Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

It is 14F (-10C) and everyone is sheltering inside. But the sun just peeked through the trees and so Maggie rushes out to greet it. My little sun-worshipper is not going to let some crazy cold temperature get in her way.

My California property is still for sale! Just saying

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Ok, weather pending plan is in place to pick up the silkie hen tomorrow evening. Will have pictures of the new girl thursday.

 

[featherhead007]

A

poet and you didn't know it

And my talent surely doesn’t show it!

 

[Ponypoor]

Here you go.
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My silkies eggs look like that too.

 

[Ponypoor]

My California property is still for sale! Just saying

It was -28C this morning...

I cannot stress enough how much I hate winter

It was -2C in the hen house when I let everyone out this morning, and -10c in the main part of the barn... Brrrrr I brought the horses back in around 11 to keep the barn a bit warm....

Meanwhile my now 13 week old chickies are hanging out by the cozy panel heater!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I suspect it's exactly because they know you are close by.

Right, like @Shadrach 's kitchen!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

My silkies eggs look like that too.

One of the cochins is laying a smaller egg every couple days which is why it threw me last week thinking it was possibly Poppy's. She is still sitting and lying to me daily about laying that first egg. And yes, I did torture myself and the horses for a hour the other day playing her song on repeat while I cleaned stalls and she napped in her nest.

 

[Chicken poppy]

I can say with 100% certainty that the fluffy adorable silkies crowing sounds like someone stepped on a party horn that was broken. it is bad. well, got a silkie roo apparently!

 

[Chicken poppy]

Streamers, huge waddles and combs (i mean about a 1/2 inch waddle and giant comb, picture is younger version so not to noticeable.) woke up this morning to all the chickens cowered in a corner hiding and this little one making what sounds like a hawk party horn mixture of a crow standing real tall. Yikes

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

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Streamers, huge waddles and combs (i mean about a 1/2 inch waddle and giant comb, picture is younger version so not to noticeable.) woke up this morning to all the chickens cowered in a corner hiding and this little one making what sounds like a hawk party horn mixture of a crow standing real tall. Yikes

He's adorable and don't you love the sound they make. Branch started off sounding like a kazoo when he first crowed. 3 months later, he still sounds like a kazoo only its just slightly louder.