Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Thanks Bob

 

[Kris5902]

Oh you guys are killing me here.... You know how weak i am right now, what with Curly all broody.... All I would have to do is pop a few eggs under her

But I can't boohoo

Downside to having everyone sheltering from this unseasonably cold weather in the living room… constant chick cuddling … With how all over the place these genetics seem I don’t have any intentions of bringing these ones into the meat Hybrid breeding experiments, but it’s really hard not to pick them up and talk to them, pet them…

 

[Kris5902]

If those EEs would just stop with the beard plucking already!!!!

My girls need to not find out about beard plucking… the leg plucking is bad enough! What’s that on your leg? Feathers… those aren’t supposed to be there, here let us clean that up for you! Oh my, just thinking of poor Chickie Hawk beardlessand with bare legs…

 

[Kris5902]

Summer is way too early View attachment 3104728

I just did the math… ugh, morning math… is there a tax for making people do that? And 37 Celsius? That’s very much on the outside of my comfort zone! In May??? So I think I know where all of Canada’s Spring weather went… south! I shouldn’t jinx myself though. Today looks semi decent, but that could change by 8am

 

[WhoDatChick]

Are you asking about these ladies?

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Yes
But who is that fluffy black and white one?? And names please

 

[WhoDatChick]

Congratulations!

Thank youuuuu

 

[WhoDatChick]

That is just crazy to me. Aurora loves her beard and muffs and they are spectacular.

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They truly are!!!!!
I think everyone of mine are plucked!
Hmmmmm, beard&muffs or colored eggs….. I’ll take colored eggs thank you

 

[WhoDatChick]

Congratulations to the graduate

It's never ending tho, now university, job search, marriage, grand kids - all fun tho!

Thank you!! I know I was just thinking that!!
She does have an amazing boyfriend so I do see what’s coming

 

[WhoDatChick]

My girls need to not find out about beard plucking… the leg plucking is bad enough! What’s that on your leg? Feathers… those aren’t supposed to be there, here let us clean that up for you! Oh my, just thinking of poor Chickie Hawk beardlessand with bare legs…

Yes! I think that is exactly what they are thinking….. and doing!!

 

[Kris5902]

We really need to hire an official Summary writer…. Lol. If we can do it while Bob is off giving away his daughter in a beautiful, exotic location… why don’t we have an official permanent scribe/note taker? Oh yeah, because “life”. I can’t help you out too much with catch-up, as you left sometime after I did, and I’ve only been back for four or five months myself.

Yes
But who is that fluffy black and white one?? And names please

My last year or so was basically House Build Drama goes sideways… again, and did you meet my Goats? (Yes Plural, I got Arduinna a Boy Friend in December). Mom was convinced to move off the farm and into the 55+ residence on the island (it’s not going great). DH ended up in Hospital for Three Weeks during our Massive Floods late Novembe-December, and I was stranded alone without access to groceries, feed, or fuel while he was gone (partially due to his absence, the Flooding that took out lots of roads and highways, and then all our vehicles broke). I had to put down both my elderly cats and am Feline Free for the first time in pretty much my entire life. Big flock changes here are: I had a mink attack taking out 31 of my flock (about 1/3-1/2 of the free rangers) in the main chicken trailer in one morning, of couse while DH was in Hospital (caught the little bugger red pawed and he suffered some fast acting lead poisoning). Lost Roostie in the summer heat dome (2021) to a probable heart attack (after his foot had finally healed up nicely) and then lost Cass to a Raccoon. Had a crazy mama hatch out 11 late summer/fall babies in my truss pile. I’m no longer working with the cattle here, they shipped Gus, and several cows have died. Basically 2021 sucked.

2022 has been getting better. I scrapped the second story and am now working on just getting a roof on the house. Huge thanks to everyone keeping me going on that, too. One more big push and I’ll have a dried in house! DH’s medical situation is improving (heart blood clot is gone, and they are looking into more potential surgeries, but he’s still on some stupid expensive meds, and gets dizzy spells which complicates my roofing work). Free camper renovation project is coming along nicely, although we had a “loading error” and dropped it, so we need to find new jacks. I also just got my meat birds in… but due to crazy cold weather they are in our RV living room (probably a good thing mom doesn’t come up for dinner anymore!) I have three broodies and one mama with two chicks. I think that mostly covers what I’ve been up to.