Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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RebeccaBoyd said:
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So what do you all think. If i have 1 girl it is #3. But I'm starting to see a hint of pink on the comb and just the hint of wattles. Not a good sign this young, I have a feeling its a sneaky boy.
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So adorable! They look like contestants in a beauty pageant with their numbers next to them. That must mean that they are all girls.😉
 
ChicoryBlue said:
Oh, no accolades for most of it though! I did a bunch of things wrong and I've learned from it. I had thought the bathroom counter sink, being a high area, would be less stressful for them than me leaning / looming over them in the bathtub. But it was all too small. First I tried to have Butters (first bird up) stand on the counter next to a plastic basin set in the sink and I tried to wet and baby shampoo her backside but it didn't work well for getting a good amount of water up for soaking the hardened poo. Then the plastic tub was too small to work in with her standing in that. Then the sink basin bottom without the tub was rounded and terrible footing for her, and the small towel I put in there to stand on somehow floated, so it just got tangled in her feet, and without it the surface was slippery, but I managed to hold and support her from underneath with my other hand. The faucet was too close and in the way. The water in the sink got too deep at one point so poor Butters' belly pretty much got soaked. At least the water was warm. No doubt getting out of all that was a relief.

Standing on a nice, cushiony, stable flat towel, with a view from high up, she stood still while I toweled her off and put on coconut oil. Maybe she had been tired out and all subdued from the shock of the sink experience, and this was a vast improvement on that. Then she got the nice warm air and my fingers gently grooming and fluffing, and soon her belly, leg and bum feathers were outstandingly fluffy and everything probably felt a whole lot better. Her expression did look calm as the warm air fluffed around her. All's well that ends well? Everyone except Hazel seemed to find the last part okay. Hazel was stressing throughout, and it was good her bum was not too bad, and her bath & blow-out was the quickest.

I would like to do this in our large flat-bottomed kitchen sink, but I think DH might object. The bathtub is the other inside option. In summer there are good outside options. I am hoping nothing will be bad enough to warrant it again until then.

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Poor Hazel, but she looks stunning in that photo. What gorgeous colours! So clean too! 😉

Juggling chickens is hard. I think you did very well considering. I have used the laundry tub. It has a nice flat bottom but the faucet gets in the way for me too and the laundry is very cramped.
 
Anonymous Chicken said:
I can do that!

We have six layer hens: three Buff Orpingtons, two Barred Rocks, and one light Brahma. We also have a pardoned meat chicken (Henny Penny) and two turkeys (also pardoned).

Lucy, the light Brahma, is current flock leader. Her BCF (Best Chicken Friend) is Francis, one of our two Barred Rocks. She's a very posh chicken.
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Truffle, one of our BOs, is my sister's favorite chicken. She has a very low, content cluck, and follows us around as we do our chores outside. She's second in command and acts as the "watch chicken."
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Jenny, Barred Rock, was the former flock leader. She fell from power around the beginning of February. She's great at bossing (practices a lot) and can be a little mean to the chickens below her, but was a great flock leader until Lucy took over. Her BCF is Ginger.
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Jenny's best friend, Ginger, is our fluffiest chicken. She has a very heavy step and is the most skittish, but she's warming up to spending more time with us.
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Nutmeg is fourth in the pecking order. She's very curious about anything we do, and will skip breakfast to scratch in straw. She has a very anxious expression.
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Francis, our little BR, is the lowest in the pecking order. The other hens don't need to rub it in, though; she is content where she is and doesn't mind it at all. She is actually becoming friends with Truffle, but her BCF is Lucy, who was her friend from the brooder. Francis had a few problems when she was a chick: she suffered from pasty, and was our weakest. She has had crooked toes since we got her, but it was too far gone to help correct the condition. But she makes the most of every day and we're so happy to have her. :)
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Henny Penny isn't with the main flock at the moment, but when she returns she will probably once again assume the position of undeniable flock leader, "The Queen". (We had to quarantine her because she had a few issues that popped up, but those are gone now and she's doing great!)
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Our turkeys were going to be for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner, but they imprinted on us (we didn't expect that) so they were pardoned and we had pork for dinner.
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Perhaps all these pictures could count as my shots for Mugshot Monday :D

I hope this wasn't too much!
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What a lovely family album. 🤗
Thank you for sharing Anonymous.
 

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