Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

So everyone gets a treat that is wonderful.

I had 8 dozen eggs, my sister went and took all the pink and 'brown' eggs left the blue, green and olive ones as she stated the one lady won't buy them her kids think they are duck eggs and won't eat them...

My parents would tell me to go hungry!

So now all I have is blue, olive and green eggs hahaha.

Until tomorrow when I will get 4 more pinkish Silke eggs!!!

So funny! When I had Canna, they didn’t want her blue eggs either. Good because her eggs were precious!

 

[featherhead007]

A logical decision!

Poor unwanted Basil

 

[Ponypoor]

Well, hen or roo Ezzie stays. Rosie gave me a opening I jumped on. She knows 3 Roosters is our limit and while holding Ezzie this afternoon she asked me almost in tears what were we going to do if Ezzie ended up being a boy. I reminded her that we already had 3 boys we could not keep another one. She thought about it for a few minutes and on her own decided if I found a good home I could place Basil. I've not pushed it but I've been wanting to place Basil for a while anyway. I have never liked the fact he has the white tip on his tail feather, and now we have a white wing feather. Basil has also on his own decided that he does not even like Rosie handling him anymore. He is not aggressive he just prefers not to be touched. I'm ok with that, but Rosie is not. While she is agreeable to this, I'm listing that boy. And if Ezzie is in fact a girl, which I suspect, well, 2 roos is easier to deal with then 3.

Well if ezzie is a Roo I will come and get

It's a silkie right?

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

A logical decision!

It is not one that has been taken lightly. The white on Basil's tail and now wing feather is called parasitic white. The majority of lines carry it. Depending on who you talk to some claim all lines carry it. I'm ok with a few white toe feathers, that can pop up due to feather damage as well, but any where else it is not good. The white on Basil's tail showed up around his 5/6 month old juvenile molt. I wanted to place him then, but Rosie was attached and then I lost Drummie. The wing feather showed up at the end of his 1 year molt. This means after every molt he is going to get more and more white feathers. Bubba has always had better coloring and I like his build better. He does have 3 toe feathers with white tips. Basil has his good points, he will make someone a wonderful flock rooster and I will ensure before he leaves he has such a home.

 

[Ponypoor]

So funny! When I had Canna, they didn’t want her blue eggs either. Good because her eggs were precious!

Ya I eat them all, once you crack them and fry them up you don't know what the shell was !

 

[Ponypoor]

It is not one that has been taken lightly. The white on Basil's tail and now wing feather is called parasitic white. The majority of lines carry it. Depending on who you talk to some claim all lines carry it. I'm ok with a few white toe feathers, that can pop up due to feather damage as well, but any where else it is not good. The white on Basil's tail showed up around his 5/6 month old juvenile molt. I wanted to place him then, but Rosie was attached and then I lost Drummie. The wing feather showed up at the end of his 1 year molt. This means after every molt he is going to get more and more white feathers. Bubba has always had better coloring and I like his build better. He does have 3 toe feathers with white tips. Basil has his good points, he will make someone a wonderful flock rooster and I will ensure before he leaves he has such a home.

So are you breeding for showing? Is that why I don't want the white?

What is Basil? Silkie ?

Blanche molted last fall and all her feathers came in with white dusting her feather tips, reminds me of Appaloosas who get different coat pattern when they shed out

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

So are you breeding for showing? Is that why I don't want the white?

What is Basil? Silkie ?

Blanche molted last fall and all her feathers came in with white dusting her feather tips, reminds me of Appaloosas who get different coat pattern when they shed out

Basil and Bubba are my Black Copper Marans. I'm not breeding for showing, but people do ask about parasitic white. I'm honest with them and do not hide anything. Basil would fit wonderfully into a Olive Egger program, his white would not be a problem. Branch and Ezzie are my silkies.

 

[bgmathteach]

Lulu is stepping up her communications with aliens on far flung planets.

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She has a cute antennae, but I am falling in love with her big, warm eyes That second pic just made me melt!!!

 

[micstrachan]

 

[micstrachan]

Lulu is stepping up her communications with aliens on far flung planets.

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O.M.G. I want her!!!