Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Do you have honey? warm tea with LOTS of honey to coat the throat!

Not the best photos of her, but my tax is a 'honey colored' pullets that one of my broody girls hatched.View attachment 3351338View attachment 3351341

Love her ‘I am hiding she can’t see me’ look hahaha

 

[Ponypoor]

I am out doing Christmas shopping. I know, I know, you are probably all done already.
I am shopping garden centers. Thought I would share this from one of them.
He really plays with all those toys. I have no idea what he is - but his coloring is beautiful.

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Ok 48 and he bites

Hi Brutus!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

So I am supposed to be taking my pain medication every 6 hours. And I did the first day. I had been able to stretch it to every 8 to 9 hours since. This morning I did a bad thing accidently. My alarm went off to take it, I was sleeping good so I shut it off and went back to sleep. When I got up it was 12 hours since my last dose and oops I am feeling it. I could not sit up to get out of bed, crawled out. I was warned by those on here, and my mom not to let it get out of my system. I should have listened is all I'm going to say.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I am out doing Christmas shopping. I know, I know, you are probably all done already.
I am shopping garden centers. Thought I would share this from one of them.
He really plays with all those toys. I have no idea what he is - but his coloring is beautiful.

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Beautiful bird. The sign say's he bites, I still want to give him a kiss.

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Worst Weather
Today is an example of the worst weather we get. It's not blizzards. It's not hurricanes.

it's ice.

It iced all night and is still freezing rain at this moment. I went out just before lunch time to feed and water the chickens. They were hanging out under their coop nice and dry.

While I was out there I her a huge crack and down came one of the truncated l trunks of the birch tree. Thankfully I got all that dead stuff trimmed and the roof replaced on the coop because down it came.
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The arrow shows where it broke off.

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Here are some more photos of the ice. Be sure to zoom in on them to see the details.
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I would rather 3 feet of snow to this stuff. Very dangerous. This is why I chose a development with underground wiring. Very little chance of a power outage. So far so good. We still have power.

Glad to see the FBA coop is doing okay. I also had this situation with the ice on the wiring.

 

[lightm]

Hello FBA! While some of you are struggling with ice, the rain yesterday and a bit of sun today has completely melted our snow. I'll confess I'm happy to see the sun back. Three days of having to dry our stinking boots by the stove is enough for me !
Pictures in the morning and evening :
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I've got a lot of butts today. I wouldn't dare post so many pictures normally but I had almost none last Friday so I figure it would balance out !

A bully's butt, Piou-piou. She's growing uncontrollable! I haven't let her know about Ask Aurora because who knows what would happen .
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Léa's preening session :
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And some ex-batt's butts : Brune, Cannelle and Nougat. Some of Nougat's new feathers are broken already, you can see one sticking out in the right. I'm not sure if they have grown wrong or if she has been pecked. But she's got most of her feathers back, and is almost done with her awful molt .
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So Piou-piou is one of those underdog-turned-into-villain movie characters.

 

[micstrachan]

Not a fluffy butt, but too darn cute not to share. Happy Friday!

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[ValarieF]

 

[ValarieF]

I hate waiting for UPS. Got a

Logitech - G920 Driving Force Racing Wheel and pedals for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC - Black​

so I can play my Forza 5 and actually steer.
Goldie says "hey did I say you can take my photo?"

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

The sign saying that bird bites makes me giggle. Technically to a stranger you could say the exact same thing about Happy. She may be tiny but that beak can hurt. If she does not know you the first time she meets you she is going to test you. Depending on how you react sets the stage for how she behaves. She is going to fly to you, don't be like my sister and duck and squeal...just don't. She may give a test nibble. It is actually gentle, but how you react to it will determine how she behaves around you. If you act like she is afraid, she will really try to bite you. If you stay calm, and tell her no she will not try to bite anymore. This bird also reads emotions like no other. You cannot handle her if you are in a bad mood, she picks up on it and acts out. I have not went to see her since I came home, we have a great relationship but I know she will pick up on that I am off and the demon will come out.