Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

Hi all.

I got a few pictures a few minutes ago. I am going to have to order a replacement battery for my camera this year. The cold zapped a fully charged battery in all of 6 minutes. To be fair though, the camera is 14 years old with the same battery.

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George, He is so handsome. I did not know I needed a punk rock rooster, but I do. Mr. P's mini me has earned a middle name. He is now George "Phinieous" Jones. He is adapting to his role as flock rooster. Goose has accepted him now that she is back to laying. The rest of the girls will follow suit as soon as they start back up soon. George has a real lady now he no longer dances for me. I am back to being momma.
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The rest are of Poppet and Turkey who is 7 weeks old today. Such a pretty little pullet. If she does not hit a major growth spurt soon I think as a adult she will be Mrs Little Chicken size. She also has a wonky feather on her head that is standing straight up. Until now I did not think she was going to have any type of crest. Now....well, is this the start of a tiny crest?
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Poppet by the way has earned her right to hatch chicks in the future. I never had any doubts she would be a good momma seeing as how she is a silkie. It takes a great momma to keep her chick thriving in the temperatures we have had the last 2 and a half weeks.

Turkey is one tiny chick for her age! Wonder how small Turkey will stay? Juvenile feathers are wild, it'll take a little time to feather nicely but it's fun to watch. George sure is handsome

 

[rural mouse]

Hmmm.
How high off the ground are everyone else’s roosts? With the ‘big girl’ nest box cabinet under the downhill end the jump up is only about 2’ (maybe less).
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6 feet, 4 feet, 2 feet: options

 

[rural mouse]

Hi all.

I got a few pictures a few minutes ago. I am going to have to order a replacement battery for my camera this year. The cold zapped a fully charged battery in all of 6 minutes. To be fair though, the camera is 14 years old with the same battery.

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George, He is so handsome. I did not know I needed a punk rock rooster, but I do. Mr. P's mini me has earned a middle name. He is now George "Phinieous" Jones. He is adapting to his role as flock rooster. Goose has accepted him now that she is back to laying. The rest of the girls will follow suit as soon as they start back up soon. George has a real lady now he no longer dances for me. I am back to being momma.
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The rest are of Poppet and Turkey who is 7 weeks old today. Such a pretty little pullet. If she does not hit a major growth spurt soon I think as a adult she will be Mrs Little Chicken size. She also has a wonky feather on her head that is standing straight up. Until now I did not think she was going to have any type of crest. Now....well, is this the start of a tiny crest?
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Poppet by the way has earned her right to hatch chicks in the future. I never had any doubts she would be a good momma seeing as how she is a silkie. It takes a great momma to keep her chick thriving in the temperatures we have had the last 2 and a half weeks.

That does look like the start of a crest. Storm and Cumulo both started their's at about that age.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Turkey is one tiny chick for her age! Wonder how small Turkey will stay? Juvenile feathers are wild, it'll take a little time to feather nicely but it's fun to watch. George sure is handsome

Turkey's growth is on track with Poppets full silkie chicks I hatched this past spring. 4 out of the 6 as still proportionate yet tiny. To be honest Poppet herself who came to me at 5 1/2 month was so little herself I really questioned her age and pegged her at around 4 months old. Seeing her daughters growth I will stand corrected and say yes she came at a 5 1/2 month old chick. Poppet grew substantially, for herself between 6 and 10 months of age. Her smaller daughters are doing the same, they are still growing. Even though Turkey's daddy was larger, I doubt Turkey will be any bigger then her mother when she is done.

 

[notabitail]

Ahh, but that is your problem. If you added a pair or trio of youngsters each spring (say, late march). THEY WOULD BE LAYING late fall and through the winter when everyone else is molting/taking a break. See, I have done the research on that...and have empirical proof of this fact!

(Actually, those are the ONLY ones laying at my place now. 77 birds, 10-15 eggs a day...all from my youngsters.)

So: solution to your problem:
Add 2-3 pullets each spring and each winter you will have eggs! simple & easy fix!

You could even put them in your house.

Taken from Reddit:

 

[notabitail]

You enabler you!

GET MORE CHOOKS!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I am not thrilled with Rosie's school at the moment. I just received a phone call that her Meningococcal shot is outdated. The nurse informed me if I did not get it by tomorrow she could not return to school next week. Seeing as how I did not even get a notice in the mail about it I argued and got it extended to next Friday.

 

[RoyalChick]

Thirsty Thursday.
Sylvie is getting the tiny drops of melted ice where the sun has warmed the rain chain.

 

[Ponypoor]

For @Ponypoor

Awww that’s cute

Did you see the babies dust bathing and the one stuck on its back

 

[Ponypoor]

Nacho is not an English game hen,
She’s a Mexican game hen. Her three kids want that free citizen card. I have not interfered . Not yet anyways

How old do you think they are now? Any clues as to gender?