Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

Glad is recovering enough to be back with her flock!

Almost recovered....still therapy to do so arm gains mobility & fingers to hold a pen to be able to write again.

 

[Ponypoor]

Almost recovered....still therapy to do so arm gains mobility & fingers to hold a pen to be able to write again.

You can likely start trying to pick up a pen if you wish. Very gently….. don’t twist your arm.

Soon you’ll be able to see those sweet chickies of yours and be more active with them.

Here are the dumplings- again

 

[Ponypoor]

Weather warning are out again here, heavy wicked lake effect snow squalls have created a major MV pileup on one the major hiways here.

Meanwhile the power is out here at work.

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/e...ed-for-up-to-20-cm-in-parts-of-ontario-friday

More snow for the weekend.

Weather or not Tax

Georgie Girl and Clyde the Brave I would say they are around 6 weeks old here, same age as the dumplings!

 

[Sylvester017]

Yes, me too. I kept rewatching this video for a while!

Teehee! me too! I watch it from time to time for the last 14 yrs! Silkies & bantam Cochins have that cute fluffball running....

 

[ValerieJ]

Others have given you answers, but a few additional things.

The intention behind the tax system is to keep the thread focused on our chickens and limit the random chat.
If someone posts on a random topic unrelated to chickens they need to post a chicken picture as tax (ideally in the same post). That way, those of us not interested in chat can at least enjoy a chicken picture without wading through endless random chit chat posts.

You can read all about it (and other fun stuff) about this thread in the primer that is linked to in Bob's signature.
I am cc the link here too (I think): https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/fluffy-butt-acres-a-primer.77796/

Tax: BFTF. Lovely Maggie and her gorgeous chestnut fluffy butt. Happy Friday!
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Thanks. That was fun reading.

 

[Sylvester017]

Meanwhile the power is out here at work.

Power outages suck! The day of my surgery Jan 8th the Santa Ana Winds kicked up & Los Angeles area was on fire. Our home power went out at 5 a.m. while I had to do my pre-surgery antibacterial shower in the dark. Meanwhile my surgeon said his home power was out too....but we both managed to get to the hospital that morning!

Tx

FLUFFY BUTTS FRI ~ Mini & Violet 2015

 

[fuentemoon]

Yes, but just like with people, sometimes it seems that personality is only a matter of individuality, and sometimes it's uncanny the way genetics come through and you (rather terrifyingly) find yourself being your mother, or even worse your grandmother .

And while I tend to think that breed and breeding for animals would only play a minor role, I still have found some of the generic statement about breeds to have some truth. For example I can attest as someone who began riding at the age of six that yes, all Shetland ponies are stubborn and very often have a contrary view of what they should do, to that of their small rider .

Roosting is also still quite horrible in my flock. There are periods when the nastiness only occur for five or ten minutes, but sometimes it can last for up to an hour. All the hens have learned this behaviour now - bully, or be bullied. The roosters don't seem to be able to do anything about it.
I've done a lot of moving around with the setting and it helps a bit ; but I think it's very difficult to solve once the hens have gotten used to it.
I'm inclined to think once Aurora is gone, one of yours will take over on the threats.

If you can come up with a backup plan for one of them in case the three roosters can't peacefully coexist, I don't see why not take both ? Would you be able to re-home or sell a young Silkie rooster ?

Portraits of Annette including some mugs.
I was watching her digging alone in the garden today, and I was wondering why she reminded me of that song "Africa" ...the song we either love or hate .
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And I finally got it...

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It's the zebra vibe ! Talk about stereotypes !

There would be a lot to say about her personality compared to that of her three siblings Mélisse, Lulu and Laure (who is probably only half sister and the most different in temper) ; they have many common points but also many differences, including their attitude to humans. Annette is aloof but not really afraid ; she loves freedom and will always find a way to get out. But she's also by far the most clever of the four in terms of free ranging, as she has shown several times when she was caught out in a bad storm or locked outside the coop at night. They were all taught to free-range by the same broody and they are siblings, but they don't all show the same abilities and desire for freedom.

I really love her comb, the perfect blend of straight and floppy

 

[Sylvester017]

You can likely start trying to pick up a pen if you wish. Very gently….. don’t twist your arm.

Soon you’ll be able to see those sweet chickies of yours and be more active with them.

TY! You are so encouraging....for months I've been trying to write even before surgery but arthritis hit my fingers way before the broken arm happened. Maybe occupational therapy will help. We'll see. What's funny is that my arthritis fingers still write better than my DH's regular handwriting! He's a lefty & has weird writing. Arthritis is catching up w/ him too

 

[Sylvester017]

MORE FLUFFY BUTTS ~ 2015 During our backyard remodeling. Taffy & Violet checking out the spot where their old coop was.

 

[Ponypoor]

TY! You are so encouraging....for months I've been trying to write even before surgery but arthritis hit my fingers way before the broken arm happened. Maybe occupational therapy will help. We'll see. What's funny is that my arthritis fingers still write better than my DH's regular handwriting! He's a lefty & has weird writing. Arthritis is catching up w/ him too

My penmanship is horrid! Always has been.

It’s like chicken scratches

Summer 2024