Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

I found Protein really helped with their moulting

Yep - like RC I have been giving them some turkey left over from last week

 

[Ponypoor]

Ok some back tax.

I let the kiddos out, and they were less worried about the snow, helps that most of it is melted.

 

[Ponypoor]

And they were trying the dirt bathe

 

[Sylvester017]

Here's Viejito View attachment 4002908

What a sweetie. I miss not being zoned for a roo. Those Silkie boys have such beautiful stature!

Toby scratched the cornea of his left eye last Friday and after a week of multiple drops multiple times daily he's good to go. I don't know how Lety managed his treatment after I left but she did. I know he was glad to be back with his buddies after being aggravated by Coco for a few days. View attachment 4002914my favorite bantam rooster, handsome and friendly

So happy he's better. For being compact chickens, bantams pack a punch for their size. He is calendar worthy glorious!

 

[Ponypoor]

Good morning chickies!

This was taken when I first let them out, before that other video

 

[Ponypoor]

More back taxes

Goldie the snuggle buddy, she loves to snuggle and warm her feet - she hates the cold

Butters is made of sterner stuff and doesn’t mind the cold

FYI I tell them apart by their combs, also Butters tail has chocolate brown feathers in it.

 

[Marie2020]

Yep - like RC I have been giving them some turkey left over from last week

Great source of protein.

 

[Ponypoor]

Pony Sunday
The snow is melting!

 

[Marie2020]

Good night - hoping tomorrow is a better day for you

Where oh where would I be without you. My little ray of sunshine

 

[Sylvester017]

Yep - so mum said.

My cousins have lived in Bakersfield most of their lives. Their dad worked on steel buildings, he was from a ranching family so he had horses and such for the kids.

I think my one cousin would like to have chickens but she has Pitties and they would likely kill the chickens she feels, so no chickens.

I told her she could come here in the summer and sit on a lawn chair with me and watch mine

Yep, you do all the year-long chicken work while she gets to relax ~ sounds fair teehee. That was nice of them to host your visit too. That must've been a long travel to Calif for you.

That's smart on her part re Pits ~ they are great w/people & w/other dogs but they are too hyper for a chicken yard. I would go so far as to say I don't trust having any dog unsupervised around chickens. Even guardian breeds have to go thru training & temperament evaluation before approved as flock guardians. Some dog breeds have great temperaments around livestock while some just aren't cut out for it.

It requires diligent training/patience to merge different animal species. They don't automatically trust each other at the start. But when we see videos of baby animals w/ dogs or kitties we know it's not impossible.