Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Ooooh, I'm envious of those gorgeous colors on your eggs.......better not let @ByBob see them,

(What, salt, wound? I know not of what you speak!)

I saw them. I am happy for others who get to enjoy all the colors. Sad for me........ happy for them.

 

[Blazinga]

On a general note.
There are two fundamental steps that most humans and most chickenn keepers need to make before the lives of chickens improves greatly.
1) chickens are not flock creatures. They are tribal creatures. You don't see flocks of jungle fowl. Jungle fowl live in family groups and tribes. No amount of "breeding" is going to change this.
2) This is really really difficult for humans. Chicken are vastly more intelligent than we give them credit for. Humans, for lots of complex reasons, do not want any other creatures to be as intelligent as they, the humans, percieve themslevs as.
Niether of these messages are popular. They are particualry unpopular on sites such as this.
It's just the way it is.

If birds were to hatch together, would they consider themselves family? Even if they look different? How would brooding a different breed effect the outcome? I'm thinking if one of mine goes broody next spring I'll put the appenzeller eggs under her instead of the incubator. Would the Appenzellers have a better chance of fitting in if their mom was an established hen in the tribe? @BY Bob how did Ned and Lucky fit in? @RebeccaBoyd what about your Silkies?

 

[Blazinga]

Queen Crowned?
It will probably take more observation to be sure, but Katydid was chasing both Shirina and Rime around this morning. So I'm thinking...

Katydid
Rime
Shirina
Platina

 

[featherhead007]

I was pulling out of the driveway, and Beetov-Hen ran beside my car. So I opened the door and she hopped right on in. So, she went with me to the post office today!

 

[RoyalChick]

I was pulling out of the driveway, and Beetov-Hen ran beside my car. So I opened the door and she hopped right on in. So, she went with me to the post office today!

Did she have any mail waiting for her? Fan mail I would imagine!

 

[RoyalChick]

I just did a bit of a fridge clean out and produced a feast fit for the Princesses. Scrambled egg, shrimp tails, cucumber, and apple.
Nothing scary about the black feed bowl right now! Also some peaceful cross-breed mingling going on.

 

[RoyalChick]

If birds were to hatch together, would they consider themselves family? Even if they look different? How would brooding a different breed effect the outcome? I'm thinking if one of mine goes broody next spring I'll put the appenzeller eggs under her instead of the incubator. Would the Appenzellers have a better chance of fitting in if their mom was an established hen in the tribe? @BY Bob how did Ned and Lucky fit in? @RebeccaBoyd what about your Silkies?

I was wondering that too.

 

[RoyalChick]

I may have shared a picture of this egg a few weeks back. A bit of a mishap in the paint department of one of the Roadrunners.
Every time I reached to crack an egg I couldn’t bear to use this one. I think it is pretty!
So finally this morning I decided to blow it and make scrambled egg for the chickens without sacrificing the pretty shell.
I haven’t done that since I was a kid but I remembered the basics and it wasn’t that hard to do.
With apologies to the CDC I didn’t think to wash it before I started so I did expose myself to whatever disease the chickens might pass on. I think I will survive.
Now I just have to figure out how to display it!

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Sorry all, I seem to be hogging the thread today.
I will be off doing chores so will shut up soon. Meanwhile, here is the temporary display for the green striped egg I blew out. I thought it looked cute there.

 

[BY Bob]

I may have shared a picture of this egg a few weeks back. A bit of a mishap in the paint department of one of the Roadrunners.
Every time I reached to crack an egg I couldn’t bear to use this one. I think it is pretty!
So finally this morning I decided to blow it and make scrambled egg for the chickens without sacrificing the pretty shell.
I haven’t done that since I was a kid but I remembered the basics and it wasn’t that hard to do.
With apologies to the CDC I didn’t think to wash it before I started so I did expose myself to whatever disease the chickens might pass on. I think I will survive.
Now I just have to figure out how to display it!

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That's a beauty for sure. Great strategy to save it.

 

[BY Bob]

Sorry all, I seem to be hogging the thread today.
I will be off doing chores so will shut up soon. Meanwhile, here is the temporary display for the green striped egg I blew out. I thought it looked cute there.

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That is super cute.