Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

That's a lot of Eggs for FBA
We were out of town Friday through Monday. JD did not collect the Eggs.

This is what I found this morning.

ALL IN NEST BOX 3!

23 real, 3 fake, and 2 broken eggs.

Add in Betty's night poops while sleeping in the nest box with the broken eggs and you got a disgusting mess that had to be washed.

That's 25 Eggs in 4 days or 6 per day from 7 hens. We have never had so many eggs.

 

[Ponypoor]

6 Hens Roosted in One Coop
I think this is a new record.
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So only Phyllis is in the Cluckle hut all alone?! A bedroom all to herself

 

[BY Bob]

Holy Dinah! Wow are they all turning over a new leaf??? !!

Possibly all getting along dare you hope?!

Phyllis is still on her own coop but yeah, this is shocking.

 

[BY Bob]

So only Phyllis is in the Cluckle hut all alone?! A bedroom all to herself

Just how she wants it. She drove all the others off.

 

[Ponypoor]

That's a lot of Eggs for FBA
We were out of town Friday through Monday. JD did not collect the Eggs.

This is what I found this morning.

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ALL IN NEST BOX 3!

23 real, 3 fake, and 2 broken eggs.

Add in Betty's night poops while sleeping in the nest box with the broken eggs and you got a disgusting mess that had to be washed.

That's 25 Eggs in 4 days or 6 per day from 7 hens. We have never had so many eggs.

You are officially awash in eggs like I am! Those ar some really nice eggs btw!

 

[Ponypoor]

Just how she wants it. She drove all the others off.

Wow really?! She’s quite ballsy for a wee hen

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Monday Mugs (late). Portraits of Popcorn!

Is it Mugshot Monday already?
Two expectant mugs (Eli and Bernie) confirm that it is indeed Monday!
Eli laid again today. It only took an hour and she is full of beans - she just showed off some aerial acrobatics by doing a very snazzy mid-air turn to land right by the kitchen scraps I just brought out.

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You caught a beautiful blue sheen in Eli’s feathers here! What great intense expressions they both have too!

You asked about getting the green sheen in photos, and I haven’t heard anyone chime in yet, and I can't find tips easily in searching online, so here’s the little I know.

I believe the greens and reds kind of go together, they are warm colors, and are opposite of the blues. I don’t know the physics but it works out that way. Outdoor light skews very blue due to the effect of water which filters for blue (thus our blue sky and blue ice, blue snow, etc). The more outdoor light gathered in the shot, the bluer it tends to be.

The software in your camera / phone / iPad is more important than the lens(es) these days since hardware quality has improved so much. My practical approach is to try to work with whatever “smarts” the camera is trying to implement, which might mean outfoxing it if you’re at odds with it.

So if there’s lots of browns, reds and greens in the shot, it tends to go warmer overall and enhance those colors. When it detects lots of blue and blue light it goes bluer and colder and enhances those colors. So a close-up picture of the Buckeyes is warmer than a further-away one. Notice the first mugshot of Popcorn above skews a little blue, versus the next one, which skews more green-red. The second is a downward, close shot and has green and shaded snow in the background. Cloudy days are great for getting nice feather details with the Buckeyes brown-red coloring. In fact, the prettiest shots are when they are in the shade under green leaves.

If you experiment I'd be interested in what you find out.

 

[Ponypoor]

Monday Mugs (late). Portraits of Popcorn!

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You caught a beautiful blue sheen in Eli’s feathers here! What great intense expressions they both have too!

You asked about getting the green sheen in photos, and I haven’t heard anyone chime in yet, and I can't find tips easily in searching online, so here’s the little I know.

I believe the greens and reds kind of go together, they are warm colors, and are opposite of the blues. I don’t know the physics but it works out that way. Outdoor light skews very blue due to the effect of water which filters for blue (thus our blue sky and blue ice, blue snow, etc). The more outdoor light gathered in the shot, the bluer it tends to be.

The software in your camera / phone / iPad is more important than the lens(es) these days since hardware quality has improved so much. My practical approach is to try to work with whatever “smarts” the camera is trying to implement, which might mean outfoxing it if you’re at odds with it.

So if there’s lots of browns, reds and greens in the shot, it tends to go warmer overall and enhance those colors. When it detects lots of blue and blue light it goes bluer and colder and enhances those colors. So a close-up picture of the Buckeyes is warmer than a further-away one. Notice the first mugshot of Popcorn above skews a little blue, versus the next one, which skews more green-red. The second is a downward, close shot and has green and shaded snow in the background. Cloudy days are great for getting nice feather details with the Buckeyes brown-red coloring. In fact, the prettiest shots are when they are in the shade under green leaves.

If you experiment I'd be interested in what you find out.

Great explanation!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Betty is splendid

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She is splendid! This picture - she has a beard, and muffs too! I hadn’t really noticed that before.

 

[Ponypoor]

She is splendid! This picture - she has a beard, and muffs too! I hadn’t really noticed that before.
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I never noticed before she has pink legs, is that a polish trait? Mr P has black legs ??