Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Rema is mid-molt. Notice the few new darker feathers interspersed with her old tattered feathers.
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That is a great example of what Hattie is undergoing.

 

[BY Bob]

Molting Monday:
Yay, I finally got the camera to connect to the computer

After 3 trips to Best Buy and with the help of their 'trained geeks' and with camera in hand.

The Buff Orpington is 'Blondie", she is 2.5 yo. The other hen is 'Momma" (my first ever to hatch chicks for me) - She is a Welsommer and is 3.5 y.o. Nearly everyone is having hard molts this year (Except, of course, Chicken Little - an Americauna who ALWAYS thinks the sky is falling...but still looks well coiffed even when molting!)

Those are some naked bums!

 

[BY Bob]

Chicken Tax & SHRA tax

Hmmm...what is wrong with this picture:
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Supposed to be 4 pullets! (I've known for a while B&W was 'going to be' a boy. My favorite (oops, mums shouldn't have favs) is the one in the back right. 'Dusty" she has a pretty dusty grey/beige color. Yeah, I know..my naming scheme isn't too original

They are very cute.

 

[BY Bob]

It's is a 95% guarantee to have snow on the ground before Halloween everywhere in Montana. The other 5% is the occasional odd year tossed out to make the weatherman look like a monkey. That snow usually melts off.....guaranteed by Thanksgiving.....of course more snow can occur at any point in time (summer included)

2 years ago, Thanksgiving day (if you don't like hunting, don't open this)

Spoiler: snow hunting

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That's deep snow. I could not handle deep snow like that before Thanksgiving.

 

[BY Bob]

Well said.

Except for this bit "vent can stretch enough to pass an egg you may have trouble fitting in your mouth whole" which was quite a phrase

He can turn a phrase.

 

[BY Bob]

truffles is offically gone everyone! Heres a last photo i took of him. View attachment 2862753Love truffles, going to 16,(soon 20) ladies all to himself, freeranged with no roos.

He is so handsome and what a great name!

I am happy he is going to get his own ladies. I know it is hard on you but it is good for him.

 

[BY Bob]

Don't they look amazing in silhouette!

They do.

 

[RoyalChick]

They do.

How did this morning go with Phyllis and her backing group?

 

[BY Bob]

They certainly do. Crop the edges out and that could be the picture of the week.

I will do that!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

I love this!