Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

It will be five years in October.

That's a lot to lose in 5 years, considering the size of your flock. You and @BY Bob have really had a rough time of it!

 

[GregnLety]

You sure you aren’t part Newfie?

Hillbilly/Newfie same same

 

[bgmathteach]

Happy Friday everyone !!
Here's Penny looking forward to a good weekend!
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Wow, she must be sasquatch chicken. Look how big she is compared to the ?spruce?Fir? trees next to her.

(I wish I could crop it to just her & the baby trees to the right...it would make her look like sasquatch or king kong!!! - Except she has a much nicer and fluffier bum than either of them!)

 

[bgmathteach]

Fluffy butt-to-butt for Friday. Both fluffs are in a bad state given the diarrhea and I need to clean them up, so this will have to do for today.
In other news the Hooligans’ voices are changing. It is so cute hearing them go from baby peep to full on donkey bray all in one shout! Lulu seems particularly startled by the noises coming out of her beak.
And why, just why, is everyone suddenly so terrified of the rubber feed bowl? Did it grow teeth over night?
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Ohhh, now that is a picture I would love to see on a calendar! Lovely ladies

 

[bgmathteach]

Happy Fluffy bottom Friday!

From: My Welsummer (and an attempt from one of my older BRs, between being a 'favorite' of the young Roos last year, and never molting last fall (she was2???), it is a sparse bum and back!)

And from Mr. BR/Red (i.e. BR Roo from the 'red tribe')

 

[RoyalChick]

Happy Fluffy bottom Friday!

From: My Welsummer (and an attempt from one of my older BRs, between being a 'favorite' of the young Roos last year, and never molting last fall (she was2???), it is a sparse bum and back!)
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And from Mr. BR/Red (i.e. BR Roo from the 'red tribe')
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OMG another really uncomfortable looking molt!

 

[Lexicon]

Wow, she must be sasquatch chicken. Look how big she is compared to the ?spruce?Fir? trees next to her.

(I wish I could crop it to just her & the baby trees to the right...it would make her look like sasquatch or king kong!!! - Except she has a much nicer and fluffier bum than either of them!)

Haha! She is really a 4.5 pound Orpington, not even large for an Orp!

The hens are so happy about the little bitty spruce trees because they can reach the spruce tips which they love. They even jump up to tear off the ones that are too high for them. There are larger spruce trees in that area, but nothing is very big because it was cleared for our septic field.

I basically live in a spruce forest and this is the only area with grass and some room to move, so that's where I set up the electric netting which is new this year. The ladies are loving it and I really enjoy keeping them company while they explore. I just love having chickens!

 

[RoyalChick]

Finally!
The Hooligans have finally cottoned on that they can move freely around the Chicken Palace. From being couch potatoes they have suddenly become very self confident. I am sure that spells trouble ahead! I also wonder if it is because Bernadette’s leg is better. She does seem to be a little tribe leader.
The dynamics are interesting because they are three and the other four are not a foursome but two groups of two. I suspect that may also be why the Hooligans feel confident.
Bella is huge - I need to weigh her. She really looks the same size as Minnie!

 

[Kris5902]

Ideally I like to keep the momma's and babies separate for a week. Sometimes I can, sometimes I cannot it depends on each hen. It is not possible with momma hen, she will injure her babies trying to attack me if I try to round them up to separate them. I was able to keep Bunny happily in the coop for 1 day. The 2nd day she was pacing wanting out and she stepped on a chick a few times so for their safety I let them out. Holly I can keep her penned up for a week no problem. My only reason for wanting to keep them up for a week is I know what each and every momma do the moment they get the chance. They bring the chicks into the horses stalls. Thankfully I've not lost a chick yet due to a accident with the horses but my heart still jumps into my throat the first few times they venture into a stall.

If I couldn’t stay out with them in the yard… it wouldn’t happen quite like it does here now, or if I had more decent infrastructure lol maybe after the house and goat barn? I do my best to separate and will use a dog crate and temporary fencing with new or less diligent mom for the first while. 5 broody batches into this year, and four more sitting… (I’ve divided the larger clutch under two girls and moved the eggs from the second to the third, so hopefully there will be less challenges with timing, and the two new broodies on the divided batch might learn to co-parent… fingers crossed. Sammy accepts all the chicks so I don’t worry about the daddy aspect. He will also sometimes help me round up strays that don’t make the jump up the steps after mama at bedtime (often due to sausage candidates trying to get lucky with the hens coming in to roost)

 

[Marie2020]

October 2017, moving my mom down and cleaning out her hoarder apartment suite, and two pigeons had decided to nest on her balcony while she was away in hospital in Vancouver for over a month. Dawson Creek, Northern BC… it was dipping below freezing every single night, and often during the day. They left the two tiny little eggs uncovered for what seemed like forever. I thought for sure there was no way… and then they hatched! (Yes, that’s how long it took me to clean out the apartment, with my uncles help and three dump runs… and it still needed a good professional clean and bedbug treatment) Then, my mother went and told the building manager who had the maintenance guy toss the nest with the tiny ugly little babies in it into the dumpster. I was livid. It’s actually illegal. I would have happily caught them all and taken them home with me, also totally illegal, but no where near as awful.

Blow illegal they'd be coming home with me and given treatments for any potential diseases. That should be considered a rescue as they were illegally put into danger by heartless fool's