Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

This thread is ridiculously popular. Am I a OG beings I was here around when it started? Anything to say about your threads stunning success @BY Bob ?

I think keeping the thread primarily about chickens has helped a lot. It really took off during COVID when people were looking to get away from the world and just talk chickens.

It also helps that it feels like my chickens have been nonstop drama as well. There is always something going on.

 

[RoyalChick]

This thread is ridiculously popular. Am I a OG beings I was here around when it started? Anything to say about your threads stunning success @BY Bob ?

@BY Bob is being way too modest with the answer he just posted. He does a lot of things as host to keep us feeling welcome and supportive. In addition he keeps us (mainly) focused on chickens.
Also we are a chatty lot and we like to share pictures of our chickens and learn from each other about their behavior.

Chicken Tax (payable whenever we stray from chicken-talk).

 

[BY Bob]

@BY Bob is being way too modest with the answer he just posted. He does a lot of things as host to keep us feeling welcome and supportive. In addition he keeps us (mainly) focused on chickens.
Also we are a chatty lot and we like to share pictures of our chickens and learn from each other about their behavior.

Chicken Tax (payable whenever we stray from chicken-talk).

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That is a wonderful photo. Did you take that today?

 

[micstrachan]

Hi, I just joined and saw the the name of your place. My place is called Fluffy Butt Farm. I named it that because i call my dog Fluffy Butt. She is the heart of my place.

Welcome!

 

[micstrachan]

Any breed description is at best an attempt to capture a 'tendency' - every breed will have a distribution of individuals and the difference between individuals within a breed may be more than the differences between individuals in different breeds.
This will be particularly true for characteristics like personality that are not explicitly part of the breed standard. Some physical characteristics have been bred for - like comb type or skin color are sort of determinative of a breed and those that care about those sorts of things will say that a chicken is or is not a particular breed based on those standards.

I have only had a couple repeat breeds, but did notice:
- both Leghorns were quick, agile, alert, friendly, curious, obnoxiously rude about human food, and sounded like trumpets
- both Black Australorps have been SUPER friendly with humans, a bit bossy and bitchy with the other hens, and have/had a deep, throaty voice.
- the Barred Plymouth Rocks had very different personalities
- the Buckeyes have probably been the closest to “wild” chickens, at least until Ruby got sick and not including Minnie’s fear of everything

So 50/50-ish in my (limited) experience.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Made it back home and the little lady is getting to spend the night inside in the cat carrier. She is a little rough looking as she was apparently being picked on by bigger roosters/hens. She is also a tiny girl like Poppy. I do not know why me and Rosie was arguing over her name as she is named and neither one of us got to name her. Mom took one look at her and was like "oh she's a tiny Butter, I'm naming her!" At first she was going to call her Ruby, but when she was holding her and giving her a treat of dried fruit she went crazy over bits of dried bananas. She is now Chiquita. The lady I got her from also warned me, last year, she went broody and had to be broken up 10 times! Yup, she is definitely going to fit right in.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Everyone meet little Chiquita

 

[MaryJanet]

Everyone meet little Chiquita
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Hi Chiquita!

 

[micstrachan]

I know most chickens don't like snow, but in small quantities mine find it tasty.
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That is too cool! (no pun intended!)

 

[micstrachan]

Everyone meet little Chiquita
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Hi Chiquita!