Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[lightm]

So we are still integrating the two littles with the big girls. They are often cuddled together at a corner of the run where there is no shade in the afternoon, so we still bring them inside to their brooder box from 2-5.

This morning the lotus bloomed FULL

@BY Bob I don't mean to be auditing your signature, but I truly needed to go to your Primer article to find something so I clicked on it (in your signature), but it gave me an error, so perhaps something wrong with the link?

 

[featherhead007]

@alex

I really hope you can help that poorly wing see how she is in a few days

See that pillow on your bed? Use it. His name is Alex, and he will whisper you to sleep!

 

[BY Bob]

Has anyone noticed that @BY Bob is getting a much larger tribe lately? I think it’s wonderful!

I have for certain.

 

[BY Bob]

Neither of my broodies (Mama and Jess) plucked their breast feathers.

View attachment 3210057Is she going broody or moulting?

My hens tend to molt first on the bum and back around their tail. The breast does not seem to be the first place they molt. I vote broody.

 

[BY Bob]

ZOOM ZOOM!

Our first video from yesterday shows us a crazy sprint around the run that seems to have no reason. It looks like Glynda just decided to go and Lady Featherington had to follow suit.

 

[RoyalChick]

Charm offensive
Lulu is very open to being bribed. Raisins are her drug of choice.
I have more work to do with Bernadette, but I don’t want to push it. She is hanging out in Bella’s favorite spot.

 

[BY Bob]

Getting Down

I have been wondering for some time now Gucci got down off the porch each morning. I was fairly certain she was not using the ramp. Almost none of the hens do. Yesterday I caught her getting down on video.

 

[RoyalChick]

Getting Down

I have been wondering for some time now Gucci got down off the porch each morning. I was fairly certain she was not using the ramp. Almost none of the hens do. Yesterday I caught her getting down on video.

Goodness. That is a bit scary!
But look at how great her legs are working!!!

 

[BY Bob]

Oh yes - I am very familiar with that. Cute, though a bit scary!

Shocked the you know what out of me. I had to react fast or be impaled!

 

[Ponypoor]

Came across this website (of some interest) while trying to search the safety of Revolution Plus in poultry

Poultryhealthtoday.com

Geared towards Zoetis but still has some good info.