Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[notabitail]

So, the thermometer hit 70F here on Monday.

Spoiler: today

View attachment 3465489This evening

Oh snow.

 

[micstrachan]

Do you think Flash could be eating her eggs? Is there any evidence of egg innards in the nest box that she laid in? This sounds like a case of egg-eating on her part.

Could be. Or Buttercup coukd be eating them; she had egg on her head recently. Her leg seems to have returned to normal. She’s laying an egg about every second day. Not as prolific as when she first started this year, but she seems healthy.

 

[notabitail]

Are you sure you're not in Canada???

I see this is heading my way for Monday...

But it's moisture so I am happy for you. Hard on livestock though

Snowbirds
(Ooooo another great song - snowbird)
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One patch of grass in the mysterious white stuff.

 

[Ponypoor]

They would peck my eyes out they hurt when they peck me and do it everytime I go into the run.

Oww! That's gotta hurt! Wear pants not shorts in that case!

 

[notabitail]

Abigail made sure she got her spot on the perch today.

 

[ValarieF]

Oww! That's gotta hurt! Wear pants not shorts in that case!

I wear 2 pairs of pants but they always find the thinnest spot and it hurts lol.

 

[featherhead007]

A possible rooster name: Gregory Peck?

 

[Ponypoor]

One patch of grass in the mysterious white stuff.

Ya I shovelled for them hahaha

I am a good Hooman

Ok all I am heading to try to sleep, big day tomorrow!!

 

[ValarieF]

Abigail made sure she got her spot on the perch today. View attachment 3465499

So pretty

 

[micstrachan]

I swear they do this just to worry me.
This morning I touch down at 5am after the redeye flight from LAX.
First thing I do is check my chicken cameras knowing that all I will see is Bernie because I can’t get a camera to see up into the rafters where the Math Majors roost.
Imagine my shock when this is what I see.
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This raises many questions:
How did little Eli get the most favored roost spot where she can warm her tush against the flat panel heater?
What is her bodyguard, Babs, watching so intently?
And, WHERE IS BERNADETTE??? I mean she is a big chicken to lose sight of!
I check all the cameras and there is no sign of her.
By this stage my mind has gone to every dark place and I am getting quite upset.
I search the feeds from the cameras for the night and finally find one that shows her marching into the nest boxes at about midnight.
And indeed, that is where I found her. Sitting peacefully on her newly laid egg and a ceramic egg.
Wait, what? That ceramic egg had been disposed of by Babs. Where did it come from?
Yet another mystery from the night.
No worries, Bernie is large and in charge as ever.
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I love this girl!!!