Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

This is Jaffar:
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Yesterday, he was in a bad mood

 

[Ponypoor]

@Ponypoor
My 'range' of egg colors. The 3 at the top are my duck eggs, 1 from my Rouen mix, the other 2 from my Khaki Cambells. Note the greyish 'cast' on theirs. Also, circled in red, is where the wet bloom came in contact with the straw and wipes off the slight color. Once I wash them, this stays, so it really makes them look more 'dirty' than colored, as once the bloom drys, the color stays intact.

The spotted brown egg with a blue arrow but no words is from my Welsummer. I used to have a true blue eggs, but now I only have slight variations of blue-green, and quite the range of brown eggs. I don't think it shows true in the picture, but one of the brown eggs has a real pinkish-lavender 'cast' to it. That, is from one of my Buff Orpington girls. They tend to lay pink/lavender eggs. However, not usually this dark...I only have one laying that dark of an egg color.View attachment 2978737

@BY Bob I really give you credit! (Gold star for you!) It is so hard to write with your finger on the mouse pad. Yours come out quite legible! Not sure how you do it!

Lovely colours! Love those really dark ones. Is this one day's haul for eggs? If so you must be awash in eggs! I am averaging about 3/day right now some days 5, some 2.... the odd day I get 8! But even at those small lots I am awash with eggs Who knew chickens laid so many eggs - this time last year I never gave it a thought!

 

[featherhead007]

Nice! Why is his neck “empty” though? (What breed?)

His ladies pick on his neck, and he lets them do it. He’s a Bantam Cochin.

 

[The-White-Elephant]

His ladies pick on his neck, and he lets them do it. He’s a Bantam Cochin.

Ouchie. Just interested: Roosters never molt, right?

Awesome!

 

[featherhead007]

Nice! Why is his neck “empty” though? (What breed?)

He won’t wear a scarf, I tried!

 

[Ponypoor]

Those are beautiful curtains for chickens but I guess they need pretty things too.

Yep lacy gauzy curtains for my girls, encourage them to lay pretty eggs. Only problem is they are full of dust, feathers and bugs now hahaha!

 

[BY Bob]

I moved them in the small hours of the morning when the temperature really dipped. Dotty rode on my arm, Minnie was so fluffed up I couldn’t find her legs so I am afraid to say I just grabbed her. But I did it so fast I am not sure she even woke up.
I noticed Dotty’s crop looked very full so I went out again at 6am and did crop massage with coconut oil. I could feel the grains from the scratch she had as a bedtime snack.
What is it with these molting chickens? Are slow crops common in molting chickens? That is now three of my four. It could be the molting is coincidental. It could be I am sensitive to crop issues because I have learned how to massage.
Any insight?

I'm glad you moved them in. It is just not worth it. They will be fine and will forgive you eventually.

I wish I could weigh in on the crop issue but I have never had one in my tribe. You are worrying me though.

 

[Ponypoor]

This is Jaffar:
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Hi Jaffar! such a pretty boy - is he behaving today? Pangoo has been attacking me all morning. Everyone is grumpy, they all want outside so I might let them go mountain climbing on Mount Poopmore after my 11:00 meeting, for a few minutes.

 

[BY Bob]

We had a Blue & Gold Macaw named Louie growing up! My parents eventually rehomed him. He was wonderful and very social; they thought he deserved a family who would pay him more attention. Once my parents were at a party at Louie’s new home and he remembered my dad. They had a full-on beak-to-nose cuddle love fest and everyone who saw it was shocked! Social, loving birds.

That's sweet.

 

[BY Bob]

They eat differently when molting, so it might be that they end up with 'slow crop' due to this change in diet. Or, maybe, they pick up a feather or two to eat and it causes slow crop....there are always PLENTY of feathers around to pick at/eat when one is molting.

Feathers are a good theory. @RoyalChick do they have easy access to grit?