Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Me and Jaffar haven’t been seeing eye to eye lately. (Probably because he’s so darn short) But I’m going to be showing him some attention today. He’s been pecking at my shoes and attempting to flog me. It’s about me being around HIS girls more than he thinks I should (probably)

 

[featherhead007]

Xzit update: I took her off the egg and was attempting to hold and pet her, but she jumped off me, ran to the box, jumped up on it, and went back setting on the egg. She’s stubborn as a Rock! (Well, she is a Rock, so….. )
Albeit a fake rock, but stubborn just the same!

 

[Ponypoor]

Freedom!

The door to the big run is open!

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Egg-citing I will read ahead and see how it goes - can’t wait to read about it!

 

[Ponypoor]

Xzit update: I took her off the egg and was attempting to hold and pet her, but she jumped off me, ran to the box, jumped up on it, and went back setting on the egg. She’s stubborn as a Rock! (Well, she is a Rock, so….. )
Albeit a fake rock, but stubborn just the same!

Take the egg away! She doesn’t need it and I would hate for a half formed chick to be harmed if she half sets it

 

[Ponypoor]

Xzit update: I took her off the egg and was attempting to hold and pet her, but she jumped off me, ran to the box, jumped up on it, and went back setting on the egg. She’s stubborn as a Rock! (Well, she is a Rock, so….. )
Albeit a fake rock, but stubborn just the same!

Meanwhile my 3 are firmly attached to remaining broody darn silly gals!

I was just tempted to get a few chicks for them, got the feed mill # open on my laptop hahaha. Bad Kelly!

 

[Ponypoor]

Feels early to me but Phyllis just had her post broody molt. Were the molting hens recently broody?

Evidence of Phyllis molt
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Doesn’t it look like carnage in there ???

I was freaked out to see Trulys stall full of feathers!!!

 

[featherhead007]

Meanwhile my 3 are firmly attached to remaining broody darn silly gals!

I was just tempted to get a few chicks for them, got the feed mill # open on my laptop hahaha. Bad Kelly!

Shenandoah’s egg that Xzit is setting on, isn’t fertile. Jaffar can’t rooster Shenandoah. She won’t let him go near her. But I’m removing the egg in a little while anyways. FYI

 

[Ponypoor]

She will not lose interest if she has an egg. I would not like her going 40+ days broody. Not that she couldn't do it but I'm not certain it's a good idea. Phyllis went 30+ and I finally had to take all eggs from her and keep new ones from her on order for her to give up.

My silkies went 6 weeks in February/ march I wasn’t too unhappy as it was really cold this winter. I dragged them off twice daily to eat drink poop and then they would run back to their nest with little heater as they were warm.

 

[featherhead007]

Doesn’t it look like carnage in there ???

I was freaked out to see Trulys stall full of feathers!!!

Hence the term “Horse feathers”?

 

[Ponypoor]

Shenandoah’s egg that Xzit is setting on, isn’t fertile. Jaffar can’t rooster Shenandoah. She won’t let him go near her. But I’m removing the egg in a little while anyways. FYI

Poor jaffar scorned by Shenandoah awwww that’s sad!