Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Oh, RC! I am so sorry. I am glad, however, that you were there to comfort her. I wish I could give you a real hug. I’m shedding a few tears for you and sweet Diana.

me too. I am so sorry for your loss. Please take care.

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

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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Oh my, you captured a pic of Diana with a mouse in her beak?! wow! Thanks for sharing all these pics. It seems to me that your hens look so happy and loved/well cared for. Beautiful pics and more beautiful hens. Thank you for the love and care you give to any chicken that comes your way <3

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Yes six chicks sounds great!

Your gettin' 9 chicks in the spring?! Nice!

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

We always focus on her character or her egg color. But we should stop and admire what a pretty lady she is.

i was thinking the same! Woah, isnt she lovely

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

I spent some time this morning in the coop. I found my layer its Flour! View attachment 3380888
Some of the higher ranking girls kept coming over and chasing her out of the spot she wanted to lay in (barely accessible back corner of course!) so my two Azures Snicker and Doodle guarded her so she could get the job done. They stood there for a good 10 min stock still apparently silently announcing thou shall NOT pass! I got a picture its dark but still sweet enough to post.
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The results of the shenanigans:
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Flour!!!! Well well you are Beautiful!!!!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Emergency brake deployed
This is what it looks like when Babs flies down from the rafters and finds Bernadette parked on the runway.
One of the many reasons I don’t like having the Math Majors roosting in the rafters is that they rely on the people door being open to give them a landing runway, and I like to close the people door when it gets really cold.
They can do a much shorter flight down to the roost which looks like a safer option to me, but they seem to prefer the drama of the long runway flight.
Sorry about the dark grainy video - it is from the coop cam. I think all the dust at the beginning must be from Eli’s landing that the camera missed.

Yes she is counting on that extra length through the people door the way she flew here. Flying to a roost would be 1) harder as the need good flying accuracy 2) a hard surface to land on, so more possibility of injury? Wrap it in a gym mat!

 

[Sally PB]

So if I name all my chickens, I don't have ANY chickens?!? Where are these eggs coming from??

 

[RoyalChick]

Another harmonious morning spent together in the area that was previously a blind spot for me.

 

[knoturavggrl]

So based upon this I want to know how many chickens everyone has.

1 - by the name proof
Darn, I need more chickens! By all accounts 1 is bad number to have when you have chickens, they get lonely. I must get more and fast!

 

[rural mouse]

By those standards, you have zero chickens... that count to flock total....and I have 8....I think....

Until you apply the name principle. Then it drops to zero