?

A barn?

A corral?

So many questions!

Forgot to mention that I have a yard and mowing service, with employees which I recently started. Two John Deere tractor mowers. Four push mowers , trimmers. Edger equipment. Long list of tools for the job.
I didn’t buy all this on a US Marshal pension. I’m pretty good with the stock market and investing in the right stocks. I’ll shut up now, I’m out of breath!

 

[Sylvester017]

I’m thinking brown Leghorns, and some feathered feet varieties. Literally, the sky is the limit for me to get chooks. I’m going to hire someone to get my yard cleaned up before I go getting more birds. I don’t get eggs from the Rockettes anymore. Maybe they will start laying again in spring. Unless Santa brings me a jet I’m kinda limited to a 4000 mile radius and that’s pushing my limits.

Sounds like a sturdy roomy prefab barn is in order!

The Brown Leghorns are gorgeous but they don't lay as many eggs as the White Leg but that's true of any non-White Leghorn variety ~ the Light Brown Leghorn looks identical to the Welsummer. You almost can't tell them apart except that the Wellie hens have way smaller straight combs rather than the floppy Leghorn comb that blocks vision of one side or the other on the Leghorn head.

Another nice thing about Wellies is their dark brown speckled eggs. Some can get as dark as Marans eggs & some can be lighter brown (terra cotta) w/ variable dark speckles on every egg. A Welsummer egg is always identifiable from any other brown layer egg.

Feathered feet are generally the more timid/docile breeds. We like them for our small yard. I hear Langshans are an exception as being a stand-offish breed. But generally all our feather-footed, crested, or bearded birds have been the better behaved flockmates for us. We have had an exception where one feather-legged bird was 5-1/2 lbs heavier & aggressive toward our Silkie & became a hazard to keep so we re-homed the big bird.

The Beauty Parlour Rockettes are worth keeping into old age to show new birds where the good forage spots are, where to hide during predator alerts, their fertilizer is good for gardens ~ chicken manure is better than cattle manure & less smelly, younger birds will follow the older to learn the timing of the day ~ when to wake up, go to roost, where to best dust or sunbathe, where to snooze mid-day to digest a morning crop, how to predator alert, etc.

W/your attn to birds you'll turn them all into Marshmallows no matter what breeds you get!

Our marshmallows

 

[Sylvester017]

One or more of my hens is a golfer I found all three balls out of the three laying boxes and on the coop floor!

They'll tee further w/ a little more practice...

 

[featherhead007]

Sounds like a sturdy roomy prefab barn is in order!

The Brown Leghorns are gorgeous but they don't lay as many eggs as the White Leg but that's true of any non-White Leghorn variety ~ the Light Brown Leghorn looks identical to the Welsummer. You almost can't tell them apart except that the Wellie hens have way smaller straight combs rather than the floppy Leghorn comb that blocks vision of one side or the other on the Leghorn head.

Another nice thing about Wellies is their dark brown speckled eggs. Some can get as dark as Marans eggs & some can be lighter brown (terra cotta) w/ variable dark speckles on every egg. A Welsummer egg is always identifiable from any other brown layer egg.

Feathered feet are generally the more timid/docile breeds. We like them for our small yard. I hear Langshans are an exception as being a stand-offish breed. But generally all our feather-footed, crested, or bearded birds have been the better behaved flockmates for us. We have had an exception where one feather-legged bird was 5-1/2 lbs heavier & aggressive toward our Silkie & became a hazard to keep so we re-homed the big bird.

The Beauty Parlour Rockettes are worth keeping into old age to show new birds where the good forage spots are, where to hide during predator alerts, their fertilizer is good for gardens ~ chicken manure is better than cattle manure & less smelly, younger birds will follow the older to learn the timing of the day ~ when to wake up, go to roost, where to best dust or sunbathe, where to snooze mid-day to digest a morning crop, how to predator alert, etc.

W/your attn to birds you'll turn them all into Marshmallows no matter what breeds you get!

Our marshmallows
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I know that birds will die off, but I would like to see the same breeds in a new flock as the ones that I had in my original flock. I’m even willing to name them all as the ones that I have lost. It’s a sentimental journey that I am on, and I’m so lost. I keep calling Rudy Sir Jaffar, and Mr Wyandottey I call many names I can’t mention here.
Even little CeeCee is actually Canna Canna but that’s a secret

 

[featherhead007]

They'll tee further w/ a little more practice...

Maybe they are just trying to play through!

 

[featherhead007]

Quick everyone, add some pages.
Fuentemoon is catching up with us!

 

[Sylvester017]

I know that birds will die off, but I would like to see the same breeds in a new flock as the ones that I had in my original flock. I’m even willing to name them all as the ones that I have lost. It’s a sentimental journey that I am on, and I’m so lost. I keep calling Rudy Sir Jaffar, and Mr Wyandottey I call many names I can’t mention here.
Even little CeeCee is actually Canna Canna but that’s a secret

Chickens don't mind...just add Jr after the repeated name...

 

[featherhead007]

Sounds like a sturdy roomy prefab barn is in order!

The Brown Leghorns are gorgeous but they don't lay as many eggs as the White Leg but that's true of any non-White Leghorn variety ~ the Light Brown Leghorn looks identical to the Welsummer. You almost can't tell them apart except that the Wellie hens have way smaller straight combs rather than the floppy Leghorn comb that blocks vision of one side or the other on the Leghorn head.

Another nice thing about Wellies is their dark brown speckled eggs. Some can get as dark as Marans eggs & some can be lighter brown (terra cotta) w/ variable dark speckles on every egg. A Welsummer egg is always identifiable from any other brown layer egg.

Feathered feet are generally the more timid/docile breeds. We like them for our small yard. I hear Langshans are an exception as being a stand-offish breed. But generally all our feather-footed, crested, or bearded birds have been the better behaved flockmates for us. We have had an exception where one feather-legged bird was 5-1/2 lbs heavier & aggressive toward our Silkie & became a hazard to keep so we re-homed the big bird.

The Beauty Parlour Rockettes are worth keeping into old age to show new birds where the good forage spots are, where to hide during predator alerts, their fertilizer is good for gardens ~ chicken manure is better than cattle manure & less smelly, younger birds will follow the older to learn the timing of the day ~ when to wake up, go to roost, where to best dust or sunbathe, where to snooze mid-day to digest a morning crop, how to predator alert, etc.

W/your attn to birds you'll turn them all into Marshmallows no matter what breeds you get!

Our marshmallows
View attachment 3993447

 

[featherhead007]

They'll tee further w/ a little more practice...

My golf game is generally at or below par. Because my driving skills are great. Within six feet of 250 yards. I’m kinda proud of that accomplishment. But ………. It’s going to be a long night for me, I just got word that my cousin is in hospital, possibly brain tumor or something.