Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

There are many fields in mathematics: analysis, algebra, number theory, topology, geometry, combinatorics, and etc. Chicken math is a new emerging field active in the poultry community. Dr. Rebecca Boyd is a leading researcher on this subject. She said the only way to master this field is dive into it, and get your hands dirty. However, this is not sufficient. Many young talented minds including her daughter is clueless about it.

 

[Ponypoor]

It may be a custom hybrid of their's. They look like some kind of leghorn hybrid. 295 eggs is a lot for 1 year so they seem to be heavy layers.

Yes that's a lot, it looks like they are cold hardy so that's a big plus! Oh I likely won't get any, not will my needing to get on a project!

I wouldn't leave mum with baby chicks to care for.

 

[Ponypoor]

It also says they lay large eggs but are only 4 lb hens. That's hard on their little bodies.

Ya I cringe everytime I see one of Sophia's eggs

I can hardly get the lid closed on the egg crate sometimes!!! It freaks me out she pops it out gets up and goes has a snack and carries on like nothing happened !!!! That just can't be normal!!!

 

[Ponypoor]

I think, at last count including babies which I never normally count I'm at 27 or 28. All I know is it is under 30. Now if that number were to top 30, chicks don't count, and for that matter neither would the boys. The good thing about chicken math is you can tweak it to suit your needs unlike regular math. Rosie may have flew through Algebra 1 this year with flying colors but she still does not understand chicken math. She wants to count every single 1. I may have to split the groups up and label some Y's and X's to get it through her head.

How did I miss this post ??? Hahaha

 

[Ponypoor]

The camera recorded it. Not well because it is at an odd angle but enough for me to figure it out. From start to my intervention is about 2+1/2 minutes. I ran fast and shouted a lot!
In that time Bella dragged herself towards the wall of the Chicken Palace but then she was trapped. That is when Bernadette threw herself at Minnie - at around the one minute mark.
Here is a blurry screenshot - Minnie isn’t visible because Bernadette has her pinned against the wall - you can see Bernie’s outstretched wing. I was already in sight coming from the right.

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Good Bernadette! She deserves a good treat for that!

And you deserve a hot strong cuppa tea (or vodka maybe!), Sounds like Bella has a strong survival instinct too!

Wow that's just wild! But after seems Fluffy kill a snake and Buttercup kill a mouse nothing surprises me anymore

 

[Ponypoor]

That's because they weren't developed in Kentucky or Newfoundland

 

[Ponypoor]

To the Grass

I am way past when I would have normally started letting the Rascals interact with the big girls for a little bit every night. I don't see how I can let that happen until Gucci can run.

But it is not nice to make them stay in the run when they could feel grass under their feet and sun on their feathers. Also, I hoping that more space might encourage more walking from Gucci. So I wired off a section of the side yard and opened the door.

Glynda and Lady Featherington made it out pretty quickly last night but Gucci wanted nothing to do with outside. So I opened it again for a bit this morning. Here's what eventually happened.

I did also witness Gucci jump up on something for the first time this morning as she jumped up on one of the buckets in the run. That was encouraging.

Of course no sooner did I let them out this morning and a red tailed hawk started circling my yard. I was fully armed and ready, rest assured.

Now that a fine feathered friend to have

 

[BY Bob]

But if a newcomer is a lurker and does not peep, they have to go all the way to page 9830 to find this shortcut? Am I right? How about including this in your signature or have this link edited in the first few pages of this thread?

I do not believe I can edit the first pages any longer. I will try to add it to my signature but it is pretty full already. We shall see.

 

[BY Bob]

I do not believe I can edit the first pages any longer. I will try to add it to my signature but it is pretty full already. We shall see.

Added to my signature. I had to unlink an article to do it.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

@ChicoryBlue! I feel like I haven’t seen you in a long time, but I have been absent myself. Very nice to “see” you!

I'm here, just perennially behind! I have been working a lot, busy season.