Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Are you sure this is not Hello pecks and investigative pecks, I know you described it before but can you again please? She draws blood? She is fierce about it? She vocalizes aggressive sounds? She tries to drive you away? Is it a dominance thing?

Pretty sure it is not investigative.
If I turn around she draws herself up tall and puffs her chest out and lunges at me. So it feels like dominance. But she is also afraid of me because if I am standing in the doorway she is hesitant to come out while everyone else happily squeezes past me and mingles around my legs.

 

[RoyalChick]

Cool.
We are picking up some vegetables to take to New Jersey.

Us folk in New Jersey thank you for that!

 

[RoyalChick]

One thought on the chicken wire divider in that coop - is it chick-safe, maybe put some hardware cloth, or some other material on the lower parts on the Phyllis side?

Oh yikes! Good thinking. Chicks might get stuck in chicken wire.

 

[RoyalChick]

Just know that we know nothing about turkeys. You are on your own with us.

And @Devils Flower, know that our appetite for pictures and video is insatiable!
I am already wondering if turkeys have fluffy butts like chickens.

I can wait until Friday to discover!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Good morning, All My Friends at Fluffy Butt Acres! ️

I am behind something fierce this time. I have been busy doing necessary but much less fun things. Sometimes I just have to skip over and go to the end or I will never know what’s going on.
Anyway, some mugs are in order!
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well… they are all “mugs”…

What a fun and diverse collection of mugs.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Basil is definitely hitting his teenage stage and last night he got disciplined by Drumstick. One of the things I don't allow my boys to do is direct the "rooster dance" towards me or other people. To me that is bad behavior and I worry if I allowed it, it could escalate into more unwanted behaviors. For the first time Basil tried it yesterday morning, and I immediately walked into him and made him back up. Last night at roosting time Basil was the last one to be put up. As usual he was sitting on the ground waiting his turn, but when I started to walk towards him he hopped up and tried it again. This time I didn't have time to correct him, in a instant Drumstick was off the roost and on him. Drumstick didn't hurt him and it was over in a few seconds but he got the message from his daddy that we don't do that. I then walked up to Basil again who was laying down with Drumstick glaring down at him and picked him no fuss at all. and placed him on the roost. Drumstick got praised for being a good boy, and got a extra wattle and chest rub before being put on the roost again. This morning Basil ran up to me when I went out to feed, but stopped about 2 feet from me and waited patiently for breakfast. Since he behaved and asked for it by practically standing on tip toes I gave him a chest rub. He didn't get his last night. I want to reward good behavior not bad. Hopefully between me and Drumstick he wont get out of line. As a teenager Drumstick himself was not perfect and had a few lessons on proper behavior but he was smart and learned very quickly. Lets hope Basil is the same.

I'm so impressed with your animal behavioural training. Have you studied it or are you a natural?

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Excellent! Drumstick is a good rooster!

So is Rebecca!

 

[RoyalChick]

@BY Bob
I just noticed this thread was made by you..
That's cool..

You will enjoy reading the first 20 pages or so of the thread. When Bob starts out with his story. Once you have read those you will never leave!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I ordered the last available Polish ladies. The breeder assumes that X number of Polish will hatch and will be ladies out of a batch of eggs which are incubating. They take orders for that many. If there is an over hatch, that means more chicks hatched than they planned on and they send an email saying "we got extras for sale".

I was hoping to see extra Polish for sale but I did not. That would have assured me of getting Polish.

I gave them permission to switch out any chick for another Polish should there be an under hatch. If no Polish are available they are to call me to confer on a substitute. I must have a minimum of 3 chicks for them to survive the trip.

I explained how it works for RC. My apologies to everyone. I assumed everyone knew how it worked.

I didn't know either. Thanks for asking @RoyalChick . Thanks for explaining BYBob.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

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If I get to pick colors I'd choose gold spangled and chamois to even up the black and white versus gold.

Whatever are they? They are adorable!

I'm glad I read ahead. I was going to ask the same thing. I've never seen chooks like that. I love the body shape too. Are they standard or bantam?