Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

I believe that I have read article on them playing. Maybe I can find 1 or two. I believe the answer is yes.

I think I have read about this too and from recollection, all animals studied so far have been found to play and not just to learn to fight or dominate but apparently just because. I doubt chickens were in the group studied for all the reasons we know, but I do remember other non-mammalian species having been studied (reptiles and maybe even insects).
If you have seen video of the Panda in the Smithsonian doing summersaults in the snow you would be hard pushed not to conclude that adults play too!

 

[featherhead007]

Mugshot Monday pic.

 

[Shadrach]

Who would like to see what evil looks like?
I don't mean some grand design, magnificent biblical type evil. I mean petty, spitefull, pathetic evil.

As some of you know, not all is well in the apparent paradise in Catalonia. Covid hasn't helped. Some people who were already on the edge do not have the mental strengh to keep from tipping. The chickens have become an issue during the last year, as have all the animals. The noise, the mess, the monotany if you are not fundamentally fond of animals is wearing. The chickens in particular have become a flash point, mainly because nobody else can do a thing with them. The whole story is rather sad, especially for the chickens. I won't dwell on the details. One person in the main house hates me and therfore the chickens. There isn't much one can do about me. I'm not an easy target. The chickens on the other hand are.
After an unpleasant exchange with this particular person, I left to get some feed for the animals.
This is what I found when I came back.

This place has been for the entire time I've been here a favourite shelter spot for Tribe 2 and 3.
This is what it looked like before the Troll cut it down.

This is the view from the other side.

This what it used to look like.

This is a picture of Knock with her kids making use of the shelter the hedge row gave when she last hatched.

 

[RoyalChick]

Who would like to see what evil looks like?
I don't mean some grand design, magnificent biblical type evil. I mean petty, spitefull, pathetic evil.

As some of you know, not all is well in the apparent paradise in Catalonia. Covid hasn't helped. Some people who were already on the edge do not have the mental strengh to keep from tipping. The chickens have become an issue during the last year, as have all the animals. The noise, the mess, the monotany if you are not fundamentally fond of animals is wearing. The chickens in particular have become a flash point, mainly because nobody else can do a thing with them. The whole story is rather sad, especially for the chickens. I won't dwell on the details. One person in the main house hates me and therfore the chickens. There isn't much one can do about me. I'm not an easy target. The chickens on the other hand are.
After an unpleasant exchange with this particular person, I left to get some feed for the animals.
This is what I found when I came back.View attachment 2440126
This place has been for the entire time I've been here a favourite shelter spot for Tribe 2 and 3.
This is what it looked like before the Troll cut it down.
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This is the view from the other side.
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This what it used to look like.
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This is a picture of Knock with her kids making use of the shelter the hedge row gave when she last hatched.
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Oh no Shad, that is terrible. It actually brought tears to my eyes.
Please tell me they didn't harm any of the chickens.

 

[LozzyR]

Who would like to see what evil looks like?
I don't mean some grand design, magnificent biblical type evil. I mean petty, spitefull, pathetic evil.

As some of you know, not all is well in the apparent paradise in Catalonia. Covid hasn't helped. Some people who were already on the edge do not have the mental strengh to keep from tipping. The chickens have become an issue during the last year, as have all the animals. The noise, the mess, the monotany if you are not fundamentally fond of animals is wearing. The chickens in particular have become a flash point, mainly because nobody else can do a thing with them. The whole story is rather sad, especially for the chickens. I won't dwell on the details. One person in the main house hates me and therfore the chickens. There isn't much one can do about me. I'm not an easy target. The chickens on the other hand are.
After an unpleasant exchange with this particular person, I left to get some feed for the animals.
This is what I found when I came back.View attachment 2440126
This place has been for the entire time I've been here a favourite shelter spot for Tribe 2 and 3.
This is what it looked like before the Troll cut it down.
View attachment 2440128
This is the view from the other side.
View attachment 2440127

This what it used to look like.
View attachment 2440130

This is a picture of Knock with her kids making use of the shelter the hedge row gave when she last hatched.
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That’s terrible Shad! That must also be really uncomfortable for you, living in such close proximity to such unpleasantness. I hope more harm isn’t imminent.

 

[Shadrach]

Most of you have seen the picture of Fat Bird and Ruffles in this bush. It's a favourite spot for Tribe 1.
I was just in time to remove the shears from the person resonsible for the damage in the picture above befor they cut any more.

 

[Shadrach]

Tribe 1 were upset by the whole business and headed for the safety of my house where they huddled in the corner. They know evil when they feel it.

 

[RoyalChick]

Most of you have seen the picture of Fat Bird and Ruffles in this bush. It's a favourite spot for Tribe 1.
I was just in time to remove the shears from the person resonsible for the damage in the picture above befor they cut any more.
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I hadn't pegged the people in the big house as outdoorsy types - what on earth made them take up pruning? Was it just to spite you or did they think they were doing something useful?

 

[RoyalChick]

Tribe 1 were upset by the whole business and headed for the safety of my house where they huddled in the corner. They know evil when they feel it.
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At least they were safe from harm in there.

 

[Shadrach]

I hadn't pegged the people in the big house as outdoorsy types - what on earth made them take up pruning? Was it just to spite you or did they think they were doing something useful?

It was pure spite. A bit of pruning doesn't look like that.