Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

Snicker did fly up on my shoulder today much to my surprise and attempt to do something to my hair. So maybe she does like me enough to try and fix my “frizzy feathers”

Awww, so sweet when they care enough to send the very..... oops, I mean when they care enough to groom you! Ask @BY Bob if I remember correctly, Sylvie and Legertha used to hop up to the shoulders (and sometimes head? or was that just Mal?) and they would sometimes groom him too!! I think that is the ultimate sign of affection - grooming, and ultimate sign of comfort/content when they just hop up and rest peacefully!!

 

[ValarieF]

You guys are in rare form today......I love it.

 

[RoyalChick]

I'll give you a slight hint. They have been banded with this year's color of zip-tie (blue) AND been also banded with some lady known as ? @RoyalChick ? favorite chicken color, black, with zip ties. Just incase they come to peruse my chickens while I'm distracted at Holiday time. They will know which ones to 'swipe'.

P.S. Just in case there is still any confusion: girls are banded on the left, and boys are banded on the right.

Are you encouraging me to become a chicken-rustler?
I must confess, that has some appeal!

 

[RoyalChick]

Oh, dear, evidently my humor was even worse than I though, not a single laugh amongst you!

Yeah - the soup got me!

 

[lightm]

My hand feels much better, thanks ! And I feel mostly annoyed at myself for making stupid mistakes and being so clumsy with them. I'm praying (figuratively ) when the dewormer paste is delivered, they accept to eat it on bread or in grapes, because I'm dreading having to syringe ten chickens for five days in a row.

I may have been kind of angry at little Théo for an hour. It was positive actually because I went running to pass it off, which I had completely stopped since Chipie hatched the chicks for the first time in a decade.

And if I may return your enquiry, how are you doing, and feeling about your chickens ? Since you mentioned possible future additions to the chickens palace, I hope it means that your three princesses are faring good, and that you are on the way to mending your heart .

@ManueB The other day I watched a fairly recent movie called "Stillwater". It mostly happened in Marseille. The French woman in the movie somehow remind me of you. [not suggesting you go watch it. My husband said it was sooo predictable and boring, but I thought it was at least OK.]

 

[lightm]

Awww. Thanks for asking.
My three ladies seem fine. Maggie still has diarrhea which she has had continuously for months now. I will get another sample looked at, but she was treated for Coccidia and worms at the start of all the decline in my flock and it made no difference.
I am reconciled that with that, and the lash egg, and of course her production genetics, that she probably has a serious underlying illness, but she is just turning 3+1/2 years old now and I feel like she has a lovely life and I enjoy every day we have together.
Likewise Diana who hasn't managed to put a shell on an egg for maybe a year now. She is the same age and is a production breed so also will likely not live long. But again she is having a nice life for now.
The two of them might dispute the nice life because I was late letting them out this morning and they were desperate to get at the wild water from last night's storm.
You understand that with 4 waterers inside their Chicken Palace they are still terribly deprived of the good stuff until they can get to the muddy puddles.


I do need to expand the flock - it is nice and calm with only three but realistically I have a high probability of suddenly finding myself with a solo chicken. I guess I could give the survivor away, but I don't see myself doing that, so I need to rebuild. My plan is to add in the spring, but of course that is taking a gamble that at least one of Maggie or Diana survive the winter. I do hope they both do of course!

One sadness I have now is that Bernadette does not like me very much. I assume she remembers all those times I did physical therapy and strapped her leg. She may also associate me with the loss of her friend Bella. Maggie and Diana are both super friendly. Neither are lap chickens but they like to hang out with me and come up to my level to talk. She is not following their lead sadly.

And now, because you asked a question I could have answered in one line and instead wrote a novel, here are my tax payments of my lovely ladies enjoying the Chicken Palace gardens.
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I always welcome a long post from RC. Beautiful pictures too!

 

[lightm]

I love this idea. I also think she needs to accidentally on purpose pick up a boy as well.

I second on picking up a boy.

 

[lightm]

Twofer Tuesday and a video for fun:
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They are working their way upwards slowly but surely:

And a few more just because it’s my birthday (I am 29 AGAIN this yr, you believe me right?) and had time to spend with the babies and take pictures

Happy birthday! Another way of doing Chicken math: having chickens will decrease your age. So no, I don't believe you, you are probably 28.

 

[lightm]

Darn servants these days! Hurumph..always having to put them in their place!


Bad human, bad, bad, bad. Won't you ever learn?

Is that a chicken barbie wearing bikini???

 

[lightm]

Umm....HUMAN leg attached to bottom of feet!! i.e. lots of LAP chickens!

ohhhhhhh, I fiiiinallly got it. No wonder people have been stingy on laugh emoji. You can't blame them, Barb.