Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Oh My Gosh - duh!!!!! I am so dense! I do know that, you know I am terrible with names and faces right? Right Jim???

That's right Karen.

 

[BY Bob]

And what was with the red skin?

Sunburn of course. Ouch!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

First group is out of the incubator and into the brooder. I think I moved 8. I have 2 freshly hatched ones still in the incubator and the weak one that I fear I am going to loose. Several more eggs are pipped as well. As if the blue chick is not bad enough, one of the wet ones, white Butter baby. Here are a few pics I managed to get after I moved them.

 

[BY Bob]

With that many girls, you NEED another Roo, poor Mr. P will be run ragged trying to look after them all! Besides, now that you have a wonderful Roo, he can teach a young whipper-snapper roo the ropes...and keep the hormonal idiot in line when he gets to that stage. Another Roo would, honestly, be a good thing.

I do believe you are right. A Polkie Roo would be perfect.

 

[BY Bob]

You have all of us to bear witness to the fact that you take excellent care of your ladies, worry over them, lose sleep over them, find creative solutions to issues involving improving their care, and spoil them. You know when they're having an off day vs when they're ill/injured. You laugh with them, cry with them, bring them into the big coop to share holiday meals with them. Your ladies are family and you know them better than many people know their human families, and they know you equally well.

Thank you for that.

 

[BY Bob]

First group is out of the incubator and into the brooder. I think I moved 8. I have 2 freshly hatched ones still in the incubator and the weak one that I fear I am going to loose. Several more eggs are pipped as well. As if the blue chick is not bad enough, one of the wet ones, white Butter baby. Here are a few pics I managed to get after I moved them.
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So adorable!

 

[BY Bob]

The Video in Question

For those who haven't seen it this is the video that YouTube took down. I am trying to get YouTube to allow me to download it as I can't find it anywhere. They are not responding to me. Since I can't download it I recorded it onto my phone. The quality is awful but you will get the idea.

In the video Aurora is trying to advance past Hattie into place number 2 in the pecking order behind Lilly. Hattie is having none of it. There were 3 fights that day. I broke up 2 of them and then decided that I needed to let them finish.
You can see Lilly finishing it off herself. Lilly tried to break it up a couple of times but once Aurora injured her leg Lilly made certain Aurora knew her place.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3x66ycz4cr8zhlo/20230330_145356_1.mp4?dl=0

Please let me know if you have any issues getting the link to work.

 

[Ponypoor]

Quite possibly they're talking about you. They want to spend some time with Mr P.

They welcome to visit

With that many girls, you NEED another Roo, poor Mr. P will be run ragged trying to look after them all! Besides, now that you have a wonderful Roo, he can teach a young whipper-snapper roo the ropes...and keep the hormonal idiot in line when he gets to that stage. Another Roo would, honestly, be a good thing.

then it would be a Silkie Roo

You have all of us to bear witness to the fact that you take excellent care of your ladies, worry over them, lose sleep over them, find creative solutions to issues involving improving their care, and spoil them. You know when they're having an off day vs when they're ill/injured. You laugh with them, cry with them, bring them into the big coop to share holiday meals with them. Your ladies are family and you know them better than many people know their human families, and they know you equally well.

Mr P is going to need help with all the escort duties and sentinel duties. He needs a son to help. (Personally, I think he needs more than one, but I'm only advocating for 1....this year...)

I didn’t want to say anything but there is a possibility that I am heading back out west middle of next month. I knew this could be a possibility, but had hoped for a few months off, but one thing I don’t do right now is turn down work.

Covid put me behind a good 3 yrs in retirement preparation, and like many I racked up a lot of debt. And with the word out there around recession I am taking any and all work that comes my way.

If I do he’d put there I will loose the 10 chicks I ordered, I will not put that on my mother. She would just freak out I know it, and I have no one else to take them on.

If indeed I do end u going to BC, then the 6 I have in the incubator at my friends house, I will ask and see if they can keep them for me until I get home in likely December any Roos I will have them get rid of, I am hoping for at least a pullet each from Blanche and Sophia - if Marty has a pullet also that would be heaven. Maybe just maybe I will barter for a Silkie Roo from them.

Right now everything is up in the air, such is my life. But, for now I am home am enjoying my babies and if the weather ever decides to get better I could finish their run!

 

[Ponypoor]

Sunburn of course. Ouch!

Did you see those poor creatures aren’t they sad looking

I wonder why we humans have this need to try to perfect things.

Now that is cruelty breeding such a poor thing.

Our chickens we keep are perfect as they are, no need for making them lay more or grow faster

 

[Ponypoor]

First group is out of the incubator and into the brooder. I think I moved 8. I have 2 freshly hatched ones still in the incubator and the weak one that I fear I am going to loose. Several more eggs are pipped as well. As if the blue chick is not bad enough, one of the wet ones, white Butter baby. Here are a few pics I managed to get after I moved them.
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Oh My Gosh how I envy you getting to hatch so much cuteness