Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Chickens will yank band-aids off fingers too ~ or swallow earrings, or yank diamonds out of rings! They like studded jackets & zippers too!

Aero was even pecking at the lock on the back room door. She thinks SHE’S 007

 

[Sylvester017]

Home early today, so the gang was able to have some time outside.

Also put up a couple more roosting ledges for the chooks who prefer to be up higher.

Wow! Those added roosts really opened up thhe space! & TY for getting Betty Georgie Clyde & Shorty in the videos. Shoot ~ they're all cute! One of these years those youngsters are gonna get too old to get to the top of that door!

Since we have 5 Silkies now the 4 nestboxes straw has to be poop cleaned more often cuz they sleep plus lay their eggs there too. All our Silkie hens have been nestbox snoozers. DH found 4 of them crowded in one 11x11 inch box! It was 34F at night so they piled up!

 

[Sylvester017]

According to what mom read as long as you properly let it cool down first you can then freeze it. We let is sit about 8 hours in the fridge before we froze it.

Some frozen food or sauces separate after defrosting. But the ingredients won't separate if thawed? Let us know how it thaws plz.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Maybe that what happened to my earring

Chickeennnnsssss!

Here are last year’s (2023) school chicks from my older hens and Mr P.

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Butterscotch and Little Grey whom I suspect are from same egg mama
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Rebecca I tried to ‘clean’ that orange ‘stain’ off her - hahaha.

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The way the orange is lining those "stained" feathers is exactly how George's are. They are just dark grey or black in color.

 

[RoyalChick]

@RoyalChick ~ more Sylvie pics plz !

Sylvie is still molting so not yet looking her best. She is a pretty little hen. Here she is last year.

 

[Ponypoor]

The way the orange is lining those "stained" feathers is exactly how George's are. They are just dark grey or black in color.

Ooooo I can’t wait until he is about a yr old to see how the feathers have grown in. Very interesting.

 

[Ponypoor]

Aero was even pecking at the lock on the back room door. She thinks SHE’S 007

She wants to be a locksmith!

Not Aerosmith

 

[Ponypoor]

Wow! Those added roosts really opened up thhe space! & TY for getting Betty Georgie Clyde & Shorty in the videos. Shoot ~ they're all cute! One of these years those youngsters are gonna get too old to get to the top of that door!

Since we have 5 Silkies now the 4 nestboxes straw has to be poop cleaned more often cuz they sleep plus lay their eggs there too. All our Silkie hens have been nestbox snoozers. DH found 4 of them crowded in one 11x11 inch box! It was 34F at night so they piled up!

Henny, Curly and Fluffy will sometimes roost together, but it’s more likely to be Curly and Fluffy.

 

[rural mouse]

Those two have no beard or muff, what is the trait- recessive or dominant for being bearded or not?

Far as I can tell, it's a dominate trait: shows if they have it. Beard/muffs seem to be one size and they get it or they don't. Crests look to be a 2 gene trait: the partial crest with 1 copy and the full pom-pom/Einstein look with 2 copies. ALL of Mr. P's offspring will have a crest. His offspring from the partial crested ladies will either result in more partial crests or full sized ones depending upon whether they get the crest trait from the hen also or not. (How the crested legbar works where its ALWAYS partial crest, I have no idea). That's how George got the full sized crest: mama gave him a crest gene, too.

Frizzle genes are also dominate in that they show over non-frizzle, but for healthy offspring, avoiding the double frizzle (frazzle) is wise. That's why George isn't frizzled. He didn't get mama's frizzle gene. Sadly for @RebeccaBoyd, he cannot make frizzled babies as a result.

 

[Marie2020]

@Silvester017
I've written to pooch and mutt about my concerns on the "Sulphate Pentahydrate". I've asked them to please inform me when their phone lines are opened again or to email their response. I told them I wanted to return their food and if they eliminate this toxic substance to inform me and I want go back to them again.
There's no colours added and they provide probiotic. I also said that there shouldn't be fungicide in their food in the first place to have to use that substance.

Sorry about the untidy living room but Nancy Rose is happy
We are waiting for her new bed so she can sleep in my bedroom. She takes over my bed and I need sleep to keep up with her