Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Cat-sized dog for Caturday
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Hello little buddy

 

[SimpleJenn]

Hello little buddy

He's the only pet now, he's loving the extra attention but we all feel weird about the lizard.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Likely be ok for the first week. After that it would be too small, I know with Mr and Mrs LC by the time they were a week old they were flying up on things and by 2 weeks they were into everything! Little brats!

The other thing is that you would have to come at them from above. I have found doing this really freaks them out. I have a large dog crate I put up on the counter here in the feedroom and they can see me when I open the door and they come to see me.

It's a front-opening tank actually! That's why I thought it would work out better than a big rubbermaid tote

 

[Ponypoor]

He's the only pet now, he's loving the extra attention but we all feel weird about the lizard.

Won’t you get another one? They are such an interesting creature.

 

[Ponypoor]

It's a front-opening tank actually! That's why I thought it would work out better than a big rubbermaid tote

Oh perfect! Never heard of that before.

I have used one of my water troughs which worked great, once they started flying I would just leave the screen off the top and they flew everywhere!

They learned how to escape also!

 

[fuentemoon]

Happy Solstice!

 

[SimpleJenn]

Won’t you get another one? They are such an interesting creature.

Eventually we will. Not for a while though.

 

[ManueB]

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.

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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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Blue wheaten is indeed a very pretty colour. But aren't they all ! I think I'll always be partial to red hens because my first chickens were all that colour.

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.

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Maizie
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Enigma is from Whiskey crossed with Silver. View attachment 4010853

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Tuff is from Horus (Cheetah x Nellie) crossed with either Pippa or Maizie.
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Horus
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Chia is from Cheetah crossed with Jessica (golden wyandotte)
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That is very impressive ! Thanks for taking the time to put the pictures together. It must be really an amazing feeling to see how the children of your original chickens turn out ! Not only colour, but body shape... It's something we miss by getting eggs from our neighbours.
And I can see that the black tail would be dominant. In my currant flock, I think all my chickens would end up with it.

And, as nice as it is to see the variety of colours..I wish we would also have information on genetics for health issues. But maybe that's far too complex since many of us already struggle with colour genes !

Chipie has the black tail also. There is a whole lineage of bantams from her family in the village, there must be at least 30, and all the hens look exactly like Chipie and the roos like smaller versions of Théo.

Everyone, have a warm and peaceful solstice like Grochatila.

 

[Ponypoor]

BFTP

And me of my babies from a couple yrs ago. He was crowing at 3 and half weeks old!

 

[Sylvester017]

Hi everyone.

Just popping in for a update. I've gotten absolutely zero pictures this week. Weather has NOT cooperated. It has rained nearly every day. My yard is a slippery mud pit. Twice this week while locking everyone up for the night my feet have flew out from under me in the muck and down I have went. I do not want snow, I am not that crazy, but I would not mind a nice hard freeze. Both times I have went down I have been herding cats, err silkies into the coop for the night. Both times George has judged me unfavorably for my clumsiness. It's been a miracle I have not fallen on anyone. Poppet and Turkey are doing great. I know I need to get pictures. They have been given the opportunity during the mornings to leave the coop. Poppet is keeping Turkey inside it and plants herself by the entrance to keep everyone else OUT. I end up shutting the door to the coop during the afternoon when I bring out their "special" snack. I found 2 containers of oatmeal that just went past their expiration date. They love their oatmeal snack each day.

I worry about any of you that fall or slip or slide. Put down stepping stones or boardwalk or something on your most used pathway or wear rubber cleated soles ~ we're never too young or prideful to admit we need to do what's safe. In the slippery rain for myself I used to use two quad canes outdoors to keep my balance. We don't get snow so I also have the luxury of using a wheeled walker outdoors. When out & about I notice younger & younger adults using quads or rolling walkers for convenience & stability. The chickens are accustomed to my equipt bless them