Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[drstratton]

What a fun morning. Shared this on my thread, but had to share it here too!

Finally lap chickens! With bribery anyway...lol I had 4 in my lap today!

Nom, nom!
Willow and Phoenix!

 

[RoyalChick]

I don’t have the stamina for this!
At 1pm I noticed that the little orange dish of chick feed was getting a bit covered over with bedding.
You can just see poking up it in this picture - to the left of Tassel’s backside.

So I decided to go out and add another pot of feed, retrieve this pot and put it somewhere more secure.

IT HAS GONE

No sign of it. Admittedly Tassels and her army of teeny, tiny excavators have been doing some major digging.
But the thing is ceramic coated cast iron. It is heavy. Completely gone. I have raked over that whole area!

And if that weren’t frustrating enough, Pooh has moved into the Tassels/chicklet cardboard home. She is fine sharing it with the little ones and several have been in and been hanging out with her.
I don’t know yet, but I suspect she is going broody in there.
I have no idea how Tassels will react come nightfall.

Here is Pooh inspecting her new accommodations.

 

[RoyalChick]

What a fun morning. Shared this on my thread, but had to share it here too!

Finally lap chickens! With bribery anyway...lol I had 4 in my lap today!

Nom, nom!
Willow and Phoenix!

Awww!
And some great photos too!

 

[drstratton]

I don’t have the stamina for this!
At 1pm I noticed that the little orange dish of chick feed was getting a bit covered over with bedding.
You can just see poking up it in this picture - to the left of Tassel’s backside.
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So I decided to go out and add another pot of feed, retrieve this pot and put it somewhere more secure.

IT HAS GONE

No sign of it. Admittedly Tassels and her army of teeny, tiny excavators have been doing some major digging.
But the thing is ceramic coated cast iron. It is heavy. Completely gone. I have racked over that whole area!

And if that weren’t frustrating enough, Pooh has moved into the Tassels/chicklet cardboard home. She is fine sharing it with the little ones and several have been in and been hanging out with her.
I don’t know yet, but I suspect she is going broody in there.
I have no idea how Tassels will react come nightfall.

Here is Pooh inspecting her new accommodations.
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Wow, I wonder what happened to it!

Pooh just wants to share mothering duties!

 

[drstratton]

Awww!
And some great photos too!

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Teen Wattles!
Astrid!
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"Wattlettes"!

 

[drstratton]

"Wattlettes"!

Love that!

 

[Ponypoor]

@Ponypoor are those polish? They almost look too round for any polish eggs I've seen, but I have pompoms on the brain.
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Look at Brainiac and her white tail!
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As for wattles, here is Wild Man looking regal. He called out a hawk this morning and Fenix chased it off.

That white tail sure is a contrast! And with the white crest it’s lovely.

 

[Ponypoor]

I don’t have the stamina for this!
At 1pm I noticed that the little orange dish of chick feed was getting a bit covered over with bedding.
You can just see poking up it in this picture - to the left of Tassel’s backside.
View attachment 4196581

So I decided to go out and add another pot of feed, retrieve this pot and put it somewhere more secure.

IT HAS GONE

No sign of it. Admittedly Tassels and her army of teeny, tiny excavators have been doing some major digging.
But the thing is ceramic coated cast iron. It is heavy. Completely gone. I have raked over that whole area!

And if that weren’t frustrating enough, Pooh has moved into the Tassels/chicklet cardboard home. She is fine sharing it with the little ones and several have been in and been hanging out with her.
I don’t know yet, but I suspect she is going broody in there.
I have no idea how Tassels will react come nightfall.

Here is Pooh inspecting her new accommodations.
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Careful! She might steal a couple of the babies for her own!


My chooks dig and scratch and move so much material, they actually flattened a mountain!

Mnt Poopmore is Mnt NoMore!

Hahaha just kidding the front end loader and dump truck have finished - can’t wait to see what the chooks think when they go out back and don’t see the muck pile!