Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

What about “gentlemen prefer blondes “ I’m kidding.
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Her name needs to be Marilyn then.

 

[BY Bob]

Vale Deana November 2015 - September2021

My Rhode Island Red, Deana, died Thursday night/ Friday morning. She was almost 6 years old and the last of my second batch of hens.
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She took up residence in the old "little" coop her last week were she was given a bottom clean, fresh litter and fresh food and water every day.
More often than not her visitors ate her food though.
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I have lost some confidence in my vet regarding the chooks and felt that if they were just going to recommend euthanasia, considering her age, I would rather she passed at home amongst her flock and in familiar surroundings.

She ruled calmly and from a discreet distance. (Tsuki was the enforcer.) Only ever needed to give one or two admonitory pecks if someone thought they could eat before her.

I have buried her in a sunny spot near the run and planted sunflowers over her.
R.I.P. sweet girl

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I'm so sorry my friend. It is hard to lose them. What a great life she had with you. It was a long life for an RIR. You did amazing by her.

 

[BY Bob]

Is it advisable to bath a chicken during the time they are losing their feathers. My poor princess is going through it now and it's her first molt.

I would not touch them during molt. The poo will fall off with the feathers. I do not like to handle them when they are molting.

 

[BY Bob]

I made it to April 2021! And page 3924! Total pages 5990. Wonder if I can hit 4000 before the page count hits 6000...
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Easily. Things are slowing down around here.

 

[rural mouse]

Guess the theme

Each set of names I provided to @Ribh For the vorwerks had a theme. With no penalty for SHRA and no googling, who can guess each theme, excluding Veda which I gave away. Post your answers here.

As a reminder, the groups:

Group 1
• Dent
• Prefect
• Beeblebrox
• Trillian

Group 3
• Carmen
• Tibby
• Lena
• Bridget

Group 4
• Meg
• Jo
• Beth
• Amy

Group 5
• Skipper
• Kowalski
• Rico
• Private

Group 6. This is a little off the wall.
• Burnt
• Coker
• Dry
• Giddings

Group 7
• Austri
• Vestri
• Nordri
• Sudri

Let's see what everyone has. I will post the answers tomorrow at this time to give everyone a chance.

I haven't read ahead on this so....
Group 1: hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
2:missing from this list
3:?
4: Little women
5: penguins of Madagascar
6: her favorite poet (no, I don't know who that is)
7: stars?

 

[rural mouse]

I think that this is the biggest clutch I've ever seen!

I workwith a lady who raised chicken at her old home. She had a go missing, then turn up with a batch shed hatched in the middle of the BlackBerry patch. She had another that couldn't keep the rest out of her nest, but wanted to be a mom so much that when the order of chicks arrived, she put all 24 under the hen. That hen didn't lose a single one.

 

[rural mouse]

Maybe I'll stick with my seemingly 6 months of winter (only a slight exaggeration)

Hey, we get 9 months of winter and 5 months of road construction.

 

[rural mouse]

Page 4000. You were RIGHT, @BY Bob . Time to go get some things done today. Few pages ahead of me than behind me, PROGRESS! I'll get caught up to "today" eventually!

 

[BY Bob]

I haven't read ahead on this so....
Group 1: hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
2:missing from this list
3:?
4: Little women
5: penguins of Madagascar
6: her favorite poet (no, I don't know who that is)
7: stars?

Thank you playing along. If I remembered right, no one got #5 but you!

 

[BY Bob]

Page 4000. You were RIGHT, @BY Bob . Time to go get some things done today. Few pages ahead of me than behind me, PROGRESS! I'll get caught up to "today" eventually!

Excellent! You are extremely dedicated.