Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

Misty would like to let HRH that she thinks her beard and muffs might be better than hers

Them's fighting words! she does have a great beard and muff set.

 

[Sally PB]

My sweet little Pippy passed last night. She'd been dealing with salpingitis for 15 months. I'll bury her next to Sunny in the garden.

She gave me a fluffy butt Valentine at some point last year.

This is my favorite picture of her. I know I've posted it many times.

Fly high and free, dear, sweet little Pippy!

 

[RoyalChick]

Moving those mats is such a pain. We have a lot of them. Some are in front of the coop/kennel, and I always dread when to is time to dig them out from under the accumulated mud/dirt to get them back on top again where the do some good. I always have to try to flip one end over and then drag by the fold.


We use a portable sump pump to drain it, and use the water for the garden.


It’s actually a water trough that we buried. For a really good deal on one that was only 1’ tall and buried it. I just wish it was bigger around. We will probably end up having to replace it someday but I can’t find anything affordable that is about 5’ in diameter, no more than 18” deep, and not galvanized.

Here’s a picture before we buried it.
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They seem to enjoy lounging on the new blocks.
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That is adorable. Looks like they need some tall fruity drinks with little parasols and crushed ice!

 

[RoyalChick]

My sweet little Pippy passed last night. She'd been dealing with salpingitis for 15 months. I'll bury her next to Sunny in the garden.

She gave me a fluffy butt Valentine at some point last year.
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This is my favorite picture of her. I know I've posted it many times.
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Fly high and free, dear, sweet little Pippy!

Oh so sorry. Farewell lovely Pippy.
I love that picture of her.

 

[bgmathteach]

New Bum

I made Aster's bum silhouette today. She is now on the coop.

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How wonderful - it is official - Aster resides here! (I hope she didn't get a complex prior to the bum posting )

Ummm...I think you have a slight problem....

There is only space for one more bum, and soon you will need to be adding 2 new bums!

 

[bgmathteach]

Guys!!!
Our first eggy!!!
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It's minty green and has a perfect strong shell. Glad I listened to my intuition and put out oyster shell yesterday!

Now...let's take bets on who laid it

Is it precious NavyBeans, who squatted last week and popped those impressive wattles over the past three days?
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Or mighty BlueRaptor who also has quite the set (of wattles) and has willingly allowed Slowpoke to breed her?
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They're the new hot item, as you can see.

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The girls say no to him, and rather than chase them he goes and courts his pot instead. Ain't she a beauty?
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Planter pots, the best chicken toy ever? So multi purpose

First eggs are always so much fun & egg-citing!

Never underestimate the attractive power of a plant pot!!!! They give little resistance to attentions, too - always a plus for a young hormonal male!!

 

[bgmathteach]

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Is this crossbeak? This girl was begging for some mealies and I noticed the beak deformity. I'll have to keep an eye on her

My sweet little Pippy passed last night. She'd been dealing with salpingitis for 15 months. I'll bury her next to Sunny in the garden.

She gave me a fluffy butt Valentine at some point last year.
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This is my favorite picture of her. I know I've posted it many times.
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Fly high and free, dear, sweet little Pippy!

I'm sorry her life came to an end! Sounds like she lived a long time with saplingitis under your care, though.

She was such a sweetie - I loved that picture - and others of her roosting/hanging out with/on her human.

 

[rural mouse]

My sweet little Pippy passed last night. She'd been dealing with salpingitis for 15 months. I'll bury her next to Sunny in the garden.

She gave me a fluffy butt Valentine at some point last year.
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This is my favorite picture of her. I know I've posted it many times.
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Fly high and free, dear, sweet little Pippy!

 

[rural mouse]

Mugs

Daisy enjoying the sun

Nimbus and Cumulo also

guardian Hector

DONT MESS WITH ME says Cardhu as she returns to nest. Yes, she is broody.

 

[featherhead007]

Mugs Monday

BFTP

July 2023

Sophia with her chicks checking out the eggs laid in her nestbox
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Ruth
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Misty would like to let HRH that she thinks her beard and muffs might be better than hers
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Misty, be careful. That kind of talk can be interpreted as treason! Queen Aurora doesn’t take kindly to treason.