Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[notabitail]

Mugs Monday.
Old photo. Agathae says to be on time.

 

[Ponypoor]

Yes, one of the Light Sussex pullets went broody and I gave her a few old eggs to sit on for a bit so I could keep collecting new eggs every day. Failed to take into account that some of the old eggs were laid by my bomb-proof murderbird, so of course they were still fertilised a few weeks after I ate her boyfriends and of course they developed and hatched fine even though they'd sat around indoors for several weeks without turning after they were laid Stupid time of year for chicks but she's doing a good job with them.

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My silkie pullet last year was broody wouldn’t quit so after 6 weeks I was scrambling to find chicks for her.

Christmas time is a hard time to find chicks!

Meet Holly and Jolly

Holly is still here,

Jolly was rehomed as he was cockerel. He is now known as Elvis.

 

[Sylvester017]

Oh no, he didn't have the slightest bit of instinct or sense in his lovely thick skull He liked to chew on rocks and happily ran around with eight foot long "sticks" but otherwise had a soft mouth, and being given something to carry was his absolute favourite thing. Imagine a bull terrier cross that'd been given the brain of a retriever, only it was installed upside-down so he had to spend most of his time like this to compensate
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Rotties are lovely dogs! I've never kept them but had a few rottie "friends" and one neighbour at a previous address who used to very enthusiastically guard my cabbages from the local wood pigeons

Bullies are such a funny mix... they can be total marshmallows or hate every other dog on the planet, they can adore humans or charge at one wearing a wrong article of clothing like a hat, they can be very smart or otherwise ignore any training, etc. My DD has had 3 of them rescued as pups & trained at great expense & each one has been so incredibly different. One consistent thing can be said... they are incredibly loyal (possessive?) of their human.

DD's Pit-mix is very socialized w/other animals & people & though smaller she can knock a visitor over w/ her happy waggy hips

TWO-FER BFTP ~ 2015 Taffy a Blue Wheaten Ameraucana & Violet a Gold/Blue Partridge Silkie surveying the area where the old little coop used to stand

 

[SimpleJenn]

Twofer


Two calico birdies (and a friend that is a mix of two breeds so she counts as her own twofer)

 

[Ponypoor]

Twofer
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Two calico birdies (and a friend that is a mix of two breeds so she counts as her own twofer)

Nice try

But she sure is lovely, you know me and spots!