Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

The hawk learned a bully’s lesson. There’s always someone tougher than yourself!

 

[ValarieF]

I hate hospitals but I have been up all night with this rib I fell on. It really hurts.

 

[BY Bob]

Wow, I can't believe the rooster pinned the hawk!!!! Good for him! I hate to say this, Bob, but maybe you do need a rooster....

I can't have one here. That is really why Jabberwocky (and Ned for that matter) is gone. A neighbor complained and I had to get rid of Jabber.

 

[BY Bob]

I hate hospitals but I have been up all night with this rib I fell on. It really hurts.

Are you in a hospital or should you be in a hospital? Hospitals are the last place you want to be if you can avoid it.

 

[Ponypoor]

You know you are a full-on chicken lady when your husband buys you this blouse and you love it and wear it to work!

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You have an awesome husband

 

[Ponypoor]

Rooster Teaches Hawk Lesson

This hawk acts a lot like Satan when it goes to fence to observe and attack a second time. One hen loses some feathers but it looks like they all survive the attack thanks to the rooster.

WOW that is one awesome Roo! I think Marty would attack before Mr P though . I am just amazed that little hawk would try to grab that large hen though! Did you see that Roo stomp on that hawk?!

 

[ManueB]

It's another beautiful day here, with 25° and clear blue skies... and no rain forecast for the next two weeks .

I loved seeing the pictures and videos of the new chicks. At that age, they are definitely cuter than human babies!

Molting : I don't have many seasons to compare. The first fall they were here, our six ex-batts didn't molt, and the next year we had one hard molt after Vanille had been very ill at the end of September, and Nougat molted in December but it barely showed, though she was acting very off for a month.
This year we have a crazy molt. It started with Cannelle at the end of August, then Chipie and Théo, and also the four younger chickens who had just got on their adult feathers . It's far from over and Cannelle has the worse of it. They began loosing head feathers, then tail feathers, then wings, and now the body and neck. My other ex-batts are also molting, but not as badly.
I can't wait for it to be over. Like it happened with Maggie I hate not knowing if they are acting off because of the molt or if there is something else.

Thirsty pictures:
I didn't manage to catch it on camera but Gastounet spills water every where when he drinks.

Théo and unwell molting Cannelle.

Brune and Nougat last Sunday

 

[Ponypoor]

Rooster Teaches Hawk Lesson

This hawk acts a lot like Satan when it goes to fence to observe and attack a second time. One hen loses some feathers but it looks like they all survive the attack thanks to the rooster.

Here is another one

 

[Ponypoor]

It's another beautiful day here, with 25° and clear blue skies... and no rain forecast for the next two weeks .

I loved seeing the pictures and videos of the new chicks. At that age, they are definitely cuter than human babies!

Molting : I don't have many seasons to compare. The first fall they were here, our six ex-batts didn't molt, and the next year we had one hard molt after Vanille had been very ill at the end of September, and Nougat molted in December but it barely showed, though she was acting very off for a month.
This year we have a crazy molt. It started with Cannelle at the end of August, then Chipie and Théo, and also the four younger chickens who had just got on their adult feathers . It's far from over and Cannelle has the worse of it. They began loosing head feathers, then tail feathers, then wings, and now the body and neck. My other ex-batts are also molting, but not as badly.
I can't wait for it to be over. Like it happened with Maggie I hate not knowing if they are acting off because of the molt or if there is something else.

Thirsty pictures:
I didn't manage to catch it on camera but Gastounet spills water every where when he drinks.
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Théo and unwell molting Cannelle.
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Brune and Nougat last Sunday
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That photo of Brune and Nougat were they were both in sync is a great pic! And I love that dramatic background scenery.

Poor Cannelle sure looks bedraggled but is a few weeks she will once again be splendid

It’s scary they you have such glorious weather right now, while it is lovely to have such warm weather it’s is just a harbinger of what may happen next summer with heat and drought we got rain yesterday but the next week again will be dry. Crazy weather.

 

[Ponypoor]

Thirsty Thursday

It seems that spilt water on the barn floor is ambrosia to the chickies