Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Do the union guys wash their faces?

They have such thick beards here who can tell!!!

 

[Ponypoor]

Popcorn today, chomping corn and walnuts
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Peanut also gladly ate corn, I let her eat a lot, and she had a few walnut bits. Saw her on two separate times eat a few pellets too, plus she ate a few out of my hand, so I think she's getting at least some food into her. She really wants lots of water. Saw her poop a soft but not runny poop today. She's doing okay I believe.

Spoiler: Peanut's pins and nakedness

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Poor wee lady, I wonder if only domesticated birds do these horrible moults. I don’t see wild birds like this.

 

[Ponypoor]

No. She has a green/blue lobe. That is supposed to indicate blue eggs.

Oh so my silkies should be laying blue eggs not peachy pink ones??

 

[Cold-Blood]

That photo needs a caption

Something like “spiders, they taste good, what do you mean I can’t eat spiders?!”

FYI there are no spiders or bugs within 2’ of the floor on the barn! The chooks eat them like candy!

I've actually already done something like that.

 

[RoyalChick]

Oh so my silkies should be laying blue eggs not peachy pink ones??

No idea. Silkies are different. But Legbars have blue earlobes. That was the big debate - Legbar or Leghorn.

 

[Cold-Blood]

Oh so my silkies should be laying blue eggs not peachy pink ones??

I have not yet had a silkie ever lay blue eggs.

 

[Ponypoor]

Catchup Tax

Bedtime drama from 3800km away. Being able to see them jousting on the cameras is hard on the nerves! Or as we Newfoundlanders say ‘O-me-nerds’

There were Curly, Mr P, Dorothy and Rose all up on the top of the nest box, Mr P kept pecking at Rose and Dorothy.

Dorothy jumped down then someone else jumped up, all the while I was worried that Curly would get knocked down. But she was tucked in by the wall thankfully.

They finally seemed to settle, then I was losing my signal so I stepped outside my well-site and the door went ‘click’! (Insert choise swear words here…). Not even in camp one day and I locked my self out like a rookie - darn chickens! Nothing to do but just watch the drama and it finally settled, so I put on my boots and went out to the main camp office for the master key

They finally settled with Curly by the wall, and Rose, Mr P and I think Dorothy.
Hard to tell on the black and white camera.

Hmm actual that looks like Sophia!

At any rate I worry about those silkies they get themselves into such predicaments!

And through it all Marty was safe and sound in her little cubbyhole

 

[Ponypoor]

No idea. Silkies are different. But Legbars have blue earlobes. That was the big debate - Legbar or Leghorn.

Sorry bad Kelly I was being silly, yes I know how worried Bob was - and I can truly say I am eggstatic the 1) he finally has blue eggs, and 2) he doesn’t have to worry about having a heavy egg layer

Might get me one of those next year!

 

[Ponypoor]

I've actually already done something like that.View attachment 3330632

Awesome love it!

 

[Ponypoor]

I have not yet had a silkie ever lay blue eggs.

I have heard there are blue egg laying silkies! Need a few of those too!