Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Aussie-Chookmum]

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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I like the dramatic photos with the dark background best.

Me too! How does she do it?

 

[BY Bob]

Me too! How does she do it?

I have no idea.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

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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Very succinctly put. Thank you CB.

Annnnd... Tax
A very young Alice moulting out of her baby feathers.

 

[BY Bob]

Very succinctly put. Thank you CB.

Annnnd... Tax
A very young Alice moulting out of her baby feathers.
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How gorgeous.

 

[Ponypoor]

Me too! How does she do it?

We used to lose the horses in the barn doorway were the darkness behind them allowed for the use of a flash on the subject that have the background darkness. I have tried with my chookies but they just won't stand still in the doorway. They just make run for it. Hahahaha

Awesome photos though!!!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

How gorgeous.

Thank you, but I always think how awkward and ugly they look at this stage. Especially as they were adorable little fluffballs just days before!

 

[BY Bob]

Thank you, but I always think how awkward and ugly they look at this stage. Especially as they were adorable little fluffballs just days before!

I love them in their awkward stage. There is just something special about them as they start to reveal their final selves.

 

[Ponypoor]

Very succinctly put. Thank you CB.

Annnnd... Tax
A very young Alice moulting out of her baby feathers.
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Aweeeee don't they look like little velociraptor at that stage ?

 

[Ponypoor]

We used to lose the horses in the barn doorway were the darkness behind them allowed for the use of a flash on the subject that have the background darkness. I have tried with my chookies but they just won't stand still in the doorway. They just make run for it. Hahahaha

Awesome photos though!!!

That is supposed to be POSE not lose - oi boy.... Autocorrect....

Might try for some photos like this tomorrow....

 

[Ponypoor]

It's Monday here.

Have a Mugshot.
Pepper looking very unimpressed with my photography attempts.
"Get that thing out of my face! Baaawk!"
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Wow very regal! She looks like a haughty Queen looking over her subjects