Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

Sunrise is spectacular this morning. Coop already open, birds haven't gotten up yet.

 

[TX Chick Noob]

Here is a picture of my eggs from a single day when everybody laid that has started laying.

The three green ones look almost identical, but Ruby’s is actually a little more of a mint green color compared to Dottie’s and Coco’s olive ones. The cream one is Scarlett’s, and is incredibly shiny, almost pearlescent.

 

[TX Chick Noob]

Caturday is actually from @Ribh thread - it’s been adopted here, on @BY Bob thread - he has awesome kitties!

The hard day for me is Wednesday….

It’s going to take me so long to catch up on this one I am afraid to start reading the other “three”, even though I know the conversations sometimes move back-and-forth between them.
Too bad I didn’t get chickens and find this forum a few years ago, I am so far behind.

 

[ManueB]

Yes I have noticed you hadn’t mentioned her since I started reading, but I was hoping it was something really recent or that I had just missed you talking about her somehow. Please accept my belated condolences for your loss, I know it must’ve been hard.

I must confess I haven't read the whole thread. I read about 400 pages from the beginning, then backward from when I joined around the may 15 this year to november and it was so sad a period I stopped. And now picking it up from the huge fight in November 2020. I hope this won't come off as negative, but I think if I had read this thread before getting my chickens, I wouldn't have gotten them. So much heartbreak! But now that I have them and I love them, I also love reading about how others are doing and I learn so much on this thread, both chicken knowledge and how to deal with the emotional rollercoaster.

Sunrise is spectacular this morning. Coop already open, birds haven't gotten up yet.View attachment 3298369

Beautiful indeed. Well worth getting up early!

This reminds me I've been meaning to ask since @RoyalChick mentioned her chickens went to bed toward 4.30 pm because that surprised me. At what time do your chickens get up and roost and how long before /after sun rises or goes down ? Mine go out of the coop at 7.30 am, when there is just enough daylight to see, but the late partyer roost about 30 to 40 mn before night at 7pm, and most are in bed half an hour before.

 

[BY Bob]

I love that last picture! with the light just so, the tail absolutely glows (more than Gylinda's usual glow!)

it looks like she is practicing her gymnastics....working on the human balance beam, will she be ready for the next summer Olympics?

Black chickens are beautiful with their iridescent blues, greens, and purples. White chickens are also beautiful with their glow.

 

[BY Bob]

Yes I have noticed you hadn’t mentioned her since I started reading, but I was hoping it was something really recent or that I had just missed you talking about her somehow. Please accept my belated condolences for your loss, I know it must’ve been hard.

I was devastated. She was my sweet sweet lady. I am reminded of her every time I see Aurora. So sad.

Hattie would probably be Alpha hen now with Mal as her #2......................

 

[BY Bob]

Already done....looks like you might owe now...

The tax man does not pay taxes for telling people to pay taxes. Where would it end?

I post this because I want to, not because I have to.

 

[BY Bob]

Her eggs are really interesting. The color seems very different depending on the lighting and where you are when you look at it. Sometimes it looks like it’s a bright pastel blue, other times more of a bluish gray, most of the time it is a very pale bluish green. And I’m not talking about a difference from day to day, I’m talking about taking one egg from one day and can’t figure out what color it really is because it keeps changing depending on where you’re at when you look at it.

That sounds marvelous!

 

[BY Bob]

Here is a picture of my eggs from a single day when everybody laid that has started laying.

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The three green ones look almost identical, but Ruby’s is actually a little more of a mint green color compared to Dottie’s and Coco’s olive ones. The cream one is Scarlett’s, and is incredibly shiny, almost pearlescent.

That really is a wonderful assortment.

 

[BY Bob]

I hope this won't come off as negative, but I think if I had read this thread before getting my chickens, I wouldn't have gotten them. So much heartbreak!

I have been truly wondering about this lately. Would I recommend getting chickens to someone any more? I'm not sure I can answer that with confidence any more.