Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[micstrachan]

We Did It!

Race successfully completed! More to come later.
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So fun!

 

[micstrachan]

Forgot to post this first thing this morning. It is getting quite chilly here in the morning. Down to 39 degrees F.
Maggie and Diana were all fluffed up and pointing their fluffy butts towards the rising sun.
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Adorable!

 

[micstrachan]

@BY Bob, did I ever mention I was on an all-girls racing team? It was in those 24 hours of lemon races. Not super fast, but real cars on real tracks. I’ve only been on Thunderhill and Sears Point. Cars are meant to be “lemons “meaning, not valued higher than $500, not including safety equipment and tires. we drove an 84 Porsche 944. Even the more experienced drivers had trouble not spinning that thing. So many fun and crazy stories from those days.

 

[RoyalChick]

Adorable!

It always amazes me how big they can make themselves by puffing up their feathers.

 

[micstrachan]

It always amazes me how big they can make themselves by puffing up their feathers.

It IS amazing! My Buff Orpington, Cashew, is actually on the small side, but she’s so fluffy, you’d never know it.

 

[micstrachan]

My gosh those Cream Legbars are so cute. I have decided that whatever my next chickens are they are going to have leghorn. These girls really have me considering them.

Yes! See, Bob, hopefully we can still have our Leghorns by diluting down the production gene. LOL.

 

[micstrachan]

I have a Rocket too. Her full name is Red Rocket, but still.

I like the name Rocket!

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes! See, Bob, hopefully we can still have our Leghorns by diluting down the production gene. LOL.

You have all set me reading about chicken breeds. I had to spend a half hour sitting in the Chicken Palace run because the Princesses kept changing their mind about whether they were don with wandering around outside and there was a fox about so I passed the time reading about chickens.
Apparently there is something called a 'Heritage Leghorn' - which is supposedly the Leghorn before it was bred for mass production.
Probably all you experienced chicken folk already knew this but 'Heritage' breeds are available and are bred for longevity not production.
Now finding out where to get them seems tricky. @rjohns39 did I remember right that you are involved with heritage breeds?

 

[micstrachan]

You have all set me reading about chicken breeds. I had to spend a half hour sitting in the Chicken Palace run because the Princesses kept changing their mind about whether they were don with wandering around outside and there was a fox about so I passed the time reading about chickens.
Apparently there is something called a 'Heritage Leghorn' - which is supposedly the Leghorn before it was bred for mass production.
Probably all you experienced chicken folk already knew this but 'Heritage' breeds are available and are bred for longevity not production.
Now finding out where to get them seems tricky. @rjohns39 did I remember right that you are involved with heritage breeds?

OMG. Really? No, I did not know that. I WANT ONE!

Edited to add: I know we destroyed their genes by making them high production, but I did not know you could still get the original ones. Are they from Italy?

 

[micstrachan]

@RoyalChick, now that I am starting to repeat breeds, it’s interesting to see the known breed characteristics show through. I didn’t know this was a breed thing, but my two Buckeyes, who are two years apart, have similar personalities… They are low in the pecking order, but very talkative and curious. They both also boss around and chase the dog. LOL! None of the other hens do that.