Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

Dotty’s mugshot for Monday.
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These next two shots are out of focus (photographing Dotty is difficult if you don’t want to lose your fingers) but they show what a mess she is still in. This is on the day she got sopping wet and of course then it was below freezing at night. She is definitely eating - you can see her crop bulge - and I could see some new feathers coming in.

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Pear is in the same boat. She's going to bed early (but that's nothing new with her) and has a ton of tiny feathers sprouting down her wings, over her back, and along her sides under her wings. Silver dropped a couple of feathers while preening last night. She's still got some ratty looking ones along her bum, but seems more like she's doing a continuous slow molt (since last July)...honestly I don't think she's ever fully moulted before (she's almost 3).... if that's what she is doing, I think it's healthier than Pear's. Molt-wise, Silver hasn't broken stride: no behavior changes (other than staying out of the wind more), and no personality changes either...

 

[BY Bob]

Seeing as I have real internet for a few more… today’s efforts View attachment 2985981View attachment 2985982

And house build tax…
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Excellent. Next up some walls, right? Great tax

 

[BY Bob]

I don't recall. I tried to catch up on this thread last night and this morning but had to give up because I was an hour in and needed to workm

I did not. I went back and tagged you. Sorry about that.

 

[rural mouse]

It's snowing again...giving atm a light powdery dusting over a slick layer of ice (from the small amount of snow that melted into pathways yesterday...then froze) I almost went on my kiester this morning with am chicken chores!
@Ponypoor this is for you,
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What breed (s) is (are) that first hen? She's beautiful

 

[rural mouse]

Do be careful!
That snow on top of ice thing is what I was dealing with. It is scary stuff. Fortunately mine is all gone now.

Edited: new weather advisory for this morning - freezing rain with ice accumulation followed by snow. Ugh. It’s back!

Gravel or pebbles and curly wood shavings out now: build your texture so you have some traction in it

 

[RoyalChick]

I don't recall. I tried to catch up on this thread last night and this morning but had to give up because I was an hour in and needed to workm

One approach would be just to read Mondays and Fridays to catch the mugs and the fluffy butts. You could skip in between.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

She lays a medium to light brown. Evidently she took more after the Orpington side. But that is okay, she is soooo sweet

I'm happy yours is sweet. Mine, she is a troublemaker but nice to me. Unless a egg is involved, do not reach under her, she will bite you. She is also starting to act suspicious, she walked around angrily yesterday like a puffed up turkey. I think I saw evidence of where she has been plucking out feathers as well. I will have to grab her today to be sure, but I soon may have a broody on my hands. If so I will break her, not quite time yet to be setting big girl, lets revisit this idea around the middle of March.

 

[rural mouse]

Hmmm, this morning's visitors.....

Kinda big for the bird feeder, don't 'ya think?

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Ummm, Edna, how are we supposed to fit on that tiny perch???
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Haven't seen wild turkeys by the house, but pheasants....yeah. the larger birds are almost as entertaining (if not more so) as the songbirds. Have had sandhill cranes strolling through.

 

[RoyalChick]

Gravel or pebbles and curly wood shavings out now: build your texture so you have some traction in it

On it!

 

[bgmathteach]

What breed (s) is (are) that first hen? She's beautiful

She is 1/2 BR (dad) & 1/2 a light colored Americauna. She is beautiful, thank you. She is sweet, too, but a little leary - raised by 'momma' a broody DC, who will hang around me, but doesn't like to be touched.