Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

What now! The automatic drive on the wheels of my lawnmower locked up and I can’t mow my yard (needs mowing desperately) I will go out and repair it after it warms up some outside.
Disappointed and frustrated tax:

 

[Kris5902]

I would like to say, today… before I pull out the incubators… everyone here is a horrible enabler. I have four dozen eggs sitting on my coffee table, two more dozen and they are going to make the trip to my mothers where there is
Power and a stable indoor temperature. I have three people asking for chickens this year. I should grow my flock for next season. I’m not planning on doing meat birds this year, so why not hatch a few?

 

[rural mouse]

A few quick Monday Mugs.
Goose yelling at me. Yup she is broody, still on the nest when I went out so I made her get off. Before she started yelling she gifted me with the stinky broody poo .
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Fully weaned Marshmallow mugs. Look, do my eye's deceive me or are combs starting to sprout.
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Little mugs, sawdust goes in this afternoon. They are pros already at wrecking it minutes after it is cleaned.
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Your eyes are NOT deceiving you. Combs are starting and faces are pinking.

 

[lightm]

Nope no dog!

I have 3 horses, 13 chickens, and 1 cat….

More than enough drama there !

I meant in this picture, the 2 silkies together looks like a dog

 

[LozzyR]

You know all the ins and outs in the writing process, understandable. I didn’t think it is rubbish at all. I did think, once or twice, it felt innocuous and didn’t draw attention to itself as much as I wanted. But then, I was listening to it more than I was interested in the video. So isn’t the music there to support the visuals and not draw too much attention to itself?

Thanks CB! Yes you are spot on; in the normal course of things, the sign of a good score is that it doesn’t get noticed.

 

[Ponypoor]

A few quick Monday Mugs.
Goose yelling at me. Yup she is broody, still on the nest when I went out so I made her get off. Before she started yelling she gifted me with the stinky broody poo .
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Fully weaned Marshmallow mugs. Look, do my eye's deceive me or are combs starting to sprout.
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Little mugs, sawdust goes in this afternoon. They are pros already at wrecking it minutes after it is cleaned.
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Even is a few days they grow so much! So cute

 

[Ponypoor]

I meant in this picture, the 2 silkies together looks like a dog

HAHAHAHA!

Oh yes a Lhasa Apso

 

[Ponypoor]

Essentially the same as I have done in bringing in Spike, and Roostie, and the Meat rescue Ladies… and I started off with several unrelated roosters so I’ve been able to limit inbreeding that way as well. Of course I set out with breeding goals, and the intention of growing my group from within. One thing I haven’t been able to successfully do though is produce a pure bred anything, my Barnvelders don’t breed each other, Mr and Mrs Marans only had two babies together… and so on. Your plan sounds solid and like a good way to safely introduce some more genetics to both your flocks.

Well I am hedging my bets for any future hatching. Right now I am all planned out with chicks:

- 10 I have on order (5, Brahma & 5, Bielefelder)
- 6 already i the bator…..
- 2 eggs from Penelope go in tomorrow
- 1 hopeful silkie Roo…

So if even 2 of the 6 in the bator hatch that’s a dozen chicks in a couple weeks.
And if 1 of Penelope’s hatches now I am at 13, and let’s not forget that little Silkie Roo, hmmmm 14?

And what happens if they all hatch? And they are all Roos??

 

[Ponypoor]

What now! The automatic drive on the wheels of my lawnmower locked up and I can’t mow my yard (needs mowing desperately) I will go out and repair it after it warms up some outside.
Disappointed and frustrated tax:
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I hear ya, it’s not one thing, it’s another…..

Meanwhile I have Sophia in the nest box screaming about something…. She hasn’t laid her egg yet.

 

[Ponypoor]

I would like to say, today… before I pull out the incubators… everyone here is a horrible enabler. I have four dozen eggs sitting on my coffee table, two more dozen and they are going to make the trip to my mothers where there is
Power and a stable indoor temperature. I have three people asking for chickens this year. I should grow my flock for next season. I’m not planning on doing meat birds this year, so why not hatch a few?

Babies are soooo cute!

Ok so when are you putting them in? Tomorrow and our kids can be born on he same day (Penelope I mean hahaha).