Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

@featherhead007 these pictures are just for you. It's Twiggy.

 

[bgmathteach]

Yes, she is a Buff Brahma. She flew much better as a pullet. Now I think that she is a little bottom heavy! This worked to her advantage recently as the beta hen was giving Isabella a hard time on the roost and Izzy just put her head down and pushed like a little sumo wrestler under Rema and she ended up on the other side of Isabella wondering what happened!

She can get airborne with some big flaps of her wings, up to two or even three feet, but that's about it. I feel a little bad for her sometimes because the other hens like to gather on top of our pallet compost bin, but it's too high for Isabella to get up there, so she just hangs out below. I tried to get two of every breed of hen for company, but Isabella was a surprise. I never actually ordered a Brahma, but am so happy that she is part of the flock.

If you have the space, you could put a 'step/hop bar halfway up the pallet wall - extending out enough so she could fly-hop again to the top.

I really like my brahmas, too they are very sweet. However, they are more prone to predation, and the light brahams are the 'easy' ones to get here (and definitely less expensive), and their bright white makes them much more visible than many of my other chooks, so it just feels wrong to have a bunch of them. They are so sweet, though, that I just can't resist having a few. I am glad you got one as a surprise, so you get to enjoy her

 

[featherhead007]

I do not like it when the mothers rush their chicks into the stalls at a few days old. It is always one of the first things they do when they bring them out and about into the world. The horses love the chickens and vise versa. I have had the chickens on the horses back, their stalls have loads of goodies. In turn the horses seem to watch out for the chickens when they are around. I have had a hen go broody just outside his stall, he guarded that nest fiercely. He did not even like it when I went to go check on the hen.

Russ is a good chicken-sitter!

 

[featherhead007]

@featherhead007 these pictures are just for you. It's Twiggy.
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TWIGGY!

 

[featherhead007]

@featherhead007 these pictures are just for you. It's Twiggy.
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And Twiggy!

 

[Lilion]

@featherhead007 these pictures are just for you. It's Twiggy.
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Oh he is gorgeous!

 

[ValarieF]

Now for the Chiquita and the Marshmallows.
She either has them digging or starting to work on flying school.

awww they are so cute and really getting around

 

[featherhead007]

I love my rooster Jaffar!
(Napping)

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Hawks were flying over head at times today and the girls were on duty.

 

[featherhead007]

Hawks were flying over head at times today and the girls were on duty.
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I see the dogs are very alert!