Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

@RebeccaBoyd I just saw the news...I'm hoping you are still safe. @GregnLety , hope your kin are okay, too! Flooding in Kentucky, Horrible wildfires in CA, super heat waves across the country...OMG, Mother Earth must be hitting menopause & having hot flashes! Seriously, though, this severe weather & 'once in a century that are happening every 5 years storms' is getting very scary.

Hope all of you wherever you are, are safe! [chooks included]

 

[Ponypoor]

1 older roo, help raise the younger....problem, keep losing older roo.

Roo history:

Buster: Silver laced wyandotte, raised with Silver, killed/taken by fox family just before big/late snow storm. Put up a fight as feathers were everywhere. (2 years old)

Rusty: poorly colored Jersey Giant (beautiful boy, in profile pic), raised with Pear, killed by marauding dog, again kicked up fight. (10 months old when Buster killed, 13 months when killed) (brother Raven rehomed a month before Buster killed, currently king of his tribe, defended against dog (different dog) attack long enough for owners to get out there and remove dog, backed up by juveniles:new Hampshire (now has own tribe) and 2 polish, still there)

Cheetah, raised with rest of adult girls, 13 weeks old when Rusty killed, currently 14 months old. (If he makes it through next summer, we should be doing well)

Hector, Horus (son of Cheetah and Nellie), Whiskey, Kren (W&K sons of 3/4 year old roo and hens from MIL tribe so hopeully inheirited some of the survival wisdom): junior roos hopefully learning how to be good boys, currently going through the "randy idiot" phase, ages 20 weeks and 12 weeks.

They sound like awesome Roos, protecting their gals. My two silkie Roos were inseparable and died protecting each other from a fox my three silkie girls survived. I blame myself 100percent for their demise. Which is why I am now so very very paranoid about letting them out alone, and why getting that run completed is so important. Meanwhile they have the whole barn to run amok in

I would like another Roo but something older, I don’t want to go through the ‘randy idiot stage’

 

[rural mouse]

Mugshots:

Several of the "randy idiot"

Note the dark spot on the wattles: that was thanks to Twirp's Karate kick.

Naptime started, then he lay down

Nellie, Horus' Mama

Cuckoo, bearing signs of Cheetah's attention

Storm, keeping a close eye on the "randy idiot"

Thing showing her signs of drinking her favorite muddy wild water

 

[Ponypoor]

@RebeccaBoyd I just saw the news...I'm hoping you are still safe. @GregnLety , hope you kin are okay, too! Flooding in Kentucky, Horrible wildfires in CA, super heat waces across the country...OMG, Mother Earth must be hitting menopause & having hot flashes! Seriously, though, this severe weather & 'once in a century that are happening every 5 years storms' is getting very scary.

Hope all of you are safe! [chooks included]

Crazy isn’t it?
@Kris5902 and @ManueB with their heat waves and forest fires in Canada and France…

The whole world is just bonkers

 

[Ponypoor]

Mugshots:

Several of the "randy idiot" View attachment 3207467View attachment 3207466Note the dark spot on the wattles: that was thanks to Twirp's Karate kick.View attachment 3207465Naptime started, then he lay down

View attachment 3207468Nellie, Horus' Mama

View attachment 3207469Cuckoo, bearing signs of Cheetah's attention

View attachment 3207470Storm, keeping a close eye on the "randy idiot"
View attachment 3207471Thing showing her signs of drinking her favorite muddy wild water

Beauties Love your randy idiot

 

[rural mouse]

They sound like awesome Roos, protecting their gals. My two silkie Roos were inseparable and died protecting each other from a fox my three silkie girls survived. I blame myself 100percent for their demise. Which is why I am now so very very paranoid about letting them out alone, and why getting that run completed is so important. Meanwhile they have the whole barn to run amok in

I would like another Roo but something older, I don’t want to go through the ‘randy idiot stage’

Your girls are older, and introducing even a young roo, they're likely to educate him on proper etiquette: courtship FIRST!

 

[rural mouse]

Beauties Love your randy idiot

The way his feathers catch the light around the back of his head makes me think of Grease.

 

[bgmathteach]

Mugshots:

Several of the "randy idiot" View attachment 3207467View attachment 3207466Note the dark spot on the wattles: that was thanks to Twirp's Karate kick.View attachment 3207465Naptime started, then he lay down

View attachment 3207468Nellie, Horus' Mama

View attachment 3207469Cuckoo, bearing signs of Cheetah's attention

View attachment 3207470Storm, keeping a close eye on the "randy idiot"
View attachment 3207471Thing showing her signs of drinking her favorite muddy wild water

He may be a 'randy idiot', but he is gorgeous!

 

[Marie2020]

1 older roo, help raise the younger....problem, keep losing older roo.

Roo history:

Buster: Silver laced wyandotte, raised with Silver, killed/taken by fox family just before big/late snow storm. Put up a fight as feathers were everywhere. (2 years old)

Rusty: poorly colored Jersey Giant (beautiful boy, in profile pic), raised with Pear, killed by marauding dog, again kicked up fight. (10 months old when Buster killed, 13 months when killed) (brother Raven rehomed a month before Buster killed, currently king of his tribe, defended against dog (different dog) attack long enough for owners to get out there and remove dog, backed up by juveniles:new Hampshire (now has own tribe) and 2 polish, still there)

Cheetah, raised with rest of adult girls, 13 weeks old when Rusty killed, currently 14 months old. (If he makes it through next summer, we should be doing well)

Hector, Horus (son of Cheetah and Nellie), Whiskey, Kren (W&K sons of 3/4 year old roo and hens from MIL tribe so hopeully inheirited some of the survival wisdom): junior roos hopefully learning how to be good boys, currently going through the "randy idiot" phase, ages 20 weeks and 12 weeks.

 

[Marie2020]

I've just got this mother from apple cider vinegar. I only have cider vinegar and filtered water. Would anyone know if anything be done with this?
I'll ask my friend for a pipit . I have a tiny drop of vodka too if needed