Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

“Zoltar” has spoken!

I had too look that up, interesting

 

[featherhead007]

The cost of brown eggs:
Original chick purchase $10 US.
Feed and treats $200 US so far

 

[Ponypoor]

The cost of brown eggs:
Original chick purchase $10 US.
Feed and treats $200 US so far

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But we Luvs em anyways

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

“Zoltar” has spoken!

If you just cursed me and these sexed pullets turn out to be cockerels you have to fly here and pick them up to let them join your flock.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Is Sydney trying to Crow?

There were weird noise coming from the complex this morning and I caught this on video. Poor Betty needed to lay an egg but what was Sydney up to?

I don't know what the rooster vocal response or range of vocalizations is when a hen is looking for a place to lay, or is the rooster generally quiet? There is a definite back-and-forth there between Sydney and Betty, even when Betty is over at the Fluffy Hut. Betty's calling and then Sydney does her thing, sounds like a response. Do you think they might sort-a be pals? And was Aurora keeping Betty from laying, could that be part of it, or is Aurora leading her? Aurora was standing in the doorway of the Cluckle Hut during Sydney's vocalizations, effectively blocking Betty. But then interesting that they go together over to the Fluffy Hut, Betty behind Aurora. When Betty suddenly appears again out the door there - that's Aurora right behind her. Chasing her? Or following her around, tracking her? Nice big yell from Sydney when that happened!

Everybody laid an egg over here yesterday, that's a rarity. And everyone was very vocal, though no egg song that I heard. Just lots of announcing intent.

 

[rural mouse]

Yup EEs were suggested and it is what I suspect. I feel like a idiot not fully researching mom's short list breeds. I don't mind EEs, bearded and non bearded almost all of them are beautiful chickens. I am going to have to start having conversations with the chicks daily now though. I have 5 to 6 months to plead with them not to lay a blue egg but a brown one lol.

If they lay blue, any that hatch out should lay green/olive crossed with your Marans.

 

[RoyalChick]

The cost of brown eggs:
Original chick purchase $10 US.
Feed and treats $200 US so far

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For many of us add rolls and rolls of hardware cloth, sheets of plywood, fixing hardware etc. and that is all before you put a cost on our heartache when they get sick, attacked, or disappear.

 

[RoyalChick]

If you just cursed me and these sexed pullets turn out to be cockerels you have to fly here and pick them up to let them join your flock.

And he needs to pick me up on the way so I can get a baby Corona!

 

[GregnLety]

trying to breed silkies in spring and sell silkie eggs, would anyone want any? IF it turns out

Where are you?

 

[BY Bob]

I don't know what the rooster vocal response or range of vocalizations is when a hen is looking for a place to lay, or is the rooster generally quiet? There is a definite back-and-forth there between Sydney and Betty, even when Betty is over at the Fluffy Hut. Betty's calling and then Sydney does her thing, sounds like a response. Do you think they might sort-a be pals? And was Aurora keeping Betty from laying, could that be part of it, or is Aurora leading her? Aurora was standing in the doorway of the Cluckle Hut during Sydney's vocalizations, effectively blocking Betty. But then interesting that they go together over to the Fluffy Hut, Betty behind Aurora. When Betty suddenly appears again out the door there - that's Aurora right behind her. Chasing her? Or following her around, tracking her? Nice big yell from Sydney when that happened!

Everybody laid an egg over here yesterday, that's a rarity. And everyone was very vocal, though no egg song that I heard. Just lots of announcing intent.

When Aurora and Betty went into the Main Coop (Fluffy Hutt, I may start using that phrase!) Aurora went into nest box #1 to lay and I think that resulted in Betty going to the Cluckle Hut to lay hers. There may be something to this who is going to lay where between Betty and Aurora.