Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Oh I wish I could send you some of her eggs to hatch so you too can get blue egg mamas

That is so sweet. Thank you for the kind thoughts.

 

[BY Bob]

Saved these all week and then forgot to post them
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Darlings.

 

[BY Bob]

Only Tina is laying eggs here

That's OK. Don't rush them. They will lay again soon enough.

 

[BY Bob]

Fluffy butts/butt fluff are my favorite part of the chicken! Can we reserrect the "fluffy Friday"??

It happens here every Friday. Just stop by on Friday and join right in.

 

[bgmathteach]

stalking our chickens to get good fluffy butt pictures

Hence all the indignant looks when the pics are posted!!!
Maybe this will tide you over until Friday???? (Fluffy butts & fluffy mugs!)

 

[bgmathteach]

Yummmmmmm...your clothing is sooooo tasty, mum!

I know you love me.....aren't I cute? Don't you want lots of mini-me's running around? You don't want to take my precious jewels, now, do you!

 

[featherhead007]

We are here, to see your fluffy butts!

 

[BY Bob]

Sometimes Nothing Needs to be Said

Have you ever had a group of friends where nothing needs to be said? You can just relax together without saying a thing.

Meanwhile Betty was laying her egg while Phyllis stood by quietly. Silence reigned for maybe 10 minutes.

 

[BY Bob]

I honestly had not idea that in the egg making process they rotated. I knew it takes roughly 26 hours from start to finish to create the egg. With that rotation, which I would hope to assume happens at night when they are not moving about it is a real wonder that more problems do not occur. I did not realize it at the time yesterday but it had to be the egg I was feeling that had a little movement. I wonder if while I was prodding it a little bit to try to figure out what I was feeling if I unknowingly dislodged it if it was stuck. I will say I feel for my hens every time they lay a egg. A positive outcome about them all fighting and laying on the porch is that they trust me enough to sit outside with them once they are in the box. I have witnessed many eggs being laid. Those last 2 minutes when they have to lay has to be extremely painful. You can hear them grunt as they are pushing it out and after every egg laid the girls are left standing for a minute open beak breathing before they sit back down.

You very much may have helped to dislodge it by manipulating her hip area. One piece of info I guess I forgot to include, the egg rotation occurs about 1 hour before the egg is laid.

 

[BY Bob]

Hence all the indignant looks when the pics are posted!!!
Maybe this will tide you over until Friday???? (Fluffy butts & fluffy mugs!)
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What a marvelous treat!