Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Pearl Harbor came to mind, because I’m in watching a ww2 movie with my rooster Jaffar. ( some needed daddy and his roo time)

Imagine a rooster that likes WW2 movies? It’s true

 

[Shadrach]

Treacle.

 

[BY Bob]

Depends a bit on ones Persian roots.
The Kurdish people give what we would call pastries.
The Iranians seem to vary from area to area but in general its giving food in one form or another.

I can do that.

 

[RoyalChick]

And we in the USA, we’re friends with Japan until Pearl Harbor. Just saying.
you mentioned “vicious and unprovoked attack “ that came to mind, for some reason.

She had her reasons (I was too slow setting down the pot with blueberries in it). But I feel a bit of patience would have been nice. Diana is not a patient lady!

 

[BY Bob]

I usually start by touching their beaks. What none of them like is a hand over their back, or any form of wing restraint. I can carry Mel around like a Falconer.

You have mentioned the beak to me before. I have tried it and it was soundly rejected. Even the ones I can touch did not like it. I must be doing it wrong. However the back of my hand seems very acceptable. I never come from above. Always from below. I was able to touch her anatomy this morning.

We just had 2 hawks circling the house. Everyone was on the deck except Phyllis. I actually saw it first. I was able to call Phyllis to me, scoop her up and rejoin her with the tribe on the deck while I stood in the yard yelling at the hawks.

I say this because I want to be able to touch Sydney in an emergency. I can get everyone but her and Aurora. Frankly I have given up on Aurora.

 

[BY Bob]

I am the brave survivor of a vicious and (almost entirely) unprovoked attack.

This is my attacker. Do not be fooled by her sweet little face. That beak brought tears to me eyes!
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I am still nursing my finger.

What did madam vicious do to you!

 

[BY Bob]

Don’t know if I did the spoiler right.

You did.

 

[RoyalChick]

What did madam vicious do to you!

She jumped up and grabbed my finger in her beak and didn’t let go. It hurt! She was after the blueberries I had in a pot in my hand. I wanted to sit and hand feed everyone. She felt that was way too slow.

 

[Shadrach]

You have mentioned the beak to me before. I have tried it and it was soundly rejected. Even the ones I can touch did not like it. I must be doing it wrong. However the back of my hand seems very acceptable. I never come from above. Always from below. I was able to touch her anatomy this morning.

We just had 2 hawks circling the house. Everyone was on the deck except Phyllis. I actually saw it first. I was able to call Phyllis to me, scoop her up and rejoin her with the tribe on the deck while I stood in the yard yelling at the hawks.

I say this because I want to be able to touch Sydney in an emergency. I can get everyone but her and Aurora. Frankly I have given up on Aurora.

Most chickens I've met are not overly keen on being touched, let alone picked up. Some here went through stages when they didn't object to being handled.
The hens seem to change once they start laying eggs. I think, like roosters, being picked up is seen as some kind of mating.
I don't force the issue. Most trust me enough to get close enough to pick up if I need to. There are a couple, Fat Bird, Bracket and Moon in particular who I can pick up easily; they may even like it.
Friendly is good, but in my circumstances I end up worrying about treading on them when they're in the house.
There's another thing. In my house/coop I'm allowed certain behaviours that are not permitted outside. There is a very noticable division.

 

[Blazinga]

Went to scout out medication and hardware cloth at our TSC. My chick resist was strong.

Red links, california whites, production reds, and a ton of unlabeled.

No idea what this means.

Turkey poults

EEs that were all feathering the same color?

And a mysterious Silver laced wyandotte that got lumped in with the "Asians"