Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

I noticed Bean has some amazing coloring on her feathers. It looks as if she has purple and green barring.

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I really hope the colors come through.

I was messing around with the camera and captured 'Macro Bean'.
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WOW - that purple and green is gorgeous!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

WOW - that purple and green is gorgeous!

She's quite a lovely little bird. She has a nice beard and muffs too!

She has some copper coming in her hackle feathers.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I don't reccomend tugging at it. I did that once to Aurora. It was driving me nuts so I assumed it was driving her nuts. It was still attached. just out of place.

I assumed so with Hazel today but I couldn't resist testing it to see how it felt! She had a small outer feather sticking out of her side, absolutely 90 degrees to where it should be, and she was standing in front of me saying hello, pecking and tugging at me . So I reached over and gently, slightly tugged it, immediately withdrawing my hand. I hoped she would deal with that as when somebody notices a speck on someone else, and she did, she didn't mind, she just looked at it, then back at me and resumed pecking and tugging on me. Between us, I was way more gentle!

 

[BY Bob]

I noticed Bean has some amazing coloring on her feathers. It looks as if she has purple and green barring.

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I really hope the colors come through.

I was messing around with the camera and captured 'Macro Bean'.
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Those feathers are gorgeous.

 

[BY Bob]

She's quite a lovely little bird. She has a nice beard and muffs too!
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She has some copper coming in her hackle feathers.

And black feet like Maleficent had!

 

[Mutchi]

And black feet like Maleficent had!

Ya I noticed that!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

She's quite a lovely little bird. She has a nice beard and muffs too!
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She has some copper coming in her hackle feathers.

She is a adorable little bird. Did you end up keeping the Marans chick?

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Finally home for the evening. Debating on joining Rosie and her papaw down at the horse show or just taking a shower and crashing. Had 2 more mice jump at me this evening while moving things. Threatened grandma that if one more mouse jumped at me i'm bringing my mouse and snake catcher Daisy down tomorrow and turning her loose in the living room. I was only joking....sorta. I know Daisy would have a field day down there, especially if she could find nests of baby ones.

 

[Kris5902]

Here he is, still angry and inside the trap. He will be released in the swamp next to the barn. I do not want him released in my yard with all the chicks around. That and I already have 1 that scares me every so often in the hay pile. Grandma did not want him turned loose outside, wanted to kill it instead. Heading back down in a bit and taking the trap back to reset just incase there is more then 1. This time baiting it with 2 fresh eggs from my girls. And while she is still in the mood, more cleaning.
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Spoiler: in a little “sanity deprived” AKA, crazy.

I may be in the minority here… but I think he’s just adorable! Personally, I probably would have “accidentally” released him just outside. If a snake problem is helping with the hoarding problem, and definitely doing some population control on the rodents… well grandma didn’t know he was even there before. Yes, I know… I am a horrible human being. I get very upset when snakes get killed, they are mostly so beneficial.

We accidentally ran over one with the truck on Friday.
K: “Oh no! Stop, be careful don’t hit that”
DH: Looking for a baby deer or something “what I don’t see anything, what? Where?”
K: opens door while still moving “Damn it! A snake”
DH: “oh, I didn’t see it, did we hit it?”
K: “yes, poor little guy”
DH: “did we get it fully, or should I back up?”
K: “no he’s gone, and it was just a little guy”

Luckily he didn’t really suffer much, but I was still pretty broken up over it. I really, really wish we had some decent sized snakes here! The garters are great for slugs, but that’s about it. We really need a rodent eating sized snake. The only one we really have in the province is our only rattle snake, and it has an extremely limited range.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Spoiler: in a little “sanity deprived” AKA, crazy.

I may be in the minority here… but I think he’s just adorable! Personally, I probably would have “accidentally” released him just outside. If a snake problem is helping with the hoarding problem, and definitely doing some population control on the rodents… well grandma didn’t know he was even there before. Yes, I know… I am a horrible human being. I get very upset when snakes get killed, they are mostly so beneficial.

We accidentally ran over one with the truck on Friday.
K: “Oh no! Stop, be careful don’t hit that”
DH: Looking for a baby deer or something “what I don’t see anything, what? Where?”
K: opens door while still moving “Damn it! A snake”
DH: “oh, I didn’t see it, did we hit it?”
K: “yes, poor little guy”
DH: “did we get it fully, or should I back up?”
K: “no he’s gone, and it was just a little guy”

Luckily he didn’t really suffer much, but I was still pretty broken up over it. I really, really wish we had some decent sized snakes here! The garters are great for slugs, but that’s about it. We really need a rodent eating sized snake. The only one we really have in the province is our only rattle snake, and it has an extremely limited range.

Your not a horrible person for thinking he was cute. Rosie was very angry with me because she wanted to keep it as a pet snake, and then I would not let her get it out of the trap and hold it. She loves snakes, wants a pet one, I swear when I hear that she is NOT my child. Mom was going to accidently let him loose in the yard but when she arrived she was sitting on her couch with the shot gun pointed at the trap. If he had tried getting out she was shooting him cage and all. She did not put the gun away until he was in the back of the truck and she was leaving. While I detest snakes I let the black one's live, she is the total opposite. Even a black snake is no good unless it's dead. If she was up here and "blackie" as Rosie named it appeared and she saw it she'd kill it or hurt herself trying to.