Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[LhickenChicken]

nice to hear from you !
Here is last week's synopsis:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28228281
The week before :
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28207253
And the one before :
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28188747
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I was overjoyed a few days ago to finally find a very simple page in french with basic colour feathers. I've been trying desperately to follow you and learn the english names, and I was absolutely dreading having to start all over again in french. But it turns out many of the name are exact translations!

This led me to a question regarding Léa's and Piou-piou's colour. I always thought they were red hens, but based on that page it seems they could be called buff, or even wheaten, with a black tail. I thought buff couldn't have black tails ? What do you think?

And yes, Fluffy butts are back at last now that some of us are done moulting !

Léa
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Piou-piou
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I would call them buff. But that's just me.

 

[LhickenChicken]

Early Caturday photo.
I'm cleaning the barn tomorrow so probably won't have time to post.
He's called Gale. About 4 months old. He's super whiny and loves cuddles. He's also pretty smart. I used a live trap to catch him and he recognized it for what it was right away.
My existing cats don't like him. Purrcules has warmed up a little to him, but for some reason Gale whacks Purrcules' face with his tail. Peace will hiss and growl (sounding like he has indigestion) and won't touch him. It's the same behavior he exhibited when Caroline, Tigris, and Catniss the kittens were staying in the barn.

Ugh. In the background, the rabbit pee is puddling on the floor.

 

[Sylvester017]

nice to hear from you !
Here is last week's synopsis:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28228281
The week before :
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28207253
And the one before :
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28188747
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I was overjoyed a few days ago to finally find a very simple page in french with basic colour feathers. I've been trying desperately to follow you and learn the english names, and I was absolutely dreading having to start all over again in french. But it turns out many of the name are exact translations!

This led me to a question regarding Léa's and Piou-piou's colour. I always thought they were red hens, but based on that page it seems they could be called buff, or even wheaten, with a black tail. I thought buff couldn't have black tails ? What do you think?

And yes, Fluffy butts are back at last now that some of us are done moulting !

Léa
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Piou-piou
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Looking at Wheaten feathered birds both English & French you seem to be correct. I had a couple BLUE Wheaten Ameraucana hens and any black feathers on regular Wheaten Ameraucanas shows as pale blue (pale gray) feathers on Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas

Our Blue Wheaten Ameraucana ~ one of the accepted Ameraucana SOP colors.

Juvenile Blue Wheaten Ameraucana

Blue Wheaten Ameraucana pullets & hen

Blue Wheaten Ameraucana Hen

 

[LhickenChicken]

Tigris had a bad habit of gnawing on feed bowls...

While Caroline had a reputation for being curious

And Catniss was the antisocial teen.

The one time both Purrcules and Peace were not at odds this fall

 

[Sylvester017]

I would call them buff. But that's just me.

Buff feathers are more uniformly gold throughout the body (like a Buff Orpington)

while Wheaten is a graduation of cream & reddish-gold throughout the body w/flecks of black sometimes on wings & w/ definite black tipped tail feathers.

https://www.chickensforbackyards.com/product/french-wheaten-marans/
A Blue Wheaten is a very pale version of regular Wheaten w/ black feathers replaced w/ blue (pale gray).

Blue Wheaten Ameraucana Hen.
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[Sylvester017]

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Early Caturday photo.
I'm cleaning the barn tomorrow so probably won't have time to post.
He's called Gale. About 4 months old. He's super whiny and loves cuddles. He's also pretty smart. I used a live trap to catch him and he recognized it for what it was right away.
My existing cats don't like him. Purrcules has warmed up a little to him, but for some reason Gale whacks Purrcules' face with his tail. Peace will hiss and growl (sounding like he has indigestion) and won't touch him. It's the same behavior he exhibited when Caroline, Tigris, and Catniss the kittens were staying in the barn.
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Ugh. In the background, the rabbit pee is puddling on the floor.

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Tigris had a bad habit of gnawing on feed bowls...
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While Caroline had a reputation for being curious
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And Catniss was the antisocial teen.
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The one time both Purrcules and Peace were not at odds this fall

Them are some pretty fine looking kitties! Such a variety ~ just like chickens!

 

[Sylvester017]

Fluffy Butt Friday ~ if I didn't tell you, you couldn't tell which end was where!
I get a ton of laughs from these Tribbles!

 

[rural mouse]

nice to hear from you !
Here is last week's synopsis:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28228281
The week before :
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28207253
And the one before :
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28188747
---------

I was overjoyed a few days ago to finally find a very simple page in french with basic colour feathers. I've been trying desperately to follow you and learn the english names, and I was absolutely dreading having to start all over again in french. But it turns out many of the name are exact translations!

This led me to a question regarding Léa's and Piou-piou's colour. I always thought they were red hens, but based on that page it seems they could be called buff, or even wheaten, with a black tail. I thought buff couldn't have black tails ? What do you think?

And yes, Fluffy butts are back at last now that some of us are done moulting !

Léa
View attachment 4010770View attachment 4010771View attachment 4010773
Piou-piou
View attachment 4010772
View attachment 4010774

The pics with all the French terms AND the genetic break down of the colors is FANTASTIC!!!

One of the Japanese bantam breeds is actually called Black-tailed Buff. American buff orpingtons are not supposed to have black tails. The black is actually incredibly easy to breed. My buff colored girls are either from my mother in law's flock or from offspring from that flock and my birds. When she gifted me my first birds, her flock was buff orpingtons, some Easter Eggers, Colombian and Silver Laced Wyandottes, and some Barred Rocks. (This did include offspring from assorted crosses within that.) The rooster was a Buff x EE and had the black in his tail. All the EE hens at the time were black with assorted leakage. His father had to be a buff orpington roo. With all the hens being black of some sort, black tails breeds through fairly evenly (most of the offspring had black tails). The buff color came through over the silver, but not over the black. It showed as leakage there instead. I suspect breeding the black OUT of the tail is more difficult (or at least has lower odds/ greater culling in a breeding project).

Whiskey, Pippa, Maizie, and Havoc are all from that stock.

Whiskey

Pippa

Maizie

Havoc

Enigma is from Whiskey crossed with Silver.

Silver

Tuff is from Horus (Cheetah x Nellie) crossed with either Pippa or Maizie.

Horus

Cheetah

Nellie

Chia is from Cheetah crossed with Jessica (golden wyandotte)

Jessica

 

[BY Bob]

A Quick Update on Hattie

Just popping in to let everyone know that Hattie is improved today. Finally. We had to force the left eye open yesterday and treat it with antibiotics. It opened on Wednesday but closed tight yesterday. Today it is wide open and she is moving about again. Of course this is limiting her movement to the complex.

Aurora has file fully chastised me for allowing this to occur.

I'm going to have more trouble snagging Hattie for medicine today but that's a good thing.

 

[Sally PB]

Glad to hear Hattie is doing better.