Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

Insane Weather

Today i was driving on I81 North when this warning popped up on my phone.
View attachment 3041048

I got off the interstate because I know how crazy it can get and took back roads the rest of the way home. The video on this news report is what happened when the Squall hit.

https://www.fox3now.com/up-to-20-ve...ery-pile-up-on-an-interstate-in-pennsylvania/

I am so happy you are okay. I don't know where in Penn. you live, but heard the story on my way home tonight...and immediately thought of you & was concerned. So glad you are okay!!

 

[Ponypoor]

A formal introduction: Lulu

Lulu is the smallest of the three and I constantly worry about whether she is thriving. I think it is actually because she will be a smaller chicken than the others as she is perfectly lively.
She is the most skittish and runs away from my hand (unlike 3C who pecks it).

Lulu is a Legbar with lavender genes (not the same as blue jeans). Genetically she has two copies of the 'lav' gene just like Hattie, but she looks different from baby Hattie because the 'lav' gene basically lightens the chick's usual colors. Orpington chicks are solid color so baby Hattie was lavender all over. Legbars are chipmunk chicks and so what you see is basically a washed out chipmunk. As an adult I believe she will be Hattie-colored but with different shades like the Roadrunner markings.

To fend off an attack by our lovely host, Bob, I am aware that Legbars are not a recognized breed by the APA (though they are recognized as a breed in Britain) but they do breed true and if Lulu were to meet a similar colored Legbar rooster she would have chicks the same as her (unlike with crosses such as Bella).

Points to everyone who guessed the lavender part.

Lulu is a name with Arabic origins meaning pearl, and she is certainly precious to me.

Here she is strutting her stuff.

View attachment 3040714View attachment 3040715View attachment 3040717View attachment 3040718View attachment 3040719View attachment 3040720

Omg so cute! She must meet my Lulu

 

[featherhead007]

Sorry dear, can't turn back the pages of time.....

All we can do is sigh (or curse) take a deep breath and move on.

You know the song right? 'the sun'll come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be sun....'

No comment.

 

[Marie2020]

I am instilling the opposite culture here. We promote from within first.

We reward loyalty and try to provide a raise every year. We gave everyone an extra 5 days of PTO and even added 4 paid holidays this year.

That doesn't happen here in UK anymore. Every good honest person should have a boss like you.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I'll get official 5 week old pictures tomorrow. I was looking the ones I bought over real close tonight. I think I have 2 boys in the bunch. All 3 buff orps I'm fairly confident the hatchery got right and they are indeed girls. Of the EEs, I think there is only 1 girl. While they do not have any combs to speak of yet, 2 of them in the last few days are turning pink. My heart sunk when I saw the pink tonight, As far as little Ezzie goes I will not know for sure for a long time yet, but her colors that are coming in look so soft and feminine. I told Rosie that if 2 of the EEs are for sure boys I will forsake my named chicks and let her call the other 2 Buff chicks Wasabi and Sriracha or Siri for short.

 

[bgmathteach]

If at all possible, I would love to just take this day all over again (somehow better)

Ummm...you have seen Groundhog Day, yes?

 

[bgmathteach]

I wish she would have a hot flash for crying out loud.

She did...now we are returning to normal!

 

[RoyalChick]

Chicken tax:
More pics of Blanche, she loves attention - not sure what breed she is but she lays lovely chocolaty olive eggs - huge eggs!

View attachment 3041614

She is lovely.

 

[RoyalChick]

Will Lulu be crested? I did guess a crested legbar (for the wrong one, but still!)

I think she probably will, but I am not 100% sure. We will see!

 

[RoyalChick]

Maybe she should have an Amazonian name?

Edited to add: Asteria ? or Otrera?

I was thinking about Hippolyta but then realized I would end up calling her Hippo which didn't seem very respectful. I did not know of Otrera as a name - clearly I am not up on my Amazons.