Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ChicoryBlue]

Mugshot Monday early because I'm out here with them (they had some brussel sprouts for the first time, loved them) now and I can't count on myself to do it tomorrow! They had a short rest and preening party.
Butters, Popcorn in the back and Peanut on the right.

Hazel on the left, solo shot. She nabbed some oil from Butters gland when Butters' feathers were all up. More interested than anything I think, she was tasting it, and then looked down at her legs and seemed about to preen with it, but then didn't. She tends to appoint herself Chief Inspector in all things. She stays close by when I'm petting someone who has squatted, looking front to back, doing some pecks here and there, checking out the other's rear ends too.

 

[micstrachan]

Nice to see what they're going to look like next week! I seem to recall spangles on my partridge rocks too, until their juvenile moult.....wonder if it's something like a fawn's spots...

I wonder, too!

 

[micstrachan]

Well, you've seen Hattie and Pear on here, both good examples

I am VERY tempted to get chicks next Saturday.

 

[bgmathteach]

Wow I love that first hem and the white one with the dark neck, love your cuddle puddle - those red hens look in heaven

Thank you!
Light Brahma (white hen with dark neck) They are a very sweet, even temperment, feathered legs/feet, big girls.

 

[bgmathteach]

Oh no!!! I am so very sorry!

My husband wouldn’t dare do sonething like that, at least I hope not for everyone’s sake, including his!

He is so not a 'farmer'. Each time something like this happens, he learns a little. One would think that he would be able to transfer a lesson from one situation to another reasonably well, as he is fairly intelligent. But no, it just 'isn't on his radar'

 

[bgmathteach]

They are very pretty!

Thank you! Clearly, I agree,

 

[bgmathteach]

Ok, I must be remembering wrong.
Here is Little Mill at about 18-ish days old.
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I love her perching on your hand!!!! So sweet and adorable.

 

[bgmathteach]

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

Hmmm... @micstrachan , next thing you know, it will be 'all the above'..except maybe the production breeds.

amazing how our wish lists just get longer, lol. And each breed (and individual chicken within a breed, too) brings us some joy and something different to the mix

 

[bgmathteach]

A formal introduction: Bella
Bella for beautiful or maybe for belladonna. My black cat is called Nightshade; maybe they will become friends.
She has pink toes at the end of her black legs and white flashes under her black wings. When she is grown I believe she will be all black.
She likes to stretch out her toes and flap her wings, but hasn’t yet learned to take off.
She is an absolute pig and eats all the time.
She is not a Jersey Giant or a black Orpington. Nor is she a Sapphire Gem (had to look that one up). Unfortunately a clean-legged Marans requires a major road trip to visit @RebeccaBoyd (maybe next year).
Bella is a cross between an Ameraucana and a Marans which I believe makes her an Olive Egger. Well done @bgmathteach!
Of course, that is all just what I believe - we will learn more as she grows. Meanwhile, please welcome Bella to our collective global tribe.
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I just LOVE when they do that 'wing-leg' stretch thing! She is a cutie....just hope she isn't toooo much of a trouble maker when she learns to fly!!! Clearly she is a smart one, so I would expect she will challenge you once in a while (in the sense of being creatively/cleverly troublesome once in a while!)

Welcome, Bella!

 

[bgmathteach]

Omg so cuuuutttteeeee

The black penguin looks like my Pangoo did.

This is what he turned out like
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He was such a handsome boy. So sorry he had to go. I know it is better with the girl now, but I do love the boys (in a different way than I love my girls. Most of my boys have never been cuddly...some of my girls have been...but they are smart, alert handsome & responsible!)