Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Not for a man with 12 chickens!

What's your point?

 

[Blazinga]

Took the chicks outside this evening

They decided they preferred the trash bags to the wet grass.

Brown caught two leaf hoppers. We put a paper towel down and gold started dust bathing without any dust. She convinced all to join her one by one except for owlface.

 

[Blazinga]

Mugs

 

[Blazinga]

Current weights.
Splotchy: 2.4 oz
Brown: 2.8 oz
Owlface: 2.5 oz
Gold: 2.8 oz
White: 2.6 oz

I'm surprised white isn't the heaviest, must be mostly fluff.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Well, today was heartbreaking and makes owning and raising chickens hard. One of my silkie chicks crashed today. Totally unexpected, it was perfectly fine yesterday and first thing this morning. At noon, it was found on it side seizing. I have no clue what happened, but before I could get it in the house it passed. This is the 2nd one out of 6 successfully hatched to pass and it was the 2nd biggest of the group. I'm going to be honest here, while they are adorable, and Rosie loves them if I can successfully raise just 2 of these for her I don't see myself hatching anymore for myself. After having large fowl raising true bantams is nerve wrecking. They were so tiny for so long that they were over 2 weeks old before I even felt comfortable letting them and momma free range for a few hours. I have a personal favorite of the group, and it is the tiniest but so sweet. I'm praying I do not loose anymore and that my tiny one thrives and turns out to be a pullet.

 

[featherhead007]

We (me and Rocks-Ann) got lucky this year’s molt. She usually gets it bad, but I checked her carefully today, and only a very few areas of missing feathers grew back just fine.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

We (me and Rocks-Ann) got lucky this year’s molt. She usually gets it bad, but I checked her carefully today, and only a very few areas of missing feathers grew back just fine. View attachment 2739337

She's beautiful, but doesn't look like she was too impressed to have her picture taken.

 

[featherhead007]

Well, today was heartbreaking and makes owning and raising chickens hard. One of my silkie chicks crashed today. Totally unexpected, it was perfectly fine yesterday and first thing this morning. At noon, it was found on it side seizing. I have no clue what happened, but before I could get it in the house it passed. This is the 2nd one out of 6 successfully hatched to pass and it was the 2nd biggest of the group. I'm going to be honest here, while they are adorable, and Rosie loves them if I can successfully raise just 2 of these for her I don't see myself hatching anymore for myself. After having large fowl raising true bantams is nerve wrecking. They were so tiny for so long that they were over 2 weeks old before I even felt comfortable letting them and momma free range for a few hours. I have a personal favorite of the group, and it is the tiniest but so sweet. I'm praying I do not loose anymore and that my tiny one thrives and turns out to be a pullet.

So sorry.

 

[featherhead007]

She's beautiful, but doesn't look like she was too impressed to have her picture taken.

That’s her happy face!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Took the chicks outside this eveningView attachment 2739298
They decided they preferred the trash bags to the wet grass.View attachment 2739299
Brown caught two leaf hoppers. We put a paper towel down and gold started dust bathing without any dust. She convinced all to join her one by one except for owlface.

They are so pretty. I cannot wait to see what their adult colors turn out to be.