Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Such a wonderful life well lived. No chicken ever had better.

Agreed

 

[rural mouse]

Sauce is started, crock pot is full. Spaghetti tonight, lasagna tomorrow, extra sauce to the freezer. Resupply shopping list is built. Coffee time.

I swear they were having a chat while enjoying the sun the other day

 

[bgmathteach]

Has anyone ever tried spaghetti, made with Alfredo sauce and mushrooms? I haven’t tried it yet but I wonder if it would be any good

How can you question the goodness of alfredo sauce and mushrooms????? YES, yum, yum, yum!!

Drooling food Tax:

Checking me out to see if I have treats.

 

[RoyalChick]

Chickens at work
Relative peace and calm over breakfast. I just wish they would roost together.

 

[TX Chick Noob]

We said our goodbyes and she died in my arms.

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Thank you everyone for your kind words and hugs. I hope you don’t mind if I share some pictures and video of the lovely Diana. I am sure I have posted most of these before but it is a time to remember her in happy times and with her friends.

Sorry for so many photos! If I remember right Diana is also my PFM picture.

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@RoyalChick I am so sorry for your loss. Take comfort in knowing that you gave her a good life, and her passing was peaceful while surrounded by your love. Thank you for sharing her photos and her story with us.

 

[rural mouse]

Chickens at work
Relative peace and calm over breakfast. I just wish they would roost together.
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On step at a time. Dining together in peace is a biggie.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Aurora's Tail Feathers

Looks to me like they are fully grown.

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Less grey but fully grown. What does everyone else think?

She looks great!

 

[featherhead007]

And how are we this fine Caturday morning?
I really don’t need to talk poop this morning, but it really is the only thing I dislike about chooks. Yuck that awful smelly cecal stuff. Okay I’ll drop the subject (Coco dropped the )

 

[ChicoryBlue]

If I remember correctly Flour and the other white girl are Moss Eggers. I am not entirely sure of the makeup of the breed but I do remember they are at least half if not more Marans breeding.

You are probably right - I see that "F2B" Moss Eggers at lattigorancho speaks of breeding their Moss Egger back to Marans.
@RoyalChick thanks for asking, I too was carefully looking at the shape and comb & wattles (the lack) and trying to figure it out!
I got that little book just a couple days ago and have started through it. It is somewhat informative, but very limited for me in that I was hoping it would have a general guide of characteristics of a breed at least by body / tail shape and stance, which I think is really important in trying to even start figuring out what breed we're looking at. Like a flower guide might do. But I do love the pictures, and it does have bits of information.

 

[RoyalChick]

You are probably right - I see that "F2B" Moss Eggers at lattigorancho speaks of breeding their Moss Egger back to Marans.
@RoyalChick thanks for asking, I too was carefully looking at the shape and comb & wattles (the lack) and trying to figure it out!
I got that little book just a couple days ago and have started through it. It is somewhat informative, but very limited for me in that I was hoping it would have a general guide of characteristics of a breed at least by body / tail shape and stance, which I think is really important in trying to even start figuring out what breed we're looking at. Like a flower guide might do. But I do love the pictures, and it does have bits of information.

Yes. The book is at my level. But I agree, I would like to graduate to a book that helped me understand body shape and stance etc.
I think I understand the difference in body shape between Orpingtons (Hattie) and Legbars (Glynda) but not much more.
If you find such a book let me know!

Book chat tax - Babs is so pretty (well I think so!)