Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

It's Friday

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Saturday here. I hope that lady has a passport she'll reach Australia the way she digging down under

 

[Marie2020]

As youngsters (approx one yr up to 3 yrs old) Legs have been lovely here but noticed going into her 4th yr our White Leg started getting testy w/ other flock members (was her reproductive reputation kicking in to make her ornery, was she just getting old & crotchety, etc etc)?

We liked our White Leg pullet so much we got two Buff Leghorns from a breeder who bred Buff Legs from the Danne Honour line. Danne was project breeding his Buffs to lay more whitish eggs rather than brown. Danne never said (& I never asked) what Buff cross-breed he used to get Buff Legs but since the egg shells were light brown I assumed he had used Buff Orps somewhere in his breeding project. Hard to find Buff Legs now. The Sand Hill Preservation Farm had Buff Leghorns years ago but buffalo gnats killed off their Buff flock & decimated a rare turkey breed but happily they've restarted their Buff Leg flock again. Sand Hill in Iowa is amazing at preserving rare poultry i.e. like Dorking, Barred Holland, Penedesenca, 13 Leghorn varieties, 12 Orpington colors, Scots Dumpy, etc etc etc.
https://www.sandhillpreservation.com/chickens

Danne Honour's Buff Legs on feathersite.com

Buff Leghorn roosters
Photos courtesy of Danne J. Honour

Buff Leghorn hens
Photos courtesy of Danne J. Honour​

Anyway I gave one of our Buff Leg pullets to a friend's laying flock & the Buff was ok w/ other laying breeds like Marans, Australorp & Buff Orps, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, etc. When our 4 yr old White Leg & one-yr-old Buff Leg started bullying our gentle Silkie & timid Ameraucana we donated our two Legs to our friend's backyard layer flock who already possessed the first Buff Leg we donated to them. It was sad giving up our Legs but obviously we couldn't donate our little Silkie & timid Ameraucana to a flock owner of larger more aggressive layer breeds. At least our two Legs got rehomed together & we got to visit them often just around the block from us.
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I hope you can eventually find the Lt Brown Legs you love. Check out Sand Hill or a Midwest hatchery next year. This season is pretty much done for shipped birds but put in an early order now for next Spring. Some hatcheries will ship as few as a 3-chick order

Such colours. I love those amazing golden feathers ️

 

[Marie2020]

Caturday
Good morning everyone

 

[Sally PB]

Some hatcheries will ship as few as a 3-chick order

Last I knew, Mt Healthy in Ohio would ship 3 chicks. They did have a "small order fee" that was added on. I don't know how large the order had to be not to have the fee.

I ordered chicks from them in 2023 and was VERY pleased with the service and the chicks. I was happy to pay the fee as I wanted just 4 chicks and couldn't split an order with anyone. They had the breed I wanted and I could get the number of chicks I wanted.

 

[BY Bob]

And that is why Missy is afraid of my chickens! And won’t go to the barn at all!

Scardy Cat! Éowyn didn't run this time. That's this time.

 

[BY Bob]

I am fairly certain my gang could operate power tools if they had hands. They sure had fun getting in the way of my building many things!

Sweeping the floor
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Using the wheelbarrow
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Helping with the feed buckets
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Arbourist work
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Pest control
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And carpentry

Measure twice, cut once
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Use the clamps
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Quality control
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And power tools
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Yep they know it all those chooks!

Those are amazing! That's some photo shoot! They could do Dewalt commercials!

 

[featherhead007]

As youngsters (approx one yr up to 3 yrs old) Legs have been lovely here but noticed going into her 4th yr our White Leg started getting testy w/ other flock members (was her reproductive reputation kicking in to make her ornery, was she just getting old & crotchety, etc etc)?

We liked our White Leg pullet so much we got two Buff Leghorns from a breeder who bred Buff Legs from the Danne Honour line. Danne was project breeding his Buffs to lay more whitish eggs rather than brown. Danne never said (& I never asked) what Buff cross-breed he used to get Buff Legs but since the egg shells were light brown I assumed he had used Buff Orps somewhere in his breeding project. Hard to find Buff Legs now. The Sand Hill Preservation Farm had Buff Leghorns years ago but buffalo gnats killed off their Buff flock & decimated a rare turkey breed but happily they've restarted their Buff Leg flock again. Sand Hill in Iowa is amazing at preserving rare poultry i.e. like Dorking, Barred Holland, Penedesenca, 13 Leghorn varieties, 12 Orpington colors, Scots Dumpy, etc etc etc.
https://www.sandhillpreservation.com/chickens

Danne Honour's Buff Legs on feathersite.com

Buff Leghorn roosters
Photos courtesy of Danne J. Honour

Buff Leghorn hens
Photos courtesy of Danne J. Honour​

Anyway I gave one of our Buff Leg pullets to a friend's laying flock & the Buff was ok w/ other laying breeds like Marans, Australorp & Buff Orps, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, etc. When our 4 yr old White Leg & one-yr-old Buff Leg started bullying our gentle Silkie & timid Ameraucana we donated our two Legs to our friend's backyard layer flock who already possessed the first Buff Leg we donated to them. It was sad giving up our Legs but obviously we couldn't donate our little Silkie & timid Ameraucana to a flock owner of larger more aggressive layer breeds. At least our two Legs got rehomed together & we got to visit them often just around the block from us.
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I hope you can eventually find the Lt Brown Legs you love. Check out Sand Hill or a Midwest hatchery next year. This season is pretty much done for shipped birds but put in an early order now for next Spring. Some hatcheries will ship as few as a 3-chick order

So then, what do you get crossing a Silkie with an alligator? Either dinner, or a Broody that you really don’t want to mess with!

 

[featherhead007]

Cock-a-doodle-Dooooooooooo.
Mr Wyandottey is awake and so am I, so I went out to the coop in the dark and went into the coop. After searching several chickens legs, I found legs with one inch spurs. Yep he’s the guy I’m looking for! I hope I didn’t traumatize the ladies.
Remember, poultry are pets not food!

 

[featherhead007]

Cock-a-doodle-Dooooooooooo.
Mr Wyandottey is awake and so am I, so I went out to the coop in the dark and went into the coop. After searching several chickens legs, I found legs with one inch spurs. Yep he’s the guy I’m looking for! I hope I didn’t traumatize the ladies.
Remember, poultry are pets not food!

He’s silent inside the house with me.

 

[BY Bob]

As youngsters (approx one yr up to 3 yrs old) Legs have been lovely here but noticed going into her 4th yr our White Leg started getting testy w/ other flock members (was her reproductive reputation kicking in to make her ornery, was she just getting old & crotchety, etc etc)?

We liked our White Leg pullet so much we got two Buff Leghorns from a breeder who bred Buff Legs from the Danne Honour line. Danne was project breeding his Buffs to lay more whitish eggs rather than brown. Danne never said (& I never asked) what Buff cross-breed he used to get Buff Legs but since the egg shells were light brown I assumed he had used Buff Orps somewhere in his breeding project. Hard to find Buff Legs now. The Sand Hill Preservation Farm had Buff Leghorns years ago but buffalo gnats killed off their Buff flock & decimated a rare turkey breed but happily they've restarted their Buff Leg flock again. Sand Hill in Iowa is amazing at preserving rare poultry i.e. like Dorking, Barred Holland, Penedesenca, 13 Leghorn varieties, 12 Orpington colors, Scots Dumpy, etc etc etc.
https://www.sandhillpreservation.com/chickens

Danne Honour's Buff Legs on feathersite.com

Buff Leghorn roosters
Photos courtesy of Danne J. Honour

Buff Leghorn hens
Photos courtesy of Danne J. Honour​

Anyway I gave one of our Buff Leg pullets to a friend's laying flock & the Buff was ok w/ other laying breeds like Marans, Australorp & Buff Orps, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, etc. When our 4 yr old White Leg & one-yr-old Buff Leg started bullying our gentle Silkie & timid Ameraucana we donated our two Legs to our friend's backyard layer flock who already possessed the first Buff Leg we donated to them. It was sad giving up our Legs but obviously we couldn't donate our little Silkie & timid Ameraucana to a flock owner of larger more aggressive layer breeds. At least our two Legs got rehomed together & we got to visit them often just around the block from us.
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I hope you can eventually find the Lt Brown Legs you love. Check out Sand Hill or a Midwest hatchery next year. This season is pretty much done for shipped birds but put in an early order now for next Spring. Some hatcheries will ship as few as a 3-chick order

Beautiful leghorns.