Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

@RoyalChick if you have not posted what the chicks are yet, I'm only on page 8653, I think the Penguin faced chick is a blue sapphire.

 

[BY Bob]

Ok, so I was pretty close here. I didn’t realize the “light” I referred to is actually splash and the “dark” is black. And it’s only when blues are bred with blues that this happens. If blacks and splash are mixed, all offspring are blue. Lavenders are always blue, as I said before.

However, I’ve learned another new thing! I always thought my Lucky might be a “fake” blue laced red Wyandotte. Now I understand that it’s probably just that her blue is splash.

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She is such a pretty lady. I love that coloring!

 

[BY Bob]

We had an old horse - Lady -(she passed in her late 30s). Every spring, despite her age, she would act like a young filly - kicking and bucking and running around...with one exception...due to her age, each time she kick up her feet, she would also... um...'exhaust heated air' (noisily, I might add!) to help her get 'lift'!

That is hysterical!

 

[micstrachan]

I will take a Blue Copper Marans and Dark Brahma from that list

I like both of those, too! And Partridge Plymouth Rock and Lavender Orpington.

 

[micstrachan]

She is such a pretty lady. I love that coloring!

Thanks, Bob. Her coloring is where she got her name!

 

[RoyalChick]

@RoyalChick if you have not posted what the chicks are yet, I'm only on page 8653, I think the Penguin faced chick is a blue sapphire.

I have not. Penguin faces is the mainly black one I assume?

 

[Ponypoor]

We had an old horse - Lady -(she passed in her late 30s). Every spring, despite her age, she would act like a young filly - kicking and bucking and running around...with one exception...due to her age, each time she kick up her feet, she would also... um...'exhaust heated air' (noisily, I might add!) to help her get 'lift'!

Jet propelled

My old gal has bad asthma and coughs up a storm, only thing is when she cough out one end, additional air is expelled from the other!

 

[Ponypoor]

Well,seems the hawks are back. I was at my house (I moved in with hubby when we got married, my house is rented) yesterday meeting with a realtor and doing some of the spring clean-up. Hubby let the kids out to free range while I was gone. ..and locked everyone up last night. I let them out this morning, and one group is short a girl...one of my reds. I go looking around and see a 'puff' of red feathers about 50' away from their pen. I come in and ask hubby if he heard any ruckus while they were out...'oh, yeah, sometime around 6pm there was.' Did you go out and check? 'No. they settled down after about 5 min." Guess my idea of 'supervised free range' and his are slightly different. No offence meant to you guys out there...but 'aaarrrrgggggghh, husbands!' What ya gonna' do I love him, but sometimes he needs a

Oh dear so sorry to hear, the dangers of running free. I know first hand also. Which is why mine are pretty much under a watchful eye when they r outside - too paranoid now

 

[Ponypoor]

...and just like that winter again. Tired of cold fingers!!

Everyone is grumpy, horses, chickens - me.... It's -10c and dropping.

I took advantage of a sunny break and checked the geegees...

 

[Ponypoor]

Ok, so I was pretty close here. I didn’t realize the “light” I referred to is actually splash and the “dark” is black. And it’s only when blues are bred with blues that this happens. If blacks and splash are mixed, all offspring are blue. Lavenders are always blue, as I said before.

However, I’ve learned another new thing! I always thought my Lucky might be a “fake” blue laced red Wyandotte. Now I understand that it’s probably just that her blue is splash.

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Very beautiful