Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ribh]

I still don't think all parents are capable.

On this we can agree. Not all parents want to dedicate the time it takes. I knew one parent who thought handing the child his Distance workbook & leaving him to it was all that was required. She was an exception though & they didn't do it for long. On the other hand I could be a nightmare to deal with because I refused to teach what I knew to be outright wrong. I also chose literature rich curriculum so the child also became a nightmare to deal with because her vocab was grades above her age & off the Primary school charts & her math was all over the shop. I have found Covid interesting in that respect. So many parents suddenly having to overseer their kids education themselves. Some loving the opportunity. Others not coping @ all.

 

[BY Bob]

This is a very cool and different picture. In-flight action! How is it not blurry?

Great camera on that phone.

 

[Grammy60]

Good morning Bob have a great day!

 

[BY Bob]

Updates for the Buckeyes & me -

I have been gathering dry material for the run floor and finishing weatherizing it all in anticipation of the cold front that was coming. Wood chips, oak & maple leaves, pine needles built up to three inches thick. Messing with clear tarps and shower curtains, zip ties, bungee cords, and old house construction wood. Hauling concrete blocks to the base it so it doesn't blow over in the wind gusts. Driving 10" stakes in a few key spots to help (more to do there). It looks bad all cobbed together but it held up well for this latest. I will take pictures tomorrow. My concern is ventilation for the run while keeping the floor dry for them, and without having major drafts on the inhabitants. The chicken inspectors were pretty tough however, carefully inspecting every nook and cranny (there are many of those) as it went up. Treats and gossiping and tidbitting greenery won them over. Also, they really enjoyed the leaves.

I have missed a lot in the meantime. So I jumped ahead. What is this about a Chicken Tax? Discussions of very dark and intense subjects & existential worries, such as poo. Interspersed with hot chicken pics. The moderators are probably having their minds blown, algorithms flagging suspect items, yet there are beautiful pictures of beautiful chickens. And some posers called Giant Land Chickens.

What are Giant Land Chickens doing on this site? Don't they have their own forum? And who let them call themselves Chickens??? This must be flagged for the moderators.

Buckeye Chickens do not like being condescendingly compared to other beings (even if favorably), and being compared to sheep in particular. I have been instructed to tell everyone, these exact words: "Bok-kawk, bok bok, baaawwwk....baaaaawwwwk, bok-kawk!! [translation: There IS NO COMPARISON!].

So in regards to sheep vs. chicken poo: let us not even go there, down into the gutter, so far down there, where the sheep are. Chicken poo is obviously pristine. Let us not sully the Majesty of Chickendom!

Just look at these beauties enjoying the sun and barely one inch of wood chips. See that Half-Twist Neck-Spin? What natural flexibility!

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Can one honestly compare them with this admittedly very nice, very handsome (and very flexible) but decidedly un-Chicken-like being? He lives in the Big Coop here, and his name is Big Boy. He likes boxes. He is way bigger than that box. It didn't stop him though. I give him points for thinking "outside the box", even if it is halfway.

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I laughed, I loved, I approved, which emogi to assign to this was completely beyond me. How could I choose just one?

 

[BY Bob]

I can’t see your photos... not sure why, could be my connection here.

As to Giant Land Chickens, they are right Here along with the Marine Chickens, sunsets, and rainbows! Can’t ignore natural beauty when it’s there! My actual Chickens are hiding from winter weather, smart little birdies, so I’m just doing my best to pay the chicken tax with what I have on hand...

As to Chicken Photo Tax, we are trying to at least post pictures of our chickens when we get off topic, considering our tendency to chat randomly this is certainly adding to the chicken-ness of the thread again!

Giant Land Chickens are just not to be confused with the evil woolly monsters (sheep)!

Hoppy and I (rip)
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ok, size reduction comes with weird rotation

Hoppy! Hi Hoppy.

 

[RoyalChick]

Rodents vs RC
Trap got another mouse in the Chicken Palace and no signs of rodent entry on the outside cameras. I need to leave them in place a few days to be sure and then move them to the other side to check there.
So far this week: Rodents 0 : RC 2
Maggie won the prize of recycling the mouse body but Diana stole it from her. Then Maggie got it back. Now Diana is running around with it looking for a place she can eat it undisturbed. No chance with the others all running after her.
Rather than share that gruesome sight here is sunrise over the Chicken Palace. It looks like the trees are on fire.

 

[BY Bob]

You may blame Henry VIII ~ & I love the action shot.

Henry VIII started it. But didn't Bill Clinton win a nobel peace prize for ending it? He was at least up for one. My point was that since Clinton you hear nothing about it.

Look how beautiful these two were right after their molt was complete.

 

[BY Bob]

@Shadrach I saw this posted and thought of your Lock. Maybe you want to check it out, maybe you don't.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...hen-due-to-gender-dysphoria-disorder.1429338/

 

[BY Bob]

I never thought about this. How did this happen? I guess Bill Clinton solved this problem and the world moved on.


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I rediscovered this picture while pulling together all of the photos for coop build article. It was kind of fun culling through them all.

 

[BY Bob]

Spectacular Jabber photo!

Thank you. That was mostly the behavior I ever saw of him.