Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[micstrachan]

Cloud FBF.
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So lovely!

 

[micstrachan]

For FBF:
the 2 biggest, fluffiesy butts here,
Portia​

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& Shuri.

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Fluff-o-ramma!

 

[micstrachan]

I read they can be vaccinated in the egg even, or when newly hatched, and that it takes two weeks to build up the immunity against symptoms. If that is true then two-week-old chicks would be possible to add?

I believe so.

 

[Shadrach]

The souls are yellow i beileve, thanks!

I suppose having a yellow soul is preferable to having a black one, or even a rubber one (only Beatles fans will get the last part)

 

[Shadrach]

@BY Bob,

Would ex-batts have been vaccinated as chicks? (I really don't know...only know that many hatchery chicks are done...have no idea about the commercial side of poultry) If so, they would be an option.

Not sure how you would find out, though. Maybe I'll do some poking. online!

Most Ex Battery hens are vaccinated for some diseases. It's a matter of finding out which diseases.

 

[Shadrach]

I believe most egg farmers vaccinate their flocks to keep egg production high.

However, after reading about Marek's, I'm interested in the "leakiness" of those vaccines, which means hens still have Marek's without getting symptoms. If a newly hatched chick is exposed to an ex batt, they'll get Marek's.

Correct. A chicken can still be a carrier and thus pass it on to others.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

So after the crazy couple of years we’ve had, my workplace is doing 12 days of Christmas activities. One of the managers (who is also an artist) set up an art station to paint rocks (which appears to be a global sensation). I’m not much good at painting, my medium is graphite pencils, so I copied a fairly simple graphic for my rock. It’s not keeping with the Christmas theme everyone else was doing but I’m quite happy with how it turned out.

I’ll have to paint a chicken one next for tax!

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I love it! I have a soft spot for sight hounds.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Belated FBF entry.

From the Archive.
Deana and Tsuki in deep conversation allowing a sneak photo of Tsuki's fluffy butt.

 

[Marie2020]

Belated FBF entry.

From the Archive.
Deana and Tsuki in deep conversation allowing a sneak photo of Tsuki's fluffy butt.
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Bob will really love this shoot

 

[Marie2020]

Ok, Jaffar is now in the chickens room. I guess he needs his beauty sleep . (With my looks, I don’t need beauty sleep, I need a 5 year coma ) good night peeps!

Beauty is all in the mind, you're always beautiful too us and more importantly you my friend have a beautiful heart