Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

I hope so. We have an arctic blast coming next week which I am worried about.

Yes same here, not looking forward to it, glad I got the second sweeter-heater now.

Hopefully it won’t last long.

 

[rural mouse]

Even though @Desertvalleychickens is trying to confuse me with 2fer Tuesday pictures (), I know that today is Friday. And here is a Fluffy Butt to prove it.
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That is Tassels with a fully fluffy butt. It is the only fluff to be found at the Chicken Palace (unless you count the heaps of fluff and feathers on the floor).

See how tiny Calypso looks compared to Tassels. Normally I cannot tell them apart by size.
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Poor Calypso really isn’t properly dressed at all!
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Give her another week and she'll be mostly covered again! Poor Lark did that middle of December.

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Even though @Desertvalleychickens is trying to confuse me with 2fer Tuesday pictures (), I know that today is Friday. And here is a Fluffy Butt to prove it.
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That is Tassels with a fully fluffy butt. It is the only fluff to be found at the Chicken Palace (unless you count the heaps of fluff and feathers on the floor).

See how tiny Calypso looks compared to Tassels. Normally I cannot tell them apart by size.
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Poor Calypso really isn’t properly dressed at all!
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Just trying to make up for the days I've missed. Here's a fluffy butt.

 

[Sylvester017]

Yes I want to avoid production hens.
She did briefly have a little rusty colored cochin cross named Biscuit. This new red hen is going to be named Biscuit Two.
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She says Butterbirds are orange and we need them too haha.

A bonus if they have pompoms. She says she wants a red polish hen but I've only seen laced.View attachment 4019269
Here's one from the UK, I'll send this picture around to the people I know breed polishes to see if they know where I could find one.

Sounds like your little kiddo has been bitten by chicken math Nothing wrong w/that!

 

[Sylvester017]

Now I see how a black parent can never have splash offspring yet I can't figure how the blues are made to begin with ~ in order to have a blue to make splash, where did the very first blue come from ~ an accident? So confusing is why I never studied genetics. Egg colors I understand but not blue birds.

Blue/Black/Splash Breeding Chart

Blue X Blue = 50% Blue, 25% Black, 25% Splash
Blue X Splash = 50% Blue, 50% Splash
Splash X Splash = 100% Splash
Splash X Black = 100% Blue
Blue X Black = 50% Blue, 50% Black
Black X Black = 100% Black

 

[SimpleJenn]

Pink Meadows farm on facebook.
This girl is so pretty and like, an extremely golden and fancy pattern like Morinth had!

 

[Sylvester017]

I knew a lady that had land passed down too her through her family for generations. It was once a working farm.

On this land was a plumb and apple tree. The victorian plumb, was well over 40 or fifty years old and likely more. But she had no interest in it. This did upset me.

It got a fungal growing at the trunk and to my knowledge it could have been easily remedied, but not caring she chose to do nothing about it.

I don't know about the apple tree the apples were sour and used for making cider.
My thoughts on this was at the time, when some people get something passed down they don't fully appreciate it's value.

She eventually sold up and left. But that neglect of this tree really bugged me.

Her parents and maybe even her grandparents cared about that lovely tree and the delicious victorian plumbs are barley seen in our shops and markets anymore. They used to be in an abundance here in UK

So it makes me wonder how many idol asses have neglected these beautiful fruit trees, all because it was given to them so easily .

Yep, it's hard to find silver spoon-fed people who appreciate or understand property handed down to them for free. You almost have to be farm born or a person raised on agricultural land to appreciate it.

c. 1930's

c. 1930's

A wagon load of family farm kids!
c. early Depression Era

 

[Sylvester017]

Pink Meadows farm on facebook.
This girl is so pretty and like, an extremely golden and fancy pattern like Morinth had!
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That is a gorgeous photo! & your Morinth & Nyx were a couple of my favourites you had.

Satin Silkies come in an array of patterns depending on what breed they're crossed with. My Silkie breeder source had Frizzled, Satins, & Laced Satins but since we had traditional Silkies for so many years we got the regular fluffy Silkies from them.

This is not a bad pic for Fluffy Butt Friday!

 

[Sylvester017]

FLUFFY BUTT FRIDAY

A Christmas gift

 

[Sylvester017]

Friday fluff

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Kate, Hetty, Nimbus, Chia

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Maizie, Violet, Blurr

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That Sussex is a BEAUT...Another breed I never had a chance to have.

We once were offered a mating pair of Coronation Sussex but it was w/ the stipulation on continuing a breeding program for the rare breed! We can't have roos!

Coronation Sussex