Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

I decided to band the Buckeyes with very small zip ties, and monitor carefully. I armed myself with a ration of mealworms for rewards and enticements (for them of course!).

Hazel, who is easiest to take into my arms and whom I can tell apart pretty easily when she's talking (most of the time while I'm in the run) and who is dominant when eating mealworms, barging in between everyone in order to eat like a sewing machine from my hand, was first.

Everyone immediately noticed her little green anklet when I put her down. A little bit of testing & feeling it was all.
Butters, leader in foraging and cat defense, was next. Afterwards she also inspected her yellow tie but didn't keep at it.

Then because I can't really tell by looking or voice between Peanut and Popcorn anymore, I got off my little stool, squatted down and sort of scratched around with a stick, talked to them all, wiggled the waterer nipples for them as they drank and inspected the log bark, and waited for Popcorn to jump onto my back, as that is what she has been wont to do since she was a tiny little chick. She was up there in no time. Good girl! Blue for her.

I decided Peanut would get one too, just so everyone had a band. Red for her, and I'll watch in case that color is too peck attractive.

I got some pictures for the tax finally! They all got in a preening group, mostly ignoring their own and their flock mates' bands. Here's Butters and Peanut.

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Here's Butters

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I'm not sure who this is! I think Hazel.

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Remind me to never make Hazel angry!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Remind me to never make Hazel angry!

Haha! Two of them were very interested in my phone, in fact one was looking at the chicken in the phone and pecking at it while I was trying to hit the button...I need a "burst" mode of multiple pictures close together, because every time the camera focused and I hit the button the bird moved. Of course I totally forgot about the circle feature, so the light is not good.

 

[MaryJanet]

Haha! Two of them were very interested in my phone, in fact one was looking at the chicken in the phone and pecking at it while I was trying to hit the button...I need a "burst" mode of multiple pictures close together, because every time the camera focused and I hit the button the bird moved. Of course I totally forgot about the circle feature, so the light is not good.

The laughter is for the chicken looking at itself!

 

[featherhead007]

Just hand your chicken the phone! My Beetov-Hen takes all the pictures except the ones of herself. You don’t supply cellphones to your chickens? I have to. Otherwise BLU could never contact @BY Bob ’s Phyllis. (It’s expensive but so what, it beats them hogging my laptop)!!

 

[featherhead007]

Just hand your chicken the phone! My Beetov-Hen takes all the pictures except the ones of herself. You don’t supply cellphones to your chickens? I have to. Otherwise BLU could never contact @BY Bob ’s Phyllis. (It’s expensive but so what, it beats them hogging my laptop)!!

 

[LozzyR]

(note to self. Don't joke to Ribh before she eats something!)

That’s pretty universal, isn’t it?

 

[featherhead007]

That’s pretty universal, isn’t it?

Didn’t know until today

 

[featherhead007]

Enjoy. It's a goody.

I’m still watching it! I had to spend some time with my chickens

 

[LozzyR]

Didn’t know until today

Pretty sure ‘no jokes before breakfast’ is a thing. It is in my house anyway!

 

[Ribh]

Pretty sure ‘no jokes before breakfast’ is a thing. It is in my house anyway!

Yep I'm super slow to function first thing in the morning so I'm far less likely to find a joke funny.