Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Grandmas Coop]

MR.BOB

​

 

[chickenn00b11]

MR.BOB
View attachment 2377030​

Such a beautiful bird!

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Such a beautiful bird!

I like him, he is 22 weeks old this coming Wednesday

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

We had breakfast for dinner tonight and I used the 2 extra jumbo eggs I had. Anna recorded it.

 

[LozzyR]

She is quite loud. She sounds like Lilly when it's laying day! I wonder what bee was in her bonnet?

I think she wanted some oats that hubby had scattered and Lucy and Charlie weren’t sharing! I hadn’t heard her make that vocalisation before. I was thinking we should make a video library of chicken calls and what we think they mean.

 

[LozzyR]

Aurora is an EE. She looks so much like a Salmon Faverolle it's scary.

She most certainly does; she’s just missing the fluffy feet.

 

[ValerieJ]

That is true. Speed is important when dodging hawks and a lot of other predators.

I wonder about our big red tail hawks. I still think they prefer smaller targets. Not that they wouldn't kill a chicken, they have. I just think the cover that my yard provides along the availability of other smaller food sources has worked to my benefit most of the time. I do really worry about Phyllis though. She is fully reliant on the rest of the flock for safety.

Maybe our red tail hawks are smaller than yours, but they go for the doves here. I've never worried about them around my chickens. That being said, I have bird netting over the entire run, so I don't worry about aerial predators at all.

 

[ValerieJ]

MR.BOB
View attachment 2377030​

What type of chicken is that? They are all beautiful!!!

 

[RoyalChick]

What type of chicken is that? They are all beautiful!!!

Oooh. I want try out my new skills at identifying chickens. Those are Leghorns.
Did I get it right?

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Cows are still physically here, but there was a big blow out summer of 2019. After the best year/condition of a decade thanks to my management techniques, I should add. I no longer am caring for them. This has resulted in some severe issues, ultimately leading to the culling of two yearlings due to horrendous weaning practices. Without a vehicle I am not even able to sneak them feed. They don’t put any care into the cows until they absolutely have to, and the husbandry under the “Aunts” is shameful and disgusting at best.

I'm so sorry Kris. That sounds sooooo frustrating and exasperating.

My best wish for you is that they will decide to retire and hand the management of the animals over to you and hubs.

(And they all go to Argentina or somewhere else far away from you.)