Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Beethoven-Hen does a good picture that’s for sure.

Agreed!

 

[cfonts]

Okay, so made it to page 200, still a long way to go, but I am determined to get caught up. I thought I'd take a break and introduce myself to everyone here and tell you about my chicken story.

My name is Cindi and I'm new to BYC. I stumbled upon the Fluffy Butt Acres thread last night and kept myself up most of the night reading the thread! I was so entertained reading about @BY Bob flock and I can't wait to see how everything turns out.

Anyways, let me get to my chicken story... I'm from Kauai, Hawaii. If any of you have ever been to Kauai, you know that this place is overrun with wild chickens - they are literally everywhere! Last May, I heard some cheeping coming from outside. I looked out my kitchen window and saw a little brown hen with 8 baby chicks in my front yard. I ended up going out onto my porch to feed them and was surprised that they didn't run away. They ended up visiting again the next day and the day after that and a few weeks later the mama hen moved into my backyard. I ended up naming her Chickadee.

After Chickadee's first group of chicks "left the nest", Chickadee went on to have two more sets of chicks. Her second batch of chicks hatched in late July 2020 and her third batch of chicks hatched on January 4, 2021!

Here is Chickadee with her first batch of chicks in May 2020. 6 of the 8 chicks made it to adulthood. Their names are: Sam, Peep, Daisy, Peapod, Twinkie & Twinkle.

Chickadee's first batch of chicks all grown up! Since they left the nest and went off on their own, I don't see them as much. Twinkie is the only one that still stops by daily.


Here is Chickadee with her second batch of chicks. This batch has 6 chicks, which consisted of 3 hens and 3 roosters. I've named them Roo, Pepper, Amos, Poppy, Cinnamon & Lulu. Poppy & Cinnamon still live in the backyard with Chickadee, but the others have moved to other parts of the neighborhood, but continue to visit my yard daily.


Here is Chickadee's roosters all grown up (Pepper & Roo; Amos not pictured).


Here is Chickadee with her third batch of chicks. She had 10 chicks, 9 of them which are still here. They are currently 11 weeks old and I think that 7 of the 9 chicks are cockerels


Here's a photo of batch #3 taken a few weeks ago.


Anyways, that's all I'm going to post for now. Someday I'll share more. But for now I wanted to introduce you all to Chickadee, the little brown hen that moved into my backyard and adopted me!

 

[featherhead007]

Okay, so made it to page 200, still a long way to go, but I am determined to get caught up. I thought I'd take a break and introduce myself to everyone here and tell you about my chicken story.

My name is Cindi and I'm new to BYC. I stumbled upon the Fluffy Butt Acres thread last night and kept myself up most of the night reading the thread! I was so entertained reading about @BY Bob flock and I can't wait to see how everything turns out.

Anyways, let me get to my chicken story... I'm from Kauai, Hawaii. If any of you have ever been to Kauai, you know that this place is overrun with wild chickens - they are literally everywhere! Last May, I heard some cheeping coming from outside. I looked out my kitchen window and saw a little brown hen with 8 baby chicks in my front yard. I ended up going out onto my porch to feed them and was surprised that they didn't run away. They ended up visiting again the next day and the day after that and a few weeks later the mama hen moved into my backyard. I ended up naming her Chickadee.

After Chickadee's first group of chicks "left the nest", Chickadee went on to have two more sets of chicks. Her second batch of chicks hatched in late July 2020 and her third batch of chicks hatched on January 4, 2021!

Here is Chickadee with her first batch of chicks in May 2020. 6 of the 8 chicks made it to adulthood. Their names are: Sam, Peep, Daisy, Peapod, Twinkie & Twinkle.
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Chickadee's first batch of chicks all grown up! Since they left the nest and went off on their own, I don't see them as much. Twinkie is the only one that still stops by daily.
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Here is Chickadee with her second batch of chicks. This batch has 6 chicks, which consisted of 3 hens and 3 roosters. I've named them Roo, Pepper, Amos, Poppy, Cinnamon & Lulu. Poppy & Cinnamon still live in the backyard with Chickadee, but the others have moved to other parts of the neighborhood, but continue to visit my yard daily.
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Here is Chickadee's roosters all grown up (Pepper & Roo; Amos not pictured).
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Here is Chickadee with her third batch of chicks. She had 10 chicks, 9 of them which are still here. They are currently 11 weeks old and I think that 7 of the 9 chicks are cockerels
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Here's a photo of batch #3 taken a few weeks ago.
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Anyways, that's all I'm going to post for now. Someday I'll share more. But for now I wanted to introduce you all to Chickadee, the little brown hen that moved into my backyard and adopted me!

Fantastic!

 

[Blazinga]

Tonight's progress. Stained legs.

 

[MaryJanet]

Okay, so made it to page 200, still a long way to go, but I am determined to get caught up. I thought I'd take a break and introduce myself to everyone here and tell you about my chicken story.

My name is Cindi and I'm new to BYC. I stumbled upon the Fluffy Butt Acres thread last night and kept myself up most of the night reading the thread! I was so entertained reading about @BY Bob flock and I can't wait to see how everything turns out.

Anyways, let me get to my chicken story... I'm from Kauai, Hawaii. If any of you have ever been to Kauai, you know that this place is overrun with wild chickens - they are literally everywhere! Last May, I heard some cheeping coming from outside. I looked out my kitchen window and saw a little brown hen with 8 baby chicks in my front yard. I ended up going out onto my porch to feed them and was surprised that they didn't run away. They ended up visiting again the next day and the day after that and a few weeks later the mama hen moved into my backyard. I ended up naming her Chickadee.

After Chickadee's first group of chicks "left the nest", Chickadee went on to have two more sets of chicks. Her second batch of chicks hatched in late July 2020 and her third batch of chicks hatched on January 4, 2021!

Here is Chickadee with her first batch of chicks in May 2020. 6 of the 8 chicks made it to adulthood. Their names are: Sam, Peep, Daisy, Peapod, Twinkie & Twinkle.
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Chickadee's first batch of chicks all grown up! Since they left the nest and went off on their own, I don't see them as much. Twinkie is the only one that still stops by daily.
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Here is Chickadee with her second batch of chicks. This batch has 6 chicks, which consisted of 3 hens and 3 roosters. I've named them Roo, Pepper, Amos, Poppy, Cinnamon & Lulu. Poppy & Cinnamon still live in the backyard with Chickadee, but the others have moved to other parts of the neighborhood, but continue to visit my yard daily.
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Here is Chickadee's roosters all grown up (Pepper & Roo; Amos not pictured).
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Here is Chickadee with her third batch of chicks. She had 10 chicks, 9 of them which are still here. They are currently 11 weeks old and I think that 7 of the 9 chicks are cockerels
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Here's a photo of batch #3 taken a few weeks ago.
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Anyways, that's all I'm going to post for now. Someday I'll share more. But for now I wanted to introduce you all to Chickadee, the little brown hen that moved into my backyard and adopted me!

I love love love your chicken story!! And they're such handsome birds.

 

[fuentemoon]

well???? no, my hands keep going numb from all of the work we did, the arthritis swelling. But if you lived next door I would come help you.

I live a lot closer... at least I presume, since I am also pnw, Oregon

 

[fuentemoon]

Okay, so made it to page 200, still a long way to go, but I am determined to get caught up. I thought I'd take a break and introduce myself to everyone here and tell you about my chicken story.

My name is Cindi and I'm new to BYC. I stumbled upon the Fluffy Butt Acres thread last night and kept myself up most of the night reading the thread! I was so entertained reading about @BY Bob flock and I can't wait to see how everything turns out.

Anyways, let me get to my chicken story... I'm from Kauai, Hawaii. If any of you have ever been to Kauai, you know that this place is overrun with wild chickens - they are literally everywhere! Last May, I heard some cheeping coming from outside. I looked out my kitchen window and saw a little brown hen with 8 baby chicks in my front yard. I ended up going out onto my porch to feed them and was surprised that they didn't run away. They ended up visiting again the next day and the day after that and a few weeks later the mama hen moved into my backyard. I ended up naming her Chickadee.

After Chickadee's first group of chicks "left the nest", Chickadee went on to have two more sets of chicks. Her second batch of chicks hatched in late July 2020 and her third batch of chicks hatched on January 4, 2021!

Here is Chickadee with her first batch of chicks in May 2020. 6 of the 8 chicks made it to adulthood. Their names are: Sam, Peep, Daisy, Peapod, Twinkie & Twinkle.
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Chickadee's first batch of chicks all grown up! Since they left the nest and went off on their own, I don't see them as much. Twinkie is the only one that still stops by daily.
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Here is Chickadee with her second batch of chicks. This batch has 6 chicks, which consisted of 3 hens and 3 roosters. I've named them Roo, Pepper, Amos, Poppy, Cinnamon & Lulu. Poppy & Cinnamon still live in the backyard with Chickadee, but the others have moved to other parts of the neighborhood, but continue to visit my yard daily.
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Here is Chickadee's roosters all grown up (Pepper & Roo; Amos not pictured).
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Here is Chickadee with her third batch of chicks. She had 10 chicks, 9 of them which are still here. They are currently 11 weeks old and I think that 7 of the 9 chicks are cockerels
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Here's a photo of batch #3 taken a few weeks ago.
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Anyways, that's all I'm going to post for now. Someday I'll share more. But for now I wanted to introduce you all to Chickadee, the little brown hen that moved into my backyard and adopted me!

Beautiful birds! How lovely to be adopted by such a great mama bird
Our chicken journey started when we rescued a chicken that was suddenly sleeping in our hedge of blackberries and juniper in front of our house on a busy street. Three years later she still follows us around the yard

 

[RoyalChick]

Okay, so made it to page 200, still a long way to go, but I am determined to get caught up. I thought I'd take a break and introduce myself to everyone here and tell you about my chicken story.

My name is Cindi and I'm new to BYC. I stumbled upon the Fluffy Butt Acres thread last night and kept myself up most of the night reading the thread! I was so entertained reading about @BY Bob flock and I can't wait to see how everything turns out.

Anyways, let me get to my chicken story... I'm from Kauai, Hawaii. If any of you have ever been to Kauai, you know that this place is overrun with wild chickens - they are literally everywhere! Last May, I heard some cheeping coming from outside. I looked out my kitchen window and saw a little brown hen with 8 baby chicks in my front yard. I ended up going out onto my porch to feed them and was surprised that they didn't run away. They ended up visiting again the next day and the day after that and a few weeks later the mama hen moved into my backyard. I ended up naming her Chickadee.

After Chickadee's first group of chicks "left the nest", Chickadee went on to have two more sets of chicks. Her second batch of chicks hatched in late July 2020 and her third batch of chicks hatched on January 4, 2021!

Here is Chickadee with her first batch of chicks in May 2020. 6 of the 8 chicks made it to adulthood. Their names are: Sam, Peep, Daisy, Peapod, Twinkie & Twinkle.
View attachment 2579966

Chickadee's first batch of chicks all grown up! Since they left the nest and went off on their own, I don't see them as much. Twinkie is the only one that still stops by daily.
View attachment 2579969

Here is Chickadee with her second batch of chicks. This batch has 6 chicks, which consisted of 3 hens and 3 roosters. I've named them Roo, Pepper, Amos, Poppy, Cinnamon & Lulu. Poppy & Cinnamon still live in the backyard with Chickadee, but the others have moved to other parts of the neighborhood, but continue to visit my yard daily.
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Here is Chickadee's roosters all grown up (Pepper & Roo; Amos not pictured).
View attachment 2579971

Here is Chickadee with her third batch of chicks. She had 10 chicks, 9 of them which are still here. They are currently 11 weeks old and I think that 7 of the 9 chicks are cockerels
View attachment 2579973

Here's a photo of batch #3 taken a few weeks ago.
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Anyways, that's all I'm going to post for now. Someday I'll share more. But for now I wanted to introduce you all to Chickadee, the little brown hen that moved into my backyard and adopted me!

What a wonderful story and she is such a beautiful hen. I have so many questions and look forward to learning more when you next post.

 

[LozzyR]

well???? no, my hands keep going numb from all of the work we did, the arthritis swelling. But if you lived next door I would come help you.

I’m sure we’re only a stone’s throw away!

 

[LozzyR]

Did she still get some? I don't know if I would have let her have any.

But can you shame a chicken?