Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

They are fun to burn though.

Tax
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Sooooo like Betty
You have lovely ladies there.

 

[Ponypoor]

The three who started it all. Curly the Frizzle silkie, Fluffy silkie, and Henny Penny who is either a satin silkie or a Cochin X silkie....

Henny Penny decided that the broody bunch needed a real egg, they have been loving a golf ball for a couple weeks
A bit crowded in that nest box!

 

[bgmathteach]

Nestbox Nonsense!!

It's back!!! Your favorite silly game!!! Everyone has decided it is time to start laying eggs again. I have 3 out of 6 six laying and a fourth seems interested in joining the party! Of course with 5 potential nestboxes everyone knows how easy this will be. There is one for every hen. Which will they each choose? There is only one way to find out! Enjoy this 11 minute video. Trust me it is worth watching the mayhem ensue all the way to the end. I will not spoil it by revealing what happens.

Just remember that until today, Phyllis has been laying in the cluckle hut. Sydney laid her first egg in over a month yesterday. Here it is.

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Nestbox Nonsense the video, enjoy!

You are so lucky! You don't have to wait for the sequel! It happened today as well.

I give you.........Nestbox Nonsense II, Revenge of the Polish.

And don't you dare look ahead and open this spoiler until you have watched both films.

Spoiler: The End Result

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So, who actually laid eggs today? Let's see who can guess it right.

@Ribh @MaryJanet @LozzyR @Aussie-Chookmum @micstrachan @ChicoryBlue @Shadrach

Sydney, Phillis & Betty?

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Egg update: still nothing, well, one may have moved slightly but it could also have moved from vibrations, they dogs were rough housing in the living room this evening. If I still chewed my fingernails they would be gone by now. I'm still tell myself not to worry until tomorrow evening.

 

[featherhead007]

The three who started it all. Curly the Frizzle silkie, Fluffy silkie, and Henny Penny who is either a satin silkie or a Cochin X silkie....

Henny Penny decided that the broody bunch needed a real egg, they have been loving a golf ball for a couple weeks
A bit crowded in that nest box!

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Everybody loves a good game of golf!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Is anyone tempted to go lay in the run and see how long it takes before they start to peck at you? I'd love to gather scientific data on this but I'm not willing to do it myself.

They are pecking and pulling on my clothes already! Just crouched among them. And like @featherhead007 's hens - once in awhile I get a peck on bare flesh between my coat and pants. I don't think I need to lie down to get more data!

 

[featherhead007]

They are pecking and pulling on my clothes already! Just crouched among them. And like @featherhead007 's hens - once in awhile I get a peck on bare flesh between my coat and pants. I don't think I need to lie down to get more data!

I can’t help it, I have been “Henpecked” all my life!

 

[GregnLety]

Cold front blowing in so I didn't get a pic of the new babies this evening but Lety says she'll get some tomorrow so I can post them for everyone to see.

 

[BY Bob]

Haha that's rather macabre

But I will allow it...

My tax
Climbing Mount Poopmore
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That's a lot of poo.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Well, my bet would be 'not long at all!". I have a mole on my chin, and inevitably when I hold a chicken within around 30 seconds (unless they are screaming their bloody head of and fighting to get down) they have already started to peck at the mole. Every. friggin. time.

One would think they would learn that it isn't edible/removable!

Yes, and if they don't get it the first time they figure they just have to grab it better and pull harder! Been there with a mole on my forearm, ouch!