Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Always helpful.

 

[featherhead007]

You have tough chickens!

 

[Ponypoor]

It varies as to when: may, June...occasionally July

May and no later!

 

[Ponypoor]

Can chickens get styes?

A stye is an infection in the oil gland/hair shaft of your eyelashes.

I guess technically a chook can get an infection in the feather location, but I don’t think they have feathers that close to the eye - do they? hmmmm need to look close at a chook!

Have had a stye it was an ugly painful thing, I think I post a pic here of mine so I could elicite some sympathy

 

[Ponypoor]

Your kneecap pecking girls, Barbosa is like that with my shoes. If I stop for just a second there he is pecking away. I think he is obsessed with my shoelaces as he eventually goes for them. I have yet to test him out with my crocs. He is not aggressive in his pecking of the shoes so I do not see this escalating into flogging. Right now he simply has a shoe fetish.

Don’t paint your toenails red!

 

[Ponypoor]

Whohoo, I can confirm a second silkie layer and I caught her in the act this morning.

Lori my solid black bearded silkie pullet is laying.

Awesome ! Congratulations! That’s so eggciting!

I cannot wait to se a bunch more babies bopping around

 

[RoyalChick]

A stye is an infection in the oil gland/hair shaft of your eyelashes.

I guess technically a chook can get an infection in the feather location, but I don’t think they have feathers that close to the eye - do they? hmmmm need to look close at a chook!

Have had a stye it was an ugly painful thing, I think I post a pic here of mine so I could elicite some sympathy

Mine seem to have eyelashes. I assume they are fine feathers.

 

[Ponypoor]

Temps stayed above freezing overnight...and the chinook winds hit (foehn winds in europe).

View attachment 4057128farthest they've spread out (and earliest) in a month.

Nice! Very lovely photo - even with the evil white stuff

I so glad it’s milded up for you. Hopefully it can stay mild for a few days.

 

[Ponypoor]

Betty

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Aawwwwwww Hey beautiful we all miss you

Gosh she is just lovely. I would love to get a nice hen like her one day.

 

[rural mouse]

May and no later!

I've watched independence day fireworks with snow.



Before and after pics

Breakfast time

this morning

mid afternoon....Temps almost 50, wind non-stop