Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[MaryJanet]

Baby Pictures

Hattie was born July 16, 2018. I was going through old pictures this morning and I found some of her chick pictures. I'm going to share some today but I think moving forward I'm going to start celebrating everyone's birthday's with baby photos. Therefore I'm going to save some for her actual birthday. I'll have to celebrate Lilly on the anniversary of when she came to live with us.

Here's Hattie

They day she arrived, 7/17/18
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First Flight, 8/1/20
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A little over 2 week's old. 8/4/20
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Feathered hanging out with Jabberwocky, 8/16/18

Moved out of the house to live outside. 8/31/18

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And our gorgeous girl today.

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Eeeee!!
Baby Hattie

But I think the dates are not quite right

 

[Shadrach]

Well worth a look is this thread. It makes a great change from Bufffeckinorpinigtons.
I couldn't help noticing that one of the hens in post 53 in the above thread looks a bit like Donk!
Kiaa knows his stuff about ancient breeds from his region.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/gilan-thread-caspian-hyrcanian-hens.1335813/page-6

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I'm hoping everyone has hugged their "fluffy butts" today!

Well, they run away from my hugs but they had a lovely treat of natural yoghurt today, does that count?

 

[LozzyR]

Well, they run away from my hugs but they had a lovely treat of natural yoghurt today, does that count?

I got a couple of cuddles in, under protest. I know some of us like their ladies’ consent before touching, but I would like my girls to at least tolerate being handled, if I need to take them to the vet (and as lovely as Dr Nikki is, I don’t want to see her again for years!)

 

[featherhead007]

Well, they run away from my hugs but they had a lovely treat of natural yoghurt today, does that count?

It counts if you were at least touching or petting them, while they enjoyed your yogurt.

Well, they run away from my hugs but they had a lovely treat of natural yoghurt today, does that count?

 

[BY Bob]

View attachment 2115345Me too, so weird, Ziva had her whole head through the fence (where the blue circle is )
just fussing worried at the not normal activity

That's interesting. I wonder what she smelled?

 

[BY Bob]

Eeeee!!
Baby Hattie

But I think the dates are not quite right

The dates are off of the photo name and characteristics. I can only assume that the camera applied the correct date. What do you think is off?

 

[BY Bob]

Well worth a look is this thread. It makes a great change from Bufffeckinorpinigtons.
I couldn't help noticing that one of the hens in post 53 in the above thread looks a bit like Donk!
Kiaa knows his stuff about ancient breeds from his region.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/gilan-thread-caspian-hyrcanian-hens.1335813/page-6
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Very similar in carriage and shape. And of course my favorite part, the toupee.

Thanks for turning us onto the new thread. Great photos.

 

[BY Bob]

It's Friday!


Here is Thursday's butt.

The same butt on Friday, stil damp, but with a friend.

 

[BY Bob]

Mad as a Wet Hen

If wet hens are truly angry. This lot would have ripped me from limb to limb yesterday. They were soaked.

Of all the hens, Sansa seems to be the most waterproof.

Phyllis had a bald spot when really soaked. This is the first I have seen it.

As to the phrase, "mad as a wet hen". Mine actually seemed fine with the readin yesterday so that got me interested in where that apparently false saying came from. I will admit that most sayings about chickens seem to actually be true. So that made me more curious about the origin of this particular phrase. Here is what I found out when researching it.

From Urban Dictionary:
In the old south, after a hen laid her eggs she would want to sit on them until they hatch. Even if you gathered up all her eggs, she would still sit on the empty nest. So in order to “break her” and get her to lay more eggs, the farmer would lift her off the nest and dunk her in water. She’d then go right back to her nest, so this had to be done two or three times, after which she’d be mad as all get out and start “fussing and scrambling about” Apparently this “broke her” and she’d start laying eggs again.

I love the way they are trying to describe chicken behavior to people with no experience raising chickens.