Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[micstrachan]

Happy Fluffy Butt Friday. I did not take any new pictures today as I'm dragging my feet charging my camera since I need to get pictures of Lil Bit. Here is one from last week, 2 large fluffy cochin girls. I have to admit, if you want a fluffy butt, you need a large fowl cochin.
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Major fluff action!

 

[micstrachan]

It's almost impossible to tell from a few pictures unless the problem is extrmely pronounced. The Legbars here are difficult to get pictures of as well.

Flash, too! Remember how she got her name…

 

[micstrachan]

? She's a BR? She has WHITE legs...now I'm confused...that was one of the few chickens I thought I had down pat!


Well, confusing or not, she is a lovely lady

Ummm .... pssst...@Ribh,... she isn't frizzled

Yeah, thinking she’s not a BR. Alex, does the place where you got them have clean legged Cuckoo Marans?

 

[micstrachan]

Everyone has that 1 Neighbor

Happy Holidays.

Holy smokes!

 

[micstrachan]

The Penguin Stance

Here is Daisy, the greatest hen ever, just before the end. This is the classic penguin pose.
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Aww, poor Daisy TGHE.

 

[micstrachan]

What is the phrase you're using - "Nevermore" Red Tail Hawks? You mean like a crow? Cooper's Hawks are sort of crow-sized https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/id but it might be a female Sharp-Shinned Hawk, which might fit the size.

I have seen different sizes of Red Shouldered Hawks here. I can’t visually tell Red Shouldered, Sharp Shinned and Coopers apart (we have them all), but I can tell by the call. The huge ones must be the females.

 

[micstrachan]

They aren't raven-sized, a small raven = a large female Cooper's, possibly.

I know we have Coopers here, but perhaps have not seen them. I did not realize they were that small. ONCE I saw what looked like a smallish black and white striped hawk zipping through the trees… thinking maybe that was a Coopers?

 

[micstrachan]

Well, folks, I leave for Mexico early tomorrow morning. I hope to pop on here and there while on vacation.

Seven waterers are full, poop was cleaned up (somewhat) out of the coop, little feeders are full (that only lasts a day or two) plus I put out a large bowl of feed snd have a large hanging feeder.

I plan to leave the coop door open, so the run better be as secure as I think it is. I just don’t have confidence DH and DD would let them out at a reasonable time each morning and don’t want them to get trapped in the coop. There’s a large waterer in the sunroom, but still!

I just don’t know what else to do. My neighbor who normally looks after them while I’m gone has a bum knee and it seems silly to ask him to look after them when my family is home.

 

[fuentemoon]

The last couple of coopers hawks we have had on our fences were juveniles around 12" tall. One here and one at out last house before we had chickens, both times they were after song birds.

 

[LozzyR]

Nope. I pay tax like everyone. Let's see Daisy in better days.

Since it's Friday
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Whatcha got there?
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PASTA!
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Aww, lovely ladies!