Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Pish posh... these girls clearly need a tablet with an unlimited data plan for beakbook!!

I'm trying to control their screen time. You know it's not good for them to be on too much.

 

[BY Bob]

Yes, that's what I'm thinking. A variety that stays small, if there is such a thing. Or a rose.

My ladies love to eat the grapes from the grape vines. It's a bonus treat for them as well as a pretty vine.

 

[BY Bob]

I worry about thorns and bumble foot with roses. My Princesses do like rose petals so I thought about it but then as I was deadheading roses elsewhere I got pricked and thought that would be really bad for bare feet!

Or Thornless Roses

 

[Scrambles83]

You are so good with the hot lemon water! Do you drink it daily? I’ve heard great things about it. Oh, and I recently switched to decaf.

I’ve also switched to decaf at home but pounce on a caffeinated cup at recess at work

 

[Scrambles83]

Too good not to share!

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Awesome

 

[Scrambles83]

I was trying to articulate what I do and I think you captured it. For the Ozzies think American Football (not soccer) or Rugby in terms of how to hold the ball (I mean chicken) and with their head facing backwards relative to you.

So not an AFL hold?

 

[BY Bob]

So we have a dilemma.
We want and perhaps even need more chickens. We have two hens that regularly go broody, Alinta seems to be heading into round two already this year.
Our original plan was always to give Rosie chicks when the time came to get more chickens.
This year however when both went broody at the same time our sweet shy bottom of the pack Brenna decided she had had enough of being the bottom. Then everyone was up again and Rosie quickly resumed her place as head hen, unfortunately she also decided to become a bully. She chases both the others off anything she thinks might be too good. Alinta the previous bully now gets it from both of them.
So now I worry about giving Rosie chicks, will she be aggressive with them or on the other hand overly protective. Do we let Alinta have chicks? I never saw her as nurturing, but she is a determined sitter. My crazy brain is thinking about getting them each one, if they go broody together again, but that's really crazy right?...

In my experience and it is limited, once the chicks were hatched, Sydney was still dominated by the other hens but not nearly in the same way as before. She also avoided the main tribe and went off on her own with her chicks when free ranging. She was fiercely protective of them.

I don't think you can predict that they will be aggressive with the chicks. I believe that is a real rarity. They go broody wanting to be a Mum. I believe they will then mother their chicks 99% of the time.

 

[Scrambles83]

Some hens are real sun worshipers. I've seen my Lilly do the same and she is black!

Mine are like @RoyalChick’s roadrunners, they aren’t sunworshippers but it is winter so I’ll observe them more once it’s warmer

 

[BY Bob]

Good morning

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Good morning ladies!

 

[Scrambles83]

My ladies love to eat the grapes from the grape vines. It's a bonus treat for them as well as a pretty vine.

One of my brothers Labs feasted on grapes from their vines, ended up with a severe case of the runs it was a fun Christmas Day haha