Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[aart]

They were bought at the feed store at one week.. they are four weeks now...

Time for 'tiny doors'!

 

[RoyalChick]

Here they are at four weeks... Trump is a boy ... but I’ve already found him a home... View attachment 2202713View attachment 2202714View attachment 2202715

They are all adorable, but my heart still belongs to Claudine

 

[MaryJanet]

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I did not post on what Sidney did to Phyllis yesterday. Phyllis likes to roost early, maybe even 90 minutes before dusk. I don't know why. She went in to roost early twice last night and Sydney had not been able to get the chicks up the ramp and to bed yet.

Well Sydney did not want her in the coop. Both times she tore Phyllis off the roost and soundly beat her and chased her out. It was quite vicious. Startling so. In fact both times Phyllis jumped off the porch to get away and just missed the chicks which were stuck at the bottom of the big ramp. It's one of the reasons for the board on the end of the porch.

I had a feeling there was more to it than confused and frightened chicks.

 

[WhoDatChick]

If I ever decide to keep a rooster I will be getting one from my daughters friend.. this young lady brought us into her chicken coop and she had three roosters within the flock.. living peacefully with each other and didn’t mind us one bit. She then picked each one up for cuddles.. she also has multiple yard with chickens and roosters... she picked each one up to show us and even her little sister picked up another.... I was very impressed as to how many sweet roosters this girl has... all different breeds as well.. the three that live together with the main flock are FCMs and one Cochin bantam... I so wish I would’ve taken pics!

Chickens and roosters... silly me ... HENS and roosters

 

[WhoDatChick]

Time for 'tiny doors'!

Oh gosh... ya think ... I am afraid of what some of them are capable of... meanies!

 

[WhoDatChick]

Time for 'tiny doors'!

And thank you for your help!

 

[WhoDatChick]

They are all adorable, but my heart still belongs to Claudine

Me too ... she is so friendly and tries to jump up on whatever she can so she can be right next to my face! I have a feeling she will be my first gal to fly up to my shoulder... I don’t have one of those.. and boy, can she fly for being so little.. she’s been flying since first week!
It’s so funny how some are immediately friendly and some are very wary... Clementine won’t come near me.. Trump is in between... you never know what kind of personality you’re gonna get with chickens

 

[micstrachan]

Hi everyone,
I am over 100 pages and three weeks behind. Have I missed anything big?

 

[Ribh]

Hi everyone,
I am over 100 pages and three weeks behind. Have I missed anything big?

A hatch... Bob has chicks.

 

[BY Bob]

Yea.. they are in with them now.. but separate... I did this three times last year but they were entering a smaller flock and one group entered with a mama and those seemed to be the most excepted by the flock.. thank goodness cuz they were bantams... and now I have a couple of bullies that I’m concerned with... I waited until they were quite big before I integrated and there was a lot of pecking... but like I said I have some bullies.. they are some of the new ones from last year... so I was wondering if they are much smaller would that be better

I think there is a sweet spot after they have feathered out. They need to be big to take a peck or two before I mix them in.