Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

I'm sorry @RoyalChick , but that image your description brought was just so hysterical, I almost wet my pants laughing!

Laugh was for the image your words conjured up,
but these are for the lovely pics.

The first time she did it I almost wet my pants in shock!
It has however allowed me to get a good mug shot for Monday.
They were so happy today it was really lovely. I think it has been warm enough that there were worms and bugs to be found, and definitely grass. And then at the end of the day I gave them a bonus with a huge pile of leaves inside the coop. The leaves are damp but it isn't going below freezing and there is plenty of ventilation so it will be fine I think.

 

[RoyalChick]

So, she is half DC and half EE. DC are NOT prolific layers, EEs are good, but not like ISA Browns or anything. So, I would expect that she will probably lay5-6 eggs a week through the spring (spring flush and her first year laying), taper off as things heat up...and probably lay 4 eggs/week in the fall. With her tight/hard feathering, she will most likely slow down dramatically in the winter if it is a normal winter (this year, with the exception of a couple of days, has been warmer than average.) and, stop altogether if there is an extended cold snap. Then next spring, I would guess 4 eggs a week,

That said, she is a first gen. 'mutt/cross', and there is something called hybrid vigor, so I don't know for sure.

This is a decent snapshot of the DC breed. That said, DC, I have found, lay a bit more than the 100 listed per year, unless they go broody; probably closer to 150.

By the looks of the egg you showed previously, it is shaped like an EE egg. (DC eggs tend to be more pear-ish shaped, and are small to medium sized.)

Interesting! Today's egg was 1.7oz/48g which feels more like her kind of egg from a size perspective.

 

[Ponypoor]

Blackie and Itty Bitty playing hide n seekView attachment 3401567

Great to have a nice place to hang out I think I shall put a pile of branches in my run for everyone to play, and hang out on.

 

[Ponypoor]

Cat? What are you talking about. Its clearly a chicken!

Oh yes I see now it's one of those Tabby Brahmas I have been hearing about with the fuzzy legs!

How is everyone doing today?

I am good missing my chooks but just checked them on the barn cam and they seem to be behaving!

 

[featherhead007]

Oh yes I see now it's one of those Tabby Brahmas I have been hearing about with the fuzzy legs!


I am good missing my chooks but just checked them on the barn cam and they seem to be behaving!

Tabby Brahma, with fuzzy legs?
Jaffar, would you please go bite her now!

 

[Ponypoor]

Tabby Brahma, with fuzzy legs?
Jaffar, would you please go bite her now!

Hey ! I am enamoured with the barring pattern chicken, horse, cat, dog....

 

[Ponypoor]

Fluffy Butts for Friday

BFTP fluffy butts

Buttercup and her fancy pantaloons

Penelope and her jaunty tail feathers

Missy my exotic calico silkie

 

[featherhead007]

Hey ! I am enamoured with the barring pattern chicken, horse, cat, dog....

Zebra, snake, tiger, platypus, mosquito

 

[GregnLety]

Great to have a nice place to hang out I think I shall put a pile of branches in my run for everyone to play, and hang out on.

Found some eggs in another pile of branches.

 

[Lilion]

Found some eggs in another pile of branches. View attachment 3401634

Suddenly I feel much better about where mine lay.