Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

Same with the chooks. My mutts are great. Now having said that, those Orpingtons are wonderful also.

Hmmmm I wonder what a polish and Orpington would look like?!

You'll never know if you keep Laverne & Mr. P apart

 

[featherhead007]

Awwww poor Athens, you will remember poor Mr P is also bald on his head and just low growing back his feathers. I have had to lock him away from the main flock as some of those bad youngsters have taken to picking a his pin feathers making them bleed like crazy. But his head feathers are growing back and look like Athens at the moment.

I have a bunch losing feathers, tis the time of year. And I have a few hens in need of hen aprons from Mr Little Chicken and Clyde over breeding them. Maybe you and your mum can make up some aprons for the girls of yours that need them.

Ok now on to the serious stuff.

First I am sorry for the loss of your hen, and don’t beat yourself up over not bawling your eyes out over her passing. The older you get and the more life experience you have you will find that you will handle things differently than when when you were younger.

And sad to say but the more experience you have with your pets passing, the more different your emotions will be each time. I would not think of your feelings as being indifferent, think of it as accepting the inevitable.

We all miss you and your chooks here also, if I can make a suggestion. Maybe you can downsize a bit to something more manageable for this point in time. Soon you will likely be going off the college or university, who will care for your flock? I am thinking your parents. Our parents do a lot for us to help us. Maybe you can downsize a bit, that will give you more time with your chooks and also help your parents.

You can explain to you dad that you wish to get back into the chooks more, discuss their care with those only BYC. If you present a mature well organized case for your wanting to become more involved with the chooks maybe he will allow you to get back online.

Mr P the wee bald leprechaun - this was a few weeks ago.
As you can see he is slowly growing his lovely topknot backView attachment 4215699View attachment 4215700View attachment 4215702

The feathers have grown in even more now, I give him a scrooch nightly, with his feathers, to help loosen the casings around his feathers.

Wow!

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Love that hat! Happy Hatchday Splotch!


Ok kiddo get your homework done! We aren’t going anywhere you can chat later.

Yes ma’am!!

 

[Ponypoor]

You'll never know if you keep Laverne & Mr. P apart

Ah, but I also have 3 Buffs - who also find his feathers tasty…

 

[featherhead007]

It has been a few days so here's a photo. I haven't gotten any photos today. I'm thinking the older chickens are getting along with the younger chickens. It doesn't seem like they are attacking them anymore.
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There will be peace in our time!

 

[Ponypoor]

Just having a lazy day here, it’s mild and humid - just how I like it.

Caught Mr. having a snooze

His pin feathers today - Laverne had a go at them last night the brat.

A little tree hugger

And Marty and Fluffy standing around doing nothing.

 

[rural mouse]

The sun is out and it is getting a bit warmer. Tassels and her gang are snoozing in the sun after gorging on fallen peaches.
I am still a bit anxious about Chippy’s gender. Much more comb than the others and now wattles. Also more red.

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6 weeks old on Monday. WDYT?
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I think you have a cockerel...on the slower developing side. (75% sure on that, still with in the wait and see range). Good. The ladies need a sentinel. And a boy raised in the flock can settle in rather nicely.

 

[Ponypoor]

I think you have a cockerel...on the slower developing side. (75% sure on that, still with in the wait and see range). Good. The ladies need a sentinel. And a boy raised in the flock can settle in rather nicely.

Well all in all if you’re gonna have a Roo, having one that the ladies can clobber when he gets too randy is a good thing.

And he will be pure eye candy!

 

[rural mouse]

Hmmmm I think @rural mouse can answer the comb question. Mr P has the split comb and it’s really funky! It’s part of why I really like the Polish - they are just such characters. I really like the daughters of Mr P - they have been wonderful crosses. I was toying with the idea of crossing him on my Azure Blues and getting a Polish x Leghorn type bird laying blue eggs.

Wonder what type of comb I would get?! And I bet they would fly everywhere - more escape artists hahaha! The only thing preventing me is the risk of getting cockerels

I think @Pastel the Rooster crest feathers are full enough to hide the comb entirely

Your polish x leghorn mix would likely have a straight comb with a split towards the back, maybe a little fleshier than the standard straight. Outside chance of having fully split straight comb/something else entirely. V-combs do weird things.

 

[rural mouse]

Don’t worry I am sure we will all keep you on track AND make sure you do your assignments. FYI - I am brutal about finishing assignments on time and top quality. So eggspect me to nag you all the time my nieces had to prove to me they had their schoolwork done before I would drive them anywhere.

What breed of chicks?

Did you see I have 3 silkie chicks? My neighbour gave me some eggs to hatch.




Wow that is an amazing comb! It’s a crown!

You have a beautiful flock btw. The Polish really add pizzazz I think.


Sure like babies with their barnyard mutt mama
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the leg cross should pop a similar crown