Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

I don't know where Ribh's thread is
I would love be to see the other moggies

I think this is the most recent post on @Ribh’s thread - the official home of Caturday.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ribhs-dcoopage.1295189/post-25608265

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm not angling for it, I'm not on the thread reliably enough to be "it", just thought I could do something. I will read through the thread and not skip ahead. But I may be days behind! Actually I would nominate @featherhead007 and @Ponypoor because they seem to be consistently on as long as they are awake, but heh heh no pressure (Really)

Usually I'm on in the middle of the night when I shouldn't be awake!

But I have a secret to share - I skip to the end, then when I see something important I follow the conversation backwards hahaha.

....and it's usually the chicks that catch my eye hahaha

Also Kris and I and a couple others chit chat so they fill me in

I am sure everyone will help Bob catch up - I am very envious at the moment not having had a vacation in years. His family will have such a splendid adventure, such a lovely venue to hold the wedding, it looks so romantic.

 

[Ponypoor]

They just steal our hearts, don't they!

I can't believe how much fun I am having with my chickies. They sure do sneak into your

 

[Ponypoor]

I think this is the most recent post on @Ribh’s thread - the official home of Caturday.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ribhs-dcoopage.1295189/post-25608265

Thanks, loved bobs pic of his moggies

 

[featherhead007]

Rocks-Anne doesn’t seem to be doing well today. She’s sitting around, acting sleepy and refuses meally worms. I’m holding her right now, and having gentle conversation. I know how my ladies usually act, so I know how she’s not feeling (not happy)

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

@RebeccaBoyd you wouldn't be able to keep those healthy with restricted feed. Not long term. I raised them once...restricted access to feed for 12 hours a day from day 4 on. (I realize, that isn't strict feed control...but more than what is recommended for ones so young) and they were too heavy to act like chickens by 6-7 weeks of age. I will never raise them again. It was best you left them - they would have only brought you heartache...especially since they are quite docile, and you would have fallen in love. I call them Frankenchickens. It's shameful what we have done to them with breeding. Sometimes I'm very sad to say I'm a human.

I knew I could not do it. I do not know what is recommended for a restricted diet, but I thought of it this way. From the time they get off the roost until they get back on, if they are not laying or dust bathing mine are eating. They work for their food, will forage and dig for stuff and ignore the feeder's most times, but they are still eating. I would feel guilty of intentionally starving them, which I would never do to a animal to try to extend their lives. They have a purpose, I don't agree with how they were created and bred to serve that purpose, and I will never bash someone raising them to feed their family. There may come a day when I will have to start raising chickens for meat for my family, but it is not yet. For now they are pets and egg layers. I remember when I was little my grandparents raised everything, and told me to not make pets out of the livestock as they would eventually be food. I still did, cried many times when the day came. I also know that until that day came they were treated very well and had good lives. The way the economy is going, and inflation my area could see that time coming again very soon.

 

[Ponypoor]

Rocks-Anne doesn’t seem to be doing well today. She’s sitting around, acting sleepy and refuses meally worms. I’m holding her right now, and having gentle conversation. I know how my ladies usually act, so I know how she’s not feeling (not happy)

Oh dear, I sure hope she is ok. How old is she?

 

[DaisyBuff]

Beautiful Silkie! And Golden amazingness.........

I love my Black girls, especially when they shine in the sunlight. Look at these young girls though, they just glow.
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[Ponypoor]

@RebeccaBoyd you wouldn't be able to keep those healthy with restricted feed. Not long term. I raised them once...restricted access to feed for 12 hours a day from day 4 on. (I realize, that isn't strict feed control...but more than what is recommended for ones so young) and they were too heavy to act like chickens by 6-7 weeks of age. I will never raise them again. It was best you left them - they would have only brought you heartache...especially since they are quite docile, and you would have fallen in love. I call them Frankenchickens. It's shameful what we have done to them with breeding. Sometimes I'm very sad to say I'm a human.

When I decided to process my Roos everyone said they aren't meat chickens, to which I said thank goodness! They will be real proper chickens, not the mutants they breed now.

I can't speak to how they taste tho, they were my pets, but my aunt and uncle are enjoying them.

 

[DaisyBuff]

I knew I could not do it. I do not know what is recommended for a restricted diet, but I thought of it this way. From the time they get off the roost until they get back on, if they are not laying or dust bathing mine are eating. They work for their food, will forage and dig for stuff and ignore the feeder's most times, but they are still eating. I would feel guilty of intentionally starving them, which I would never do to a animal to try to extend their lives. They have a purpose, I don't agree with how they were created and bred to serve that purpose, and I will never bash someone raising them to feed their family. There may come a day when I will have to start raising chickens for meat for my family, but it is not yet. For now they are pets and egg layers. I remember when I was little my grandparents raised everything, and told me to not make pets out of the livestock as they would eventually be food. I still did, cried many times when the day came. I also know that until that day came they were treated very well and had good lives. The way the economy is going, and inflation my area could see that time coming again very soon.

I would never raise livestock for food. No matter what animal it is! My chickens are my backyard best friends and always will be. I could be seeing this in my area too. The avian Flu outbreak has not reached Georgia yet, but US wide it is cutting short the poultry population! Hopefully this will not get much worse.