Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ValerieJ]

I dropped a ton of cash trying to save Chickie (ISA Brown) but it still didn't save her. I hope you have more luck with Queen Bee.

Thanks so much. It does shed some light on why she is slowing down so much.

 

[LozzyR]

Thanks so much. It does shed some light on why she is slowing down so much.

On the other hand, my Lucy (one of my original ISA Browns) is four and a half, feisty and fighting fit, despite having lost her voice about two and a half years ago!

 

[BY Bob]

I have 3 Barred Rocks:
Soda,
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Hepzibah,
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Patricia ~ something went wrong with her genetics & she doesn't look much like a BR but that's what she is.
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Patricia is just confusing the student.

 

[BY Bob]

I heard the same thing! (Listening too much to chickens I recon)

I still don't speak rooster. I can't imagine how fast the flock would be with coffee!

 

[BY Bob]

What do you mean RIR's are bred to die young? I never heard that before.

I think there is a lot of confusion with RIRs and ISA Browns and a lot of ISA Browns wind up being called RIRs. True heritage RIRs are supposedly not over bred as egg producers. I think the thing to keep in mind is that any hen that is laying 250 or more eggs a year is likely to wind up with reproductive issues.

 

[BY Bob]

Maybe you’re thinking of ISA BROWNS. They are bred to lay a million eggs and burnout by the time they are two.

Eggzactly

 

[BY Bob]

Wow - soon I will be an expert!
I think I got Polish - but Easter Egger's are hard because they don't look like each other. Claudine (Claudine! ) is also an Easter Egger I think and she is nothing like Aurora!

EEs come in all colors. Maleficent was nothing like Aurora and they were sisters! They lay eggs off all colors. Some even lay brown ones.

You will of course notice that Maleficent looks a lot like Claudine.......

 

[pspatbyc]

Trapped! You'll just have to sit quietly with a cuppa and a good book. Such a pity!

Oh too funny. I didn't notice they had you "Pinned"

 

[BY Bob]

Just as I thought I had got Barred Rocks I meet Patricia!
I tell you, it is hard for a beginner.

That's is a teacher throwing in the exception to the rule too soon.

Don't tell @Ribh but I think she was misled on Patricia. Her comb and wattles are also abnormally large for a Barred Rock. She probably is another kind of chicken. Or a mutant.

 

[BY Bob]

I can’t get over how much Aurora looks like River and Nyssa!

That's what Mrs BY Bob said! It is really striking. Aurora just has clean legs otherwise they could be sisters!