Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

I usually try to listen to the chickens butt in the evening… if it’s peeping there might be chicks under there. I have to be careful because not all my eggs are fertile and there few things worse than a rotten one exploding on mom, the hatching fluffs, and any other good but slightly behind eggs.

She keeps her butt to the wall, leaving the noisy/bitey end out. As of this evening, she has at least 1. Now I'm REALLY not going to disturb her. Mess with brand new mamas at your peril! Next step: how good a mama will she be?

 

[micstrachan]

Ya I don't get the rationale regarding not liking the coloured eggs, people really have no idea where their food comes from!

Next it will be only have Hereford cattle for meat

I sometimes write the names of the hens who laid each egg so people have a connection to them.

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I did that in the past. Now I have no idea whose are whose except Flash, who lays blue eggs.

 

[Kris5902]

She keeps her butt to the wall, leaving the noisy/bitey end out. As of this evening, she has at least 1. Now I'm REALLY not going to disturb her. Mess with brand new mamas at your peril! Next step: how good a mama will she be?

I just set up my second girl… I think I got about a dozen eggs under her. Meat chickens are Large and I remembered why I called her Mean meat Mama… she didn’t manage to break my skin, but she was sure trying! Completely the opposite of my Bully girl, little fluffs mama. She jumps out of her nest every morning, Goldie won’t budge. I can peek under my Bully no problem and she lets me pick up her chicks, expects me to carry them out to the meat tractor for her… Goldie will draw blood… happily.

 

[Kris5902]

I did that in the past. Now I have no idea whose are whose except Flash, who lays blue eggs.

I can tell some eggs apart, but I’ve got a lot of similar browns right now.

 

[micstrachan]

Ok… finally, Finally… FINALLY “my” geese have brought their babies! I was scrubbing away at some rusty stove parts with CLR for the free camper project and heard the chickens making a commotion but couldn’t spot the source of the “not serious” but concerned alarm. Then I spotted them. Normally we have goslings in March… so further proof of how messed up the weather is right now. Six teeny tiny babies they aren’t trusting me enough for good pics yet because the littles are so small, but they get bolder as their goslings mature. Last year they raised 4 successfully, two the year before that, they always hatch out six… View attachment 3088101I tried to offer them some chick starter, but they are still too wary at this stage so my chooks ended up feasting on it instead.View attachment 3088102

Awww… goslings! We have a pair of geese who nest on top of a shipping container at my work. Expecting goslings soon!

 

[micstrachan]

I can see what you mean about the white, and understand about the conformation.... But, I just have to say, they are both very handsome Roos!!

I agree!

 

[micstrachan]

My hen Flash isn’t feeling well today

Wait… you also have a hen named Flash? Am I forgetting this or is this something new? My Flash was named for being quick as a flash as a chick.

 

[Ponypoor]

She keeps her butt to the wall, leaving the noisy/bitey end out. As of this evening, she has at least 1. Now I'm REALLY not going to disturb her. Mess with brand new mamas at your peril! Next step: how good a mama will she be?

Smart mama

 

[Ponypoor]

Wait… you also have a hen named Flash? Am I forgetting this or is this something new? My Flash was named for being quick as a flash as a chick.

Yes I was going to question this but didn't want to seem senile haha

 

[Ponypoor]

Awww… goslings! We have a pair of geese who nest on top of a shipping container at my work. Expecting goslings soon!

How do the babies get down?