Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

That is wonderful. I just realized that we need to see more pictures of yours out and about. They are beautiful out enjoying the countryside!

Like these for mugs?

Whiskey, the mighty grasshopper hunter searches for more prey from behind cover

Hector debates the merits of wild hose water vs roof runoff tire water

Had to repeat....and will again. They're not usually all lined up like that. Usually Mera is with 2 and 1 of the 3 is with Nox.

Not a chicken mug, but....one of the common names for this is goblin blanket flower (dunno how that came about but sounds like a story)

There's the flower in proper context

 

[rural mouse]

I was told Trixie (and Dixie) were around 3 months when i got them. They should be around 5 months now.

Older than I thought. She looks like she's going to start laying any day.

 

[rural mouse]

Hahahaha

They can be aggressive and the toms are huge!!! I love at this time of the year when the chicks (what are baby turkey called???) and a bunch of mama birds all get together to help raise and protect the babies. You can see 30 or more - terrifying for the horse when you out riding and come across them haha!

Poults

 

[Chicken poppy]

Older than I thought. She looks like she's going to start laying any day.

Oh awesome! Can’t wait for some midget eggs!

 

[Chicken poppy]

Like these for mugs?View attachment 3181994View attachment 3181995Whiskey, the mighty grasshopper hunter searches for more prey from behind cover
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Everyones so stunning! Wow!
The first two look kinda like my chickens, except with swapped gender!
(Isbe and Em)

 

[rural mouse]

You can send all me up here - I have 3 begging for eggs haha

Eggs I got...and we know they're fertile...you have to cone here though....maybe drop down "purchase" groceries on your way home from a pipeline project.....

 

[rural mouse]

Please come to Australia and unleash on the entitled motorists here!

Which is most of them. Even some of the nicest people I know still drive too close to the car in front, I think half of them are unaware that they are because everyone else around them does it. When a lane marker line appears at the back of the car in front, I count “one thousand, two thousand, three thousand” until it reaches the front of my car and then I roughly know how many seconds I am behind the car in front. The minimum is two seconds, the preference is three. And I find the worst drivers (in Australia anyway) are police officers; my SIL is a copper and advanced driver and high pursuit training has made her over-confident and she’ll drive too close to cars at high speeds and it’s scary!

Whinging tax:
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My DH totalled a highway patrol car while he was in high school....for following to closely. He was in a pickup truck without a tailgate and the "highpo" was so close he couldn't see the headlights. (Highpo was pulling him over for speeding which he was). Tapped the breaks, felt contact, then mashed them. Highpo engine went in the passenger seat, electronics went out the rear window.....DH spent the night in jail and in court the next morning asked the judge where his parents were (he was a minor). Highpo failed to mirandize him AND failed to notify the parents of a minor of his arrest. Judge seized the badge in the court room and threw out everything including the speeding ticket which DH admitted he deserved and was willing to pay.

Tax: sunbathing Cuckoo

 

[RoyalChick]

My DH totalled a highway patrol car while he was in high school....for following to closely. He was in a pickup truck without a tailgate and the "highpo" was so close he couldn't see the headlights. (Highpo was pulling him over for speeding which he was). Tapped the breaks, felt contact, then mashed them. Highpo engine went in the passenger seat, electronics went out the rear window.....DH spent the night in jail and in court the next morning asked the judge where his parents were (he was a minor). Highpo failed to mirandize him AND failed to notify the parents of a minor of his arrest. Judge seized the badge in the court room and threw out everything including the speeding ticket which DH admitted he deserved and was willing to pay.View attachment 3182006Tax: sunbathing Cuckoo

While we are confessing such things, I too had a run in with a police car in my misspent youth.
I was going 15mph around a very narrow blind bend with cars parked on either side in a 30mph area.
Cop came from the opposite direction doing around 30mph into the blind bend.
We hit head on.
I was driving a very old car (1955 era) that was built like a tank. I had a small chip on my paintwork - easily solved with a touch of vaseline - but it was a classic car and I was a bit upset at the damage. The cop was unable to leave the scene because my tank of a car had crumpled his entire front.
Naturally they tried to throw the book at me.
No seat belts - true, but cars prior to I think 1962 were exempt because there is nowhere to anchor the belts.
No turn signal - untrue, but you have to know that the turn signal is a manual knob that you rotate depending on the direction.
They had a page of points like the above having impounded my car overnight to search for faults.
You don't drive a car of that vintage and not have it in tip top shape so I managed to dismiss each of the supposed faults.
I felt bad for the officer. Poor guy, he wasn't happy seeing me pick the car up from the police pound. On the other hand, just because the speed limit is 30mph doesn't mean it is smart to drive at 30mph when you cannot see ahead of you.

 

[rural mouse]

Sorry for the distance here, but I had a really hard time even getting a picture. From what I can tell, this is a Cooper's Hawk, right?
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I think it must have attacked yesterday. My chicks are absolutely terrified of everything right now and will hardly poke a beak outside their compound. This is the first time in 3.5 years of having chickens in the yard that we've had any kind of predator incident. I guess our luck could not last forever.

As long as they aren't hurt, having this happen is probably good. You're seeing that they're watching the skies, and now you know it's around. Your deck run is incredible and you know to take a careful look around before letting them out. They should be doing the same.

 

[RoyalChick]

While we are confessing such things, I too had a run in with a police car in my misspent youth.
I was going 15mph around a very narrow blind bend with cars parked on either side in a 30mph area.
Cop came from the opposite direction doing around 30mph into the blind bend.
We hit head on.
I was driving a very old car (1955 era) that was built like a tank. I had a small chip on my paintwork - easily solved with a touch of vaseline - but it was a classic car and I was a bit upset at the damage. The cop was unable to leave the scene because my tank of a car had crumpled his entire front.
Naturally they tried to throw the book at me.
No seat belts - true, but cars prior to I think 1962 were exempt because there is nowhere to anchor the belts.
No turn signal - untrue, but you have to know that the turn signal is a manual knob that you rotate depending on the direction.
They had a page of points like the above having impounded my car overnight to search for faults.
You don't drive a car of that vintage and not have it in tip top shape so I managed to dismiss each of the supposed faults.
I felt bad for the officer. Poor guy, he wasn't happy seeing me pick the car up from the police pound. On the other hand, just because the speed limit is 30mph doesn't mean it is smart to drive at 30mph when you cannot see ahead of you.

Fender bender tax. Diana and Lulu ignoring each other.