Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Yes, you need at least two more!
I have 16 now.. which is a good bit.. I really like how the little flocks flow though... so two more would still keep you small...

I loved my flock of 6! They were enough of them (all pullets) for safety in numbers, but they could also break into smaller groups. Plus individual attention is easy to give to 6 versus the 20 I have now.

My sweet Abigail laid green eggs. If she laid a heavy bloom on them they would be blue in certain light. Her "sister" EE laid a brown with white speckles egg.

I'm hoping for color with my newest EE girls. They look totally different then either Abigail or Kitty did.

 

[Ribh]

I upped to 12 this year & that is still small & manageable but my maybe blues lay a dark brown egg so we will be trying again.

 

[WhoDatChick]

I upped to 12 this year & that is still small & manageable but my maybe blues lay a dark brown egg so we will be trying again.

... go figure... there are breeders near me that lay the bluest of blue eggs... if mine don’t lay blue then I may try to get from them... I may try anyway

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

This is Ginger. With the barring on her wings I'm hopeful that she'll lay an egg of color.

Gertrude and Blanche look about the same. Gertrude was scalped at 5 weeks old so that's why she has that little Mohawk.

 

[WhoDatChick]

This is Ginger. With the barring on her wings I'm hopeful that she'll lay an egg of color.
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Gertrude and Blanche look about the same. Gertrude was scalped at 5 weeks old so that's why she has that little Mohawk.
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Does barring mean colored eggs

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Does barring mean colored eggs

I don't know...but it can't help to hope! I'm keep thinking (hoping) that there might be some legbar or something pretty in her lines.

 

[WhoDatChick]

I don't know...but it can't help to hope! I'm keep thinking (hoping) that there might be some legbar or something pretty in her lines.

Oooohhhhh, gotcha....

 

[BY Bob]

.... well I’m gonna hate.. (really love)... the day that my little flowers start laying and I report to you... cuz I’m gettin blue this time.. you better believe it!!!!

I'm pulling for you but frankly I'm sure I will be jealous. My flock is hopefully locked in for 10 years. It will be a while until I get try again.

 

[BY Bob]

I know it lol and i loved the story of speck and how she came to be

Thanks. She was a very special hen. I have been very lucky in my life to have had so many special hens. It brings me back again and again to these wonderful animals.

 

[BY Bob]

Yes, you need at least two more!
I have 16 now.. which is a good bit.. I really like how the little flocks flow though... so two more would still keep you small...

Hmmmmmmm, I did overbuild the coop to accommodate up to ten......NO!........MUST STAY STRONG!..........4 IS ENOUGH.............