Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ChicoryBlue]

Unless I'm much mistaken, it appears the Egyptians believed chickens to poop rainbows. Even more evidence of how advanced they were!

The regular poops were the rainbows and the cecal poops were pots of gold?

@BY Bob I have so many memories and pictures of my Beetov-Hen, I have no idea where or how to start a tribute to her. You had your “Best hen ever” , My lady Beetov-Hen was mine. It’s gonna take some time to gather up all I need to say about her. (I know that you understand that) I never really knew, I was so attached to her, until she was gone.
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I'll read ahead, but as @BY Bob suggested, you could put up a few pictures at a time, a tribute in parts. Doesn't have to be a big set piece. You could label them a certain way if you want to keep track and maybe assemble them all together later if you wish. But just posting as you come across ones that you would like to share is fine, and nice for us too, we enjoy them both in bits and in bunches!

 

[BY Bob]

It happened, it finally happened!!! My first silkie egg!!! I do not know if it was Poppy or Chiquita but one of them laid a egg.
Isn't it the cutest little thing.
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Congratulations! First eggs are the best!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Mugs Monday

Please accept this video for mugs Monday. There is a great shot of Aurora and Sydney drinking together. This video also highlights an issue I am having right now. I keep putting fresh straw in the nest boxes in case someone wants to sleep in them so they are warm. My problem is that they love scratching through fresh straw to eat something in it. So every time I fill the boxes, they toss it out looking for food. Lilly is doing that in the background in the video.

Now this is contented chicken behavior. I notice Phyllis is again up on a roost for daytime hang-outs with the gang.

 

[BY Bob]

Okay, @BY Bob , finally have some pics to pay my taxes with:

one of my two momma DC: (they co-brooded/hatched chicks this summer)
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These are way overdue. You should share more. They are wonderful!

 

[BY Bob]

Finally got a photo of Flash’s irregular pupil. I actually think both are irregular.

Here is the more obvious one:
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Here is the other; it’s sort of hexagon-ish:
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These are great photos but what are you concerned about?

 

[BY Bob]

Know that story! Did u get any of the miserable weather it seems the NE of this continent is experiencing?

I did, 5 inches of snow and then ice for 12 hours, 45 mph winds, then snow. A break for a few hours and now it is snowing again.

 

[BY Bob]

I love how they scampered out of the wind! Smart cookies.

You could hear the shower curtains snapping against the wire. It is very blustery out.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Here is the old bat in question. She is a survivor, on her bad leg all that remains is her foot pad, she lost the toes when she survived the hawk attack before I could tame her. I know this spring she will be at least 7, if not older. I would say this evil hen would live forever, but, due to her leg and having to compensate for the past 5 years she is starting to appear to develop arthritis. I will keep her going as long as she is comfortable, but, when it becomes clear that her quality of life starts to decline and there is nothing I can do to make her comfortable I will not let her suffer. When that time comes her final resting place will be beside my golden retriever that is buried under our River Birch tree. It is actually kind of fitting as she has hatched 2 clutches of chicks underneath that tree in the hay pile. She stopped laying in the middle of November when I stopped her twice trying to go broody. Her face is starting to color back up so it is just a matter of time before she is back to her old ways.
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Thank you, I was going to ask you to post a picture of her to remember what she looks like! Beautiful, really. I admire her fierce quality, like you say, a survivor. Maybe if you need to retrieve eggs you could armor yourself with some thin leather gloves and a garbage can top for a shield? (Please post pics if you do that)

 

[BY Bob]

The regular poops were rainbows and the cecal poops were pots of gold?

I don't know, I feel like I have seen all colors of the rainbow in chicken poo over the years.

 

[BY Bob]

Now this is contented chicken behavior. I notice Phyllis is again up on a roost for daytime hang-outs with the gang.

She is not always up there but she is on the roost a lot. She is using "up" a lot when handing with the others. She uses the porch on the Cluckle hut a lot as well when others are on the ground in the run. With those head feathers she is designed to look down.