Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ribh]

How did roosting go, @BY Bob ?

 

[featherhead007]

Tap and Hurry have the habit of coming straight into the house after a dust bath and shaking the dust off in my kitchen area!
I try hard to intercept them if I'm in and paying attention.

Mine are too fast, and sneaky!

 

[BY Bob]

If I remember correctly, blue & white are dominant. Something else happens to produce brown.

So I have a bunch of recessive chickens.

 

[Ribh]

So I have a bunch of recessive chickens.

No. Brown or tinted eggs happen when a dye called protoporphyrin is laid over the shell. Brown shells aren't brown inside & out. Blue & white eggs are. Have I made sense?

 

[BY Bob]

How did roosting go, @BY Bob ?

Everyone roosted calmly with no fuss tonight.

Frankly it's maddening. I did nothing tonight and they behaved like they should.

 

[BY Bob]

No. Brown or tinted eggs happen when a dye called protoporphyrin is laid over the shell. Brown shells aren't brown inside & out. Blue & white eggs are. Have I made sense?

Yes, but Kris said Blue and White were dominant genes.

 

[Ribh]

Everyone roosted calmly with no fuss tonight.
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Frankly it's maddening. I did nothing tonight and they behaved like they should.

Still, that must have been a relief. Something probably happens within the flock you can't see to set Aurora off.

 

[Ribh]

Yes, but Kris said Blue and White were dominant genes.

Yes. I may not have understood correctly but blue & white are the only *true* colours. Brown is an overlay on either white or blue. So genetically if you have a marker for blue & a marker for brown the blue would dominate & you would get blue eggs but if 2 brown markers line up you would get brown eggs ~ & that's assuming I have some grasp of my very limited biology classes.

 

[BY Bob]

Still, that must have been a relief. Something probably happens within the flock you can't see to set Aurora off.

It is a relief and it isn't. The debate now rages do I need to do anything or was this all just fluky. They were all locked in the complex today except for 2 hours if free ranging in the evening. You would think with all that closeness someone would have irritated her.

 

[Kris5902]

A short word on dust bathing: It's OK to be near your birds while they dust bathe, but don't do what I just experienced. I was close,,,, two hens got up and shook the dust off (Doing the shake)
I was fairly covered by spraying dust and sand, (All over me, even in my face) I guess I knew it was coming, so it serves me right, to be that close I guess.

Tap and Hurry have the habit of coming straight into the house after a dust bath and shaking the dust off in my kitchen area!
I try hard to intercept them if I'm in and paying attention.

I think this is something we all agree on! And it is truly amazing how much dirt feathers can hold! It usually ends up all in my face or hair as I’m trying to relocate before the shake out!