Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[TheOddOneOut]

Tight Rope Walking

I have started trying to get the littles to eat from my hand. They are of course terrified of the hand. Yesterday in order to get away Legertha decided to fly. Watch as they right tight rope walk their way around the brooder. They perched for quite some time and then flew back into the brooder.

BY Bob - do you have some photos of Sylvie? Her barring is so much lighter than Legertha’s, I’m worried she’s a boy.

 

[featherhead007]

BY Bob - do you have some photos of Sylvie? Her barring is so much lighter than Legertha’s, I’m worried she’s a boy.

If she is, “Roos need love too!”

 

[TheOddOneOut]

If she is, “Roos need love too!”

Of course. Whether she’s a Sylvie or Sylvester sh needs love. And it’s way too young to be sure of anything - I just felt the barring was suspicious.

 

[featherhead007]

Of course. Whether she’s a Sylvie or Sylvester sh needs love. And it’s way too young to be sure of anything - I just felt the barring was suspicious.

People have been suspicious of me all my life. Nothing to do with me being a rooster or not

 

[featherhead007]

Emily bit me just now. I had a little spaghetti and she thought my finger was a piece of it!

 

[BY Bob]

BY Bob - do you have some photos of Sylvie? Her barring is so much lighter than Legertha’s, I’m worried she’s a boy.

Her feathers are lighter than Legertha.

Now for BY Bob's self delusional rant.......The breeder said they were auto sexed at birth. Their heads were essentially the some coloring when we got them. Sylvie is smaller than Legertha. She does not have an upright posture. Ok. That is out of the way.

Legertha on the left, Sylvie on the right

 

[bgmathteach]

So young!

Am I wrong? I think they get rid of them just as they approach their 1st molt? (No/little egg laying then - costs money to feed them during molt with little or no production.)?

 

[featherhead007]

Her feathers are lighter than Legertha.

Now for BY Bob's self delusional rant.......The breeder said they were auto sexed at birth. Their heads were essentially the some coloring when we got them. Sylvie is smaller than Legertha. She does not have an upright posture. Ok. That is out of the way.

Legertha on the left, Sylvie on the right
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BoPeeps is different colored than the other barred rocks, but she’s every much a hen. (And a lady) Eggs every day So far.

 

[bgmathteach]

Tight Rope Walking

I have started trying to get the littles to eat from my hand. They are of course terrified of the hand. Yesterday in order to get away Legertha decided to fly. Watch as they right tight rope walk their way around the brooder. They perched for quite some time and then flew back into the brooder.

Looks like Sylvia didn't want to be far from Legertha!

 

[BY Bob]

Am I wrong? I think they get rid of them just as they approach their 1st molt? (No/little egg laying then - costs money to feed them during molt with little or no production.)?

It coincides with their first molt, yes.