Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

I tell you, she is a scary little thing and her pecks really hurt!

(Tell her this for me).. A horse walks into a bar, and the bartender (concerned) says “Why the long face?”
Then be prepared for the inevitable BITE!

 

[featherhead007]

Why the long face?

 

[featherhead007]

I have always wondered, because I live in the country, does that mean everything I cook is “country cooking”?
(It’s an honest question)

 

[Ponypoor]

(Tell her this for me).. A horse walks into a bar, and the bartender (concerned) says “Why the long face?”
Then be prepared for the inevitable BITE!

Oldie but goodie

Here is a dirty one:

White horse rolls in black mud

 

[Ponypoor]

I have always wondered, because I live in the country, does that mean everything I cook is “country cooking”?
(It’s an honest question)

You taking your chickens meds there Mr feather?

 

[BY Bob]

This seems reasonable to me, esp as you saw her self-isolating a great deal, and not seeking out the others. I contrast that with Peanut, whom I see shivering out with everyone a lot but then periodically going back to the coop alone to stand on the heating pad, or back to the coop warmer under the coop, where often Hazel goes with her. You know what you were seeing, better than any of us can say. I think in this case being with you, her trusted rooster, inside and warm, would be familiar to her in a positive way, from last year. Both of you did not know for sure that would be her last night. Practice some compassion for yourself now (note to self here too) and minimize your regrets. She had many days of her chicken friend's and human rooster's companionship. Probably, for chickens, each day is not counted toward some ultimate tally, or thought of as a final special day; each day is the Now. She was with her rooster and warm in that Now. She died quickly and without having to endure more days of cold and pain.

Wonderfully said.

 

[BY Bob]

It was bound to happen. Diana managed to fly up to Minnie’s roost. Minnie of course immediately flew away from it.
Diana now realizes it isn’t such a great roost so she has gone back to where she started.
I think Maggie has it right, the nest box is the only place to get some peace and quiet.

Hysterical.

 

[MaryJanet]

Here too it has been nasty and soggy but we are also having a short break from the rain right now.
Everyone is covered in mud (including me).
Mine got venison loin, chopped cilantro, coconut oil, and blueberries.
Diana and Maggie are very efficient at consuming chunks of venison. Bambi beware!

Are you giving daily coconut oil now, RC?

 

[MaryJanet]

I am sitting outside supervising the Princesses. There are hundreds of geese overhead flying south. It feels rather late in the year for that.
It has been in the 50s all day today and for the next 24-48 hours it won’t get above freezing. These big swings in temperature are also strange and a bit unnerving.
Dotty hopped up next to me demanding I take a glamour shot, but unfortunately she was just kidding, all she really wanted to do was peck me. The camera and I escaped in the nick of time.
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Wow! Her face is so clean! At my house, hens have been eating watermelon and have dust stuck all over their faces.

 

[MaryJanet]

Well I tried. But truth be told, Dotty just doesn’t have the star quality of her sister Minnie let alone of Phyllis.
She can be a very intimidating hen so I really tried my best.

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I like the dramatic photos with the dark background best.