Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

How is your eye today?

Really good thanks, it ran like crazy all night but the moisture did encourage healing.

I am digging out my safety goggles next time! Those kiddos are just hilarious, they have a taste for freedom and there is no containing them. And wow can the fly, esp wee Martina! She must have leghorn in her ha! She has learnt that not only can she run and hide on the ground, but there is a whole new world in the vertical, and up is the way to go!

Yesterday she figured out those stairs that I have in the hen house, soon I bet I will be able to let them roost there at night. Another month I bet.

And the other chicks are a week old now, and they also are thriving. Today I will try to get them and mamas outside it’s supposed to be sunny and warm. The silkies are just sooooo tiny!

 

[Ponypoor]

Can’t remember if I posted this. These chicks know when I am in the office/feed room and want to be OUT with me running around they were trying to escape while I was waiting for the horses to finish eating they only try escaping when o am there .

 

[featherhead007]

Try drawing an eye on your camera….

 

[featherhead007]

Can’t remember if I posted this. These chicks know when I am in the office/feed room and want to be OUT with me running around they were trying to escape while I was waiting for the horses to finish eating they only try escaping when o am there .

They want to see what’s going on outside the brooder box!

 

[BY Bob]

Happy Friday

 

[knoturavggrl]

Happy Friday
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Great fluffy butt pictures!!

 

[RoyalChick]

This, I don't know why, is quite hard for me to post.
I brought 12 eggs home, and put them in the incubator. I already had my two chicks and Pastel turned out to be a rooster. Splotch was my pullet.
Only three eggs hatched. One pipped but got stuck and died before even zipping.
There was a stunning cute cream one, and red chick, and a "chipmunk " looking chick. The chipmunk chick was so cute. I don't know why, but I came up with the name Basil.
He turned out to be a rooster, which was frustrating.
For the first few months, he was sweet. He would climb up on my lap and cuddle with me.
I went to grab him one day, and he attacked me.
This repeated day after day.
Eventually, I gave him to my Post Office Lady, who I love.
He was now a free ranging chicken, and he was sweet again.
My mom told me yesterday that Basil disappeared. I was bummed out.
I remember when he was a tiny little chick, and when he grew.
Basil was the most gorgeous chicken I have ever met.
He was red, with long, curly green tail feathers, and some random green feathers on his body and neck.
He had a cute beard, and some half waddles

RIP Basil, Fly high buddy!!
Sadly I don't have any pictures of him on this phone. I will try to have my mom send me some pictures.

This hit me slightly harder than I thought. I refuse to cry though, because this is the risk with free ranging. That's why I can't let my five free range, I am so scared to lose them.
If I lose them, I will immediately go to, "Its all your fault, Pastel."
Edit: The two other chicks are Bolt and BBQ. I apologized to them for about half and hour. They were very close with him. They changed a lot when I gave him away.
I'm sorry, Bolt and BBQ.

Awww. So sorry. It is OK to cry when you lose a friend even when you know it is a risk.

 

[knoturavggrl]

Babies confirmed at Butler Hollow Coop!!!!

I went out with mash as I have done almost every day for Brownie to have a snack and get some water and with some patience out comes this one:

I see the scratch on its beak and she scolded this one pretty harshly for coming out. I was worried and said screw it I need to see of the rest are ok or if Brownie is a great sitter but a horrible mom. I know this happens, rare but possible. So I lifted her up gently and set her on the ground. I counted 6 fully fluffed out we ones. Mama got right back in the nest with them and didn’t hurt them at all. Here are a few more photos of them.

No meanness after that one incident, should I be concerned or was she simply trying to protect that baby from me and the cold? Thoughts? The rest seem perfectly unscathed and very lively.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Babies confirmed at Butler Hollow Coop!!!!

I went out with mash as I have done almost every day for Brownie to have a snack and get some water and with some patience out comes this one:
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I see the scratch on its beak and she scolded this one pretty harshly for coming out. I was worried and said screw it I need to see of the rest are ok or if Brownie is a great sitter but a horrible mom. I know this happens, rare but possible. So I lifted her up gently and set her on the ground. I counted 6 fully fluffed out we ones. Mama got right back in the nest with them and didn’t hurt them at all. Here are a few more photos of them.

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No meanness after that one incident, should I be concerned or was she simply trying to protect that baby from me and the cold? Thoughts? The rest seem perfectly unscathed and very lively.

It is cold and they are new she does not want them out from under her yet. She also will want them to stay mostly under her as long as she has unhatched eggs so do not panic. My girls chicks who are over a week old and several days old first thing in the mornings momma wants them under her. There is a difference between gentle scolding pecks and nudges and full on viscous attacks. I bet when you are not out looking she may allow them out from under her for a few minutes at a time. She is teaching them by tucking them back under her that she is their heat source. Remember, chickens do not have hands, the only thing they have is their beaks. Congrats to you and Brownie, they are adorable.

 

[RoyalChick]

Really good thanks, it ran like crazy all night but the moisture did encourage healing.

I am digging out my safety goggles next time! Those kiddos are just hilarious, they have a taste for freedom and there is no containing them. And wow can the fly, esp wee Martina! She must have leghorn in her ha! She has learnt that not only can she run and hide on the ground, but there is a whole new world in the vertical, and up is the way to go!

Yesterday she figured out those stairs that I have in the hen house, soon I bet I will be able to let them roost there at night. Another month I bet.

And the other chicks are a week old now, and they also are thriving. Today I will try to get them and mamas outside it’s supposed to be sunny and warm. The silkies are just sooooo tiny!

So glad to hear your eye is improving. I was worried.