Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[knoturavggrl]

How is Brownie doing?

She is doing well, I went out this morning and this afternoon to check on her and give her the opportunity to eat some mash or get up if she wished to. She declined leaving the nest but did eat some.

I peaked under her this afternoon for just a few seconds because I just had to see if anything was happening. I saw one egg clearly zipping and it looked to making quite a bit of progress!

Today is the 21st day plus the low temperature due to the faulty incubator issue I had for the first two days I am unsurprised they are on the late side of normal to begin to hatch.

 

[featherhead007]

Then he's splash laced. He has 2 copies of the diluted black (makes blue). Unless he's crossed with another splash, 100% of his offspring will have blue (grey) feathers. They may have other colors bleed through, but the blue "overwrites" pretty much everything else.

PITA (front) is splash.
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She and/or Blanche crossed with Cheetah make blue with red bleeding through in the hacklesView attachment 3491852
Now crossing a blue bird with the splash will get blue OR splash

You say, the blue will override the grey? Well it worked well in the American civil war, but.., the South shall rise again!

 

[featherhead007]

Momma finally brought her chicks off the nest.
Nothing to see here.
View attachment 3491847View attachment 3491853That is a fuzzy face I see, it for sure is going to have a beard and muffs. I will bet you it is a Twig chick. I know it is not Branch's because the half silkies always have a double toe. Goose's chicks are 1/2 silkie and I do not think one of them has a double toe.
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Twiggy deserves a cigar!

 

[featherhead007]

Oh my gosh so cute! Aren’t they just so adorable! You are so lucky to have such splendid weather to have them out and about. It’s so wonderful to see them wandering around in the dirt with Momma

Fantastic!

 

[rural mouse]

So far all the feathers coming in are black (much to my disappointment), they look just like Dorothy (Penelope’s girl), and Rose (Blanches girl) did as babies and Dorothy is black as can be and rose only has this blonde neck shackle feathers otherwise black also.

Dont get me started on wee Penne, Penelope’s baby this time around, she has the white wing tips like Tippy but otherwise looks black.

So...hmmm....They're twisting genetics into pretzels or something's missing in the genetic calculations.

 

[rural mouse]

You say, the blue will override the grey? Well it worked well in the American civil war, but.., the South shall rise again!

In feather colors, blue IS grey.

 

[featherhead007]

Yea clean legs

You sure they are clean? With all your mud and poor weather, I would think they might be dirty!

 

[featherhead007]

In feather colors, blue IS grey.

 

[BY Bob]

I am jealous that she has co-broodies. I have 4 mommas currently, not one of them wants to be around the other momma or their chicks. Why can you 4 not work together? It would be so much easier then it is now with everyone wanting to fight the other one. Yes Holly, right now I am talking about you.

How is Daddy handling everything!

 

[BY Bob]

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@BY Bob Josey wants to show off her "do".

That's a great one! Very impressive.