Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

Today's haul from the young'uns: (now 4 of the 9 are laying!)

From right to left:
BCM (started laying 2+ weeks ago);
Lakeshore egger (started laying 1+ weeks ago)
Welsummer (her second egg)
BCM: her first egg!!

For size comparison, BCM's first egg between 2 standard size hen eggs:

for another comparison:

the 2 standard size hen eggs from above, next to one of my super huge eggs (I have 2 girls that have started laying these whoppers this year...the 2 girls are 3 & 4 respectively. One hen lays 1-2 a week, but shells are thinner, so might actually collect 1. This girl (egg shown below) usually lays 2 of these a week. Occasionally 1 regular and one of these whoppers. Both girl's whopper eggs are always double yolkers. They rarely laid double yolkers prior to this year! (I wish they wouldn't,I grimace each time I see one of these...can't be good nor comfortable to lay eggs this size! Barely fit into Jumbo size egg cartons that I have for my duck eggs!!!

 

[lightm]

I"m a true believer that we are mostly all good, but each of us has either a little mischevious or evil elf within us. Maybe her mischievous side is oozing out through the comb, since everything else she oozes is sweetness???

Do I ooze out sweetness?

 

[lightm]

Today's haul from the young'uns: (now 4 of the 9 are laying!)

From right to left:
BCM (started laying 2 weeks ago);
Lakeshore egger (started laying 1+ weeks ago)
Welsummer (her second egg)
BCM: her first egg!!

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For size comparison, BCM's first egg between 2 standard size hen eggs:
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for another comparison:

the 2 standard size hen eggs from above, next to one of my super huge eggs (I have 2 girls that have started laying these whoppers this year...the 2 girls are 3 & 4 respectively. One hen lays 1-2 a week, but shells are thinner, so might actually collect 1. This girl (egg shown below) usually lays 2 of these a week. Occasionally 1 regular and one of these whoppers. Both girl's whopper eggs are always double yolkers. They rarely laid double yolkers prior to this year! (I wish they wouldn't,I grimace each time I see one of these...can't be good nor comfortable to lay eggs this size! Barely fit into Jumbo size egg cartons that I have for my duck eggs!!!
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Love the color from BCM!

 

[RoyalChick]

Love the color from BCM!

Yes. Beautiful dark egg.

 

[Ponypoor]

Today's haul from the young'uns: (now 4 of the 9 are laying!)

From right to left:
BCM (started laying 2 weeks ago);
Lakeshore egger (started laying 1+ weeks ago)
Welsummer (her second egg)
BCM: her first egg!!

View attachment 3264749

For size comparison, BCM's first egg between 2 standard size hen eggs:
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for another comparison:

the 2 standard size hen eggs from above, next to one of my super huge eggs (I have 2 girls that have started laying these whoppers this year...the 2 girls are 3 & 4 respectively. One hen lays 1-2 a week, but shells are thinner, so might actually collect 1. This girl (egg shown below) usually lays 2 of these a week. Occasionally 1 regular and one of these whoppers. Both girl's whopper eggs are always double yolkers. They rarely laid double yolkers prior to this year! (I wish they wouldn't,I grimace each time I see one of these...can't be good nor comfortable to lay eggs this size! Barely fit into Jumbo size egg cartons that I have for my duck eggs!!!
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Sophia is like that, lays a jumbo sized egg about niece a week

 

[Ponypoor]

Could they be used as Airsoft gun ammunition?

Better as a spitball in a straw!

 

[Ponypoor]

Today's haul from the young'uns: (now 4 of the 9 are laying!)

From right to left:
BCM (started laying 2 weeks ago);
Lakeshore egger (started laying 1+ weeks ago)
Welsummer (her second egg)
BCM: her first egg!!

View attachment 3264749

For size comparison, BCM's first egg between 2 standard size hen eggs:
View attachment 3264752

for another comparison:

the 2 standard size hen eggs from above, next to one of my super huge eggs (I have 2 girls that have started laying these whoppers this year...the 2 girls are 3 & 4 respectively. One hen lays 1-2 a week, but shells are thinner, so might actually collect 1. This girl (egg shown below) usually lays 2 of these a week. Occasionally 1 regular and one of these whoppers. Both girl's whopper eggs are always double yolkers. They rarely laid double yolkers prior to this year! (I wish they wouldn't,I grimace each time I see one of these...can't be good nor comfortable to lay eggs this size! Barely fit into Jumbo size egg cartons that I have for my duck eggs!!!
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I would love to get some black copper Maran hens, but that will have to wait till I win that lottery

Those are beautiful eggs all of them

 

[Ponypoor]

Tomato/strawberry plant bandits strike again

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Wow so close! The deer here do come into the backyard but very very rarely, been here over 30 yrs and only seen them in the backyard three times.

BUT … in the winter I see their track all over the yard so they are coming around at night. Likely that’s what keeps setting off my security light

 

[Ponypoor]

Do I ooze out sweetness?
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I love those wattles

 

[Ponypoor]

Chicken breakfast... (pics VERY iffy)View attachment 3263947View attachment 3263948View attachment 3263949View attachment 3263950Cheetah and Whiskey both alerted, almost simultaneously, both watching the sky. I hear crows cawing. Look up....(pic after the fact: had to get around the trees)View attachment 3263951

I've never seen this many in 1 group. Not sure if the pic will some enough to capture, but I counted 35 (that's THIRTY-FIVE) crows. The terms murder of crows or muster of crows gives new meaning. They were heading south, in very loose goose formations with lots of outflyers (outriders). That many together is a serious force of nature to face should they choose.

The boys all watched until it was clear they were not stopping off.

Wow beautiful photos, we have a lot of crows here, I like them around they harass the raptors that flay around here, alerting the chickens to danger.