Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Chicken poppy]

I forgot how jumpy babies are, such quick flighty things!

Nice clean pool you have again so jealous, though it is much too chilly here for swimming already. Fall has dropped on us.

Yes! And fast little runners to!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

We are thinking about going with a peach color for the Cluckle Hut. Mrs BY Bob needs to settle on the final color.

I will do a full video. I think that is a great idea.

Yes. I would like a video, and I think everyone else probably will too.
This is exciting.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

The little tyrant has been named Corona or Rona for short. I guess being raised with 6 brothers you have to be tough, and she is. Of her group she is the dominate chick, they've learned not to pick on her unless they want a fight. Yesterday she pinned one of her brothers to the ground and stood on him for a few seconds.

Wow! She is a fighting chicken!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Tentative Integration Plan

It breaks my heart but the littles are too big to remain in the indoors brooder much longer. I'm going to miss their little voices and our evening perch time.

I have a basic outline of an integration plan. Phyllis roosting in the run, by her choice now, provides some opportunity and potential complications but I think I can make it work for me.

It is supposed to be chilly yet tonight so I will be moving the littles out tomorrow morning. I'm going to put an escape door across the nest boxes so they can get away from Phyllis. Then tomorrow night Phyllis will join them in the coop.

In the morning I will let Phyllis out and leave the littles in the coop alone. I will probably repeat that for several days. Then I will segment off the big run where the Cluckle Hut is and let the littles have access to the big run.

After they demonstrate that they will go to bed in the coop, then I will start providing evening access to the yard where the big girls roam.

All this time I will have Phyllis roost in The Hut with them each night. Provided nothing untoward occurs I hope to continue that through the full integration.

I will be moving the heat block out for the littles. I expect they will sleep under it at first before roosting. Additionally I have purchased a coop heater as it will be getting pretty chilly and I don't want anything happening to them.

What does everyone think of the plan?

I like this plan. Well thought out, and I think it will work for a smooth transition!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Hen Fight!

Not really. Got you to read!

Actually there has been a lot of fence fighting this morning between Phyllis, Sansa and the littles, most specially, it seems to be Legertha.

I keep trying to get video. Here is a video of Phyllis and Legertha beak to beak. I saw no fence pecking here.

Interestingly I did see Aurora step between Phyllis and the littles at one point. She continues to show no aggressions towards the littles at all.

I think Aurora likes them. At any rate, Legertha is not intimidated by Phyllis, it seems.

 

[RoyalChick]

I think Aurora likes them. At any rate, Legertha is not intimidated by Phyllis, it seems.

I fear Legertha may prove to be a force to be reckoned with. She looks quite fierce with that headdress.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

I fear Legertha may prove to be a force to be reckoned with. She looks quite fear e with that headdress.

You might be right!

 

[Chicken poppy]

3 chickens in one! also, did you know Isbes name is actually short for Isabella?

 

[fuentemoon]

Brenna is down to 2 tail feathers

Excuse me, one tail feather

Dropped the other walking to the front yard

 

[Chicken poppy]

Brenna is down to 2 tail feathers
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Excuse me, one tail feather
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Dropped the other walking to the front yard
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You wouldnt imagen how many feathers ive collected! I have the puff baby ones from when their young and the huge ones now, 3 totes full Of them! (bonus, they work for awesome cat-toys if you wrap it with string around a small stick!)