Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

Our lone survivor cinnamon queen had to be put to sleep. She had a large tumor. She'll be missed. She kept the dogs in line and would terrorize the smaller more hyper dogs who annoyed the other chickens.

 

[BY Bob]

Ok more Monday Mug shots

Then I must mow the grass....

Blanche playing jungle fowl
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Whiskers digging up grubs
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Penelope still surveying her minions
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Great mugs!

 

[BY Bob]

Our lone survivor cinnamon queen had to be put to sleep. She had a large tumor. She'll be missed. She kept the dogs in line and would terrorize the smaller more hyper dogs who annoyed the other chickens.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Terribly sad.

 

[featherhead007]

Different species and too incompatible to graft… lol then again with GMO’s and some of the genetic splicing going on in commercial crops you never know! been legal here for quite a while and barely enforced for quite some time before that. Not my cup of tea personally, but back in the day you could make a good living if you were even halfway decent with plants. What I do find interesting though is the parallels between it and Alcohol as a mood/mind altering substance, it’s relationship to government and legality, and the industrial revolution. It’s got some very interesting social ramifications. But that’s a whole other bag of worms! I’m going to have to go stalk the chickens for tax photos now! Hah! One from yesterday I missed:
View attachment 3120247Frankly, I just love gardening and growing actual vegetables…I also have no interest in going to work for a government sanctioned greenhouse (there’s one on Saltspring scooping up seasonal workers from everywhere), it pays ok, but no where near what I was making as an independent back in the day.

“Different species and incompatible “ so, you have met my X wife?

 

[BY Bob]

Hmmm. I don’t think that is right. The phenomenon you describe is about non-allelic genes - meaning genes at different places (aka different alleles) which influence each other. Basically a gene for let’s say pink stripes can only express itself if a gene at a different allele says ‘allow pink striped gene to express itself’.
There is a fancy term for it but I have forgotten it.
It is a big field of study in human medicine related to genes switching on or off and causing disease.
Now I am bowing out of this as I am over the tips of my skis (and I don’t even ski any more!).



And here is a tax payment I was saving for later.
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That is a splendid photo. Should be a POW candidate.

 

[BY Bob]

Minnie out for a little walk.
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That surely is nice to see.

 

[Kris5902]

Happy Mug Shot Monday! From one of my Sapphire/Marans Crosses, Sammy (he always poses for me… and I risked my arms, Phone, and face for this last one Chickie Hawk. Seeing as it is a beards/Muffs day as per Bob and Creamsicle isn’t Budging from her eggs today!

 

[BY Bob]

Wonder why we hear of so many chickens having cancer ? An edifying read regarding ovarian cancer in high production hens.
https://doi.org/10.3382/ps/peu083

So horribly sad. One good thing about Polish, they are not considered laying hens.

 

[BY Bob]

No they’re not, it is aluminium.

Your going to have to sift then aren't you! Those lazy workers. How frustrating.

 

[featherhead007]

It Princess Aurora although I suppose she is now Queen Aurora.

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A hen of many talents and professions!