Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Like this?

Those would work. If they fired nerf balls.

 

[BY Bob]

Oh my, Hattie

She's BAAAAAAACK!

 

[BY Bob]

It’s been a FANTASTIC day! I’ll be rambling on a bit here with free flowing, unorganized thoughts, so bear with me. I let the girls out after they had a chance to eat commercial feed in the run. They were a bit nervous and stayed close to home, but everyone got in a good dust bath and lots of foraging. Bridge voluntarily got in my lap twice.. YAY! She’s usually a big lap sitter, but not during molt, and she is the longest, slowest molter of all time. I’ve been missing her in my lap, and sang her little song.

Both Bridge and Buttercup let me help them groom their 2-inch long pin feathers on their back ends (I pinch the pin feathers between my thumbnail and the pad of my index feather… they seem to love it). I also put a nustock/bag balm/petroleum jelly mix on Roxy’s and Lucky’s feet. They were not impressed. Not sure why my Wyandottes have really bad scaly leg mites and nobody else does, but it’s the way it is. Feeling guilty for not treating more often, but at least I did it today.

Today was sunny and warm. I love seeing them bask in the sun. They were also active most of the day! They stayed close all day, but at least foraged on the little pasture I grew for them (green patch in the video below) and in the leaves under the walnut tree. They even foraged a bit in the wild greens out front. It’s very exposed there, so that only lasted a short while.

This about sums it up. This is only a few of them, but still!

Every time a Red Shouldered Hawk calls, even if it’s in the distance, they run for cover. Well, a hawk did visit later in the day. It perched in a tree nearby WITHOUT announcing itself. Then it started circling DIRECTLY overhead. I did a low key alarm call and they mostly went for cover. Then I hand carried most of them from their hiding spots into the run. The last couple went as I semi chased them, since they were too nervous to be caught. Once back in the run, they seemed pretty relaxed. I love it when they free range, but it also warms my heart that they seem to feel secure in their home.

Sounds like a very special day for everyone. I'm so glad.

 

[Scrambles83]

 

[Marie2020]

Just waiting for it to resolve can be 8 weeks if ever. But I am doing the dreaded maneuver and I am getting a lot better. Just staring straight up at the sky is one of the more challenging positions along with putting a sock on my left foot. But we have already established the latter is not worth bothering with.

This is a nightmare, 8 weeks. I really hope this settles a lot sooner

 

[micstrachan]

Fantastic!

 

[Blazinga]

Speaking of that...how is Platina's walking progressing?
I love the picture's you post of her...she has quite the expressive face!

She can walk, run and hop, but she can't fly. When she wasn't walking she would beat her wings against the wall and ground. A lot of her primaries broke and her wing tips would bleed from being rubbed raw. They have since healed, but her feathers are still growing in.

 

[Blazinga]

And if they're recording and/or running a translation program, it's appropriate. I need to try yelling louder. I use Chinese.

你说汉语吗？

 

[Blazinga]

Unwanted houseguest

 

[LozzyR]

It’s been 13 years since I drew anything significant, so I’m reasonably happy with how this turned out. Of course, I wait until it’s completely finished before I start spotting issues! It looks slightly better off to one side. I’ve put it behind a spoiler in case anyone has issues with nudity.

Spoiler: “Spoiler”

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