Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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Look at clyde doing soooo much better now his head is up!

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That is awesome news!

 

[featherhead007]

Isn’t it piles of rocks, not packs?

Depends on what side of the tracks you live on!

 

[featherhead007]

Isn’t it piles of rocks, not packs?

You’ve heard of Rock and Roll. We roll!

 

[featherhead007]

“Now you all are just being silly!”

 

[ValarieF]

You’ve heard of Rock and Roll. We roll!

I have a barred I rock n roll

 

[featherhead007]

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“what’s your name sweetheart?”

 

[ValarieF]

“what’s your name sweetheart?”
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Hades lol

 

[ValarieF]

Doing good today I feel great and spent time with chooks. Hades is clucking and making weird noises so I got pic’s and video

 

[ValarieF]

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Barred is the specific coloring of Plymouth Rock breed. It's a bit of a mouthful, so the Plymouth gets left off. All ____ Rock chickens are Plymouth Rocks. They come in Barred, Black, White, Silver Penciled (look like Primula and Belladonna without the feathered feet and smaller size), Blue, Buff, Partridge (Pear), and probably more colors. All (unless specifically specified for that color variety) should have yellow legs, eye color and body shape (including the "tent" tail) he talked about. The White Rock is specifically crossed with Cornish (@bgmathteach, the Dark Cornish? or are there other Cornish varieties?) to get the Cornish Cross meat bird that is mostly what you find in the supermarket. They grow super quickly and get processed around 12 weeks. Any being kept as pets HAVE to be put on a specially diet and even then will likely die on their own around 9 months: body simply gives up. The hybrid is usually unable to reproduce so breeders keep lines of Cornish and lines of Rocks going with the cross happening in other pens.

There are other meat bird lines that are more self sustainable (Rangers, and many of the heritage like Breese). Most of the meat bird specific breeds don't lay all that many eggs in a year. Dual purpose breeds lay more eggs and have enough meat on their frames to be worth eating also. Layer breeds are egg laying machines (we know the problems with that).

Similar to Marans. They come in that I know of Black Copper, Black, Blue, Blue Copper, Splash, Wheaten, Black Tailed Buff, White, Cuckoo *barred*, and Lavender. Some in Australia are working on other color varieties. Add to those colors if they have feathered legs and toes they are French Marans. Clean legs are the British or American variety. I have both French and American varieties in my flock. No matter the color they all have a large single comb, flat back with a tail that should be no higher than a 45 degree angle. Their leg color should be slate with flesh or pink pads on their feet, except Cuckoo, I cannot remember what their leg color is supposed to be. They are also large birds as they are a dual purpose breed with the hens laying dark or heavily speckled dark eggs. Next to the Breese the French love them and they are considered delicacies. I would not know, I cannot personally eat my birds.