Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ChicoryBlue]

Well I tried. But truth be told, Dotty just doesn’t have the star quality of her sister Minnie let alone of Phyllis.
She can be a very intimidating hen so I really tried my best.

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These photos are both stunning and interesting. I really don't see what you think of as lack of glamour!

 

[RoyalChick]

They got the memo but stay until they can't forage well or find open water for safety. They are moving ahead of the severe cold front coming in.

I feel better about that. I was definitely in the middle of a major transport hub! Only the geese seemed to have completely got their act together and be clearly on their way. Everyone else was milling around in the terminal.

 

[MaryJanet]

Another one for Minnie’s portfolio.

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You're going to have a photo in the 2023 calendar at this rate

 

[RoyalChick]

You're going to have a photo in the 2023 calendar at this rate

I am having fun playing around.
The good thing about Minnie is she really poses - she stands there and moves around to different positions and holds them. Dotty is just looking to peck me so it is harder to figure out what I am doing!

 

[BY Bob]

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There you go. Was that really so hard?

 

[BY Bob]

Another one for Minnie’s portfolio.

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Amazing!

 

[bgmathteach]

Another one for Minnie’s portfolio.

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This is so amazing...how 2 ladies that look similar...can look SO different!

 

[Ponypoor]

The basic problem @Shadrach wrestles with, I think, is the attempt to reconcile the reality of the lives of modern domestic chickens which now populate the planet worldwide in one form or another, with the assumed / believed reality of the lives of the original wild chickens from Southeast Asia or thereabouts (lives believed to resemble those of the "wild" chickens on Kauai and those persisting in parts of Southeast Asia). It is an attempt to find a balance that favors the chicken's best interests as a living being (what we perceive them to be).

So everyone's circumstance is necessarily going to make that reconciliation different as we all (here) basically try to give the chickens we care for "good lives." I've been pondering this in terms of domesticated cats and dogs, wondering if that paradigm is helpful in thinking about this.

Tax:
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She is a beauty

 

[MaryJanet]

I am having fun playing around.
The good thing about Minnie is she really poses - she stands there and moves around to different positions and holds them. Dotty is just looking to peck me so it is harder to figure out what I am doing!

Sounds just like Ivy and Peggy! One poses while the other pursues her interests.

 

[Ponypoor]

Disallowed.

Only chicken photos are accepted as tax payments.

Good to know

Tax for my dirty horse joke:

Pangoo Mango Rooster-Brat and Golden Girl Sophia, Fluffy McNugget photo bombing