Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Note: chickens will eat fishy stix!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Note: chickens will eat fishy stix!

I wonder if chicks are more or less choosy than adult chickens? What is your experience?

 

[featherhead007]

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Hey Bob. I noticed some product placement in this picture. Just saying.

 

[featherhead007]

I wonder if chicks are more or less choosy than adult chickens? What is your experience?

The littles like to snuggle with me a lot more often. But I give them only chick starter feed, and a few meally worms. The big birds get (pretty much what ever they want)

 

[ChicoryBlue]

The littles like to snuggle with me a lot more often. But I give them only chick starter feed, and a few meally worms. The big birds get (pretty much what ever they want)

So it's the big birds that are eating the fish sticks?

 

[featherhead007]

So it's the big birds that are eating the fish sticks?

Yep. I don’t want the littles to have fishy beak breath, when we snuggle. I’m sure you can understand!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Yep. I don’t want the littles to have fishy beak breath, when we snuggle. I’m sure you can understand!

And the greasy crumbs too, not real snuggle-friendly!

 

[MaryJanet]

Well, Bob, I'm sorry Sansa is "off" with you, but I am hugely relieved to hear she is seeming normal with her tribe.

Have you used any new tool or yard equipment lately that could be freaking her out? I know she's laying, but can you remind me of her molting status? Mine act very wary of me before they go into molt... even the most affectionate ones. Could that be a factor?

This is a good suggestion, I'm having precisely this experience with Mary. She's moulting quite hard and will not accept a treat from my hand. I have to drop it before she'll eat it.

 

[MaryJanet]

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Hi Eve

Here are two koalas for you to look at

 

[Scrambles83]

Hi Eve

Here are two koalas for you to look at

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And a platypus