Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Shadrach]

and would this rooster be agreeable about being cuddled?

If you fed him bits of walnut and cleaned his wattles and comb I reckon you could win him over.

 

[Kris5902]

It's a fabulous photo!

ETA: My apologies to Elphie for calling her a rooster!!!

Wrong thread for the Crocodile Dundee reference, but I can’t help it...

“that’s not a rooster.... This is a rooster!”

Shameless opportunity to show off my Sammy... or how he “normally” looks now that mud season is on and he is all “mom, my dirt bath is wet!”

It can be hard to tell with leghorns. They all have big combs and wattles. I'm sure she forgives you.

Of course, Sammy is also gloating that his wattles and comb are bigger! And he’s not even pure leghorn...

 

[MaryJanet]

He's a beautiful big boy!

 

[MaryJanet]

I can see it now, web cam session set up.

@LozzyR "helping"

Hey Shad, you missed a poop under the table.

Over there.

No to the right.

That's it. You got it.

 

[Shadrach]

Wrong thread for the Crocodile Dundee reference, but I can’t help it...

“that’s not a rooster.... This is a rooster!”

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Shameless opportunity to show off my Sammy... or how he “normally” looks now that mud season is on and he is all “mom, my dirt bath is wet!”

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Of course, Sammy is also gloating that his wattles and comb are bigger! And he’s not even pure leghorn...

I'm good with the Crocodile Dundee reference.
Now I've got to be honest here so I don't get caught out elsewhere. I'm not a leghorn fan. No disrespect intended, please tell Sammy, but....
I had the opportunity to keep a trio of Black Minorcans some years ago. I like the look of the hens, but the roosters just don't do it for me. I didn't take the Minorcans. Same with some of the really interesting game fowl roosters.

 

[MaryJanet]

I can't develop an appreciation of game ffowl either - in my case both the hens and the roosters. Not sure what's putting me off. It might be the stance, might be the connotations. Pretty plumage, but most chickens have pretty plumage.

 

[Shadrach]

I can't develop an appreciation of game ffowl either - in my case both the hens and the roosters. Not sure what's putting me off. It might be the stance, might be the connotations. Pretty plumage, but most chickens have pretty plumage.

I'm going to write something really odd now, but you need to watch them move. The level of awareness of their surroundings and their reactions are quite different to my eyes.
There are also some spectacular looking land race/not quite full game breeds that are specific to a very small area especially around Iran, Egypt, and Indonesia that you rarely see images of.

 

[MaryJanet]

I once saw a rooster running wild through the jungle in Malaysia, so I know what you mean. I always think of him when I see captive game fowl.

 

[LozzyR]

If you fed him bits of walnut and cleaned his wattles and comb I reckon you could win him over.

I’m always up for a challenge. And which rooster will I be lavishing my attentions on?

 

[Shadrach]

I once saw a rooster running wild through the jungle in Malaysia, so I know what you mean. I always think of him when I see captive game fowl.

Now that is something I would love to see.