Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[LozzyR]

Wow! So much cleverness. I'm quite in awe. @LozzyR, can I ask what you actually do? Practice law? Or music? Or both...?

I know that this is completely off-topic, but if anyone is interested in having a sticky-beak, I’ve just posted my major assignment online. If anyone would like to have a look, let me know and I’ll post the link. It was a lot of work and I’m quite proud of it! I’m also knackered, so I’m going to bed. Night all!

 

[BY Bob]

I know that this is completely off-topic, but if anyone is interested in having a sticky-beak, I’ve just posted my major assignment online. If anyone would like to have a look, let me know and I’ll post the link. It was a lot of work and I’m quite proud of it! I’m also knackered, so I’m going to bed. Night all!

I would be interested if you would like to PM me a link.

 

[Ribh]

I would be interested if you would like to PM me a link.

Me too.

 

[Shadrach]

I know that this is completely off-topic, but if anyone is interested in having a sticky-beak, I’ve just posted my major assignment online. If anyone would like to have a look, let me know and I’ll post the link. It was a lot of work and I’m quite proud of it! I’m also knackered, so I’m going to bed. Night all!

I would like a look as well.

 

[drumstick diva]

Hi Shad

 

[Shadrach]

Hi DD.

 

[BY Bob]

Changing Friendships

I noticed some changing in the pairing off lately among the girls. I am not sure how this plays into the pecking order fun, etc. but the black hens have been spending more time together and the light colored hens have been together. Or you could say the two bullies and the two nice ones. You can see them resting together in these two photos. You have to look closely to find the two back hens as they have really tried to hide themselves.

 

[Kris5902]

I would think lifting a good sized hen would be quite difficult ~ but then we get osprey drown from mullet strikes if the fish is too heavy. Apparently they can't unhook their talons so if they can't get airborn again...
I'm never quite sure of similarities & differences in European & Australian raptors. I should do some proper research but time...

Our eagles, Bald and Golden, are both able to strike and fly off with baby Goats and Lambs. They can carry off about 20lb babies at most. They drop them from the sky, then usually eat them where they land. I don’t think my chickens would stand a chance on a good strike. But the boys often alarm at them circling. I think this one was on the ground though from its trajectory and flapping as it passed, as well as the length of the alarming.

A good rooster is worth his weight in gold. Rooster Cogburn was a great rooster. Jabber was not.

I can't imagine seeing an eagle like that. I think our hawks are huge.

I saw somewhere on BYC that a raven was stealing eggs right from the nest. The hens would lay the eggs, leave the coop, and then the raven would go in, gather up the fresh egg and walk out with it. They had video. It was something.

I don’t mind the ravens so much. I don’t think they are really a threat to the adult birds, but they do tend to drive off the Hawks and eagles, especially when they are nesting. They are awful to the baby lambs though.

 

[drumstick diva]

I didn't know eagles were that strong.

 

[BY Bob]

Crop Circles

I love the little circles the girls make as they work their way through the leaves in the fall. They look like little crop circles on the ground.