Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

3 young foxes were it the yard this morning.

That needs to be some coop! Very scary.

 

[Marie2020]

Well that was interesting.
I cracked two roadrunner eggs and one was white inside and one was blue!

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I swapped them around on the counter to be sure it wasn’t a trick of the light.
That was so intriguing I dug through the chips of shell I already fed back to the Princesses. Sure enough a mix of blue and white on the inside.


So I investigated more and I discovered that the white ones actually have a very tightly adhering membrane and are also blue under the membrane.
I peeled the membrane off some chips of shell (it was really stuck on there!) and found blue underneath.
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Edited to add this link on the subject: https://www.mypetchicken.com/backyard-chickens/chicken-help/How-do-blue-eggs-become-blue-instead-of-white-or-H45.aspx#:~:text=Whereas the brown color of,the inside of the shell.

That is a very interesting site . Have you used it often?

Thanks for sharing

 

[Marie2020]

I made a feeder similar that. The chickens have had no problems with it and it helps keep them from scattering feed everywhere. Here's a picture from 2019.

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That's a very good feeder . I would love to have a smaller version but I'm afraid slimey old slugs would get into it

 

[RoyalChick]

Maggie is posing for her Monday mugshot
She assures me this is her best side.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Just look at that first mug. Dirty white bird!

Remind me who that last one is? She looks like my Patsy did.

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That is Sophia, my Welsummer. She was a year old in May.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

So your ‘Snow’ with feathered legs is a light Brahma?
Your girls are beautiful

Thank you.

 

[RoyalChick]

That is a very interesting site . Have you used it often?

Thanks for sharing

I have been on it a few times - when I Google specific issues mostly it comes up with that site and BYC.

 

[Marie2020]

Fluffy butt Monday

 

[Marie2020]

It has been rain for the past few days but we were lucky to have a bit of sun for a well needed walk. Now it's looking like rain again

It's starting already

 

[featherhead007]

She's just trying to keep your feet on the ground so you don't crash if they turn out brown.

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