Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

That is a total rip off!

I'm going to concentrate on all that Bob teaches us.

 

[Shadrach]

I'm just going to stroll through the posts and reply even though I'll probably find someone lese has given the answer before. I'll try and do a bulk SHRA tax later.

 

[LozzyR]

I don't know. I'm told Marans tend to be broody later in life. I tell people she is a career hen, more interested in bossing the others about than being a mum.
She''s had a sit most days recently. If I believed she knows she has missed out in some way I would feel sad for her. Fact is, she's had a fantastic life by any any creatures standards.

I liked how Lucy would have a little sit if she happened across an egg. That was after she had stopped laying.

 

[Shadrach]

Cillin with his head in the grub while Mel yells at him to come and watch over here as she goes to lay an egg.

 

[LozzyR]

At the poultry show yesterday, I was talking to a friend’s husband who is a breeder. We got onto the subject of lifespan and he said the average age of his purebreds was six years. I then told him about Fat Bird and how my frizzle breeder friend’s chooks averaged around 12 years. He was absolutely astounded.

 

[Shadrach]

Here are some of my girls just living their lives. I don’t think I’ve featured them lately.

Sunny:
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Buttercup:
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Little Mill (Millie/Mildred) with Bridge (Bridgette/Bridgey/Bridgely):
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Cashew with Ester:
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Lucky:
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Roxy:
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That lot look healthy enough.

 

[Ribh]

Seeee Bob... I’m not the only one who loves and picks pretty chickens! Ribh and I prefer the beauties over the uglies

I'm a terrible sucker for a really pretty hen ~ though I do tend to think all chickens are pretty, just some more so than others.

 

[Shadrach]

I went to a local poultry show this morning. And no, I wasn’t tempted into buying more chooks! There were some tatty rescue ISAs but I just couldn’t go there. There was a trio of Cochins and a trio of Pekins that I briefly thought about, but I deliberately didn’t set up my quarantine area so I wouldn’t be tempted. I’m not in the right headspace for new girls at the moment.

But I took lots of photos. There was even a Vorwerks breeding trio!
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A Phoenix for @CrazyChookChookLady

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For @BY Bob

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Ferdinand the Duck
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Vorwerks for @Ribh
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Love the chickens but can't like seeing them in cages for sale.

 

[Ribh]

So pretty! Thanks for sharing!

@Ribh will the Vorwerks lay white eggs?

I believe they are supposed to be cream coloured. I will let you know when mine start laying. They are getting close.

 

[micstrachan]

That lot look healthy enough.

Thanks. There are some issues, but let’s just enjoy their beauty (physical beauty and their personalities) for now.