Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[knoturavggrl]

Did you try party city

I did not as we do not have one of those out here. I will however check other towns, its a good idea TY!

 

[featherhead007]

Plumber wanted 600 just to cap the line, which goes to the faucet. Told him. No thanks and had Lety drive me to home depot. For $20 I installed a shutoff valve on that line then capped it. I'll go back later and install new pipe and replace the faucet. Outrageous plumbing costs tax.View attachment 3519805

For that plumber to charge you that price is ridiculous. Did that include a big smooching on your butt cheeks ?

 

[Marie2020]

look at me I'm cleaning myself. I'm sick and tired of these humans complaining

 

[RoyalChick]

I am sorry to flood the thread with pictures but every time I snap the camera little Sylvie is hamming it up!

I am intrigued by Sylvie’s plumage - does anyone have experience of silver Welsummer or silver Welbar chickens of this age? She is supposed to look like Bernie but with silver hackles. That will require quite a change from where she is now!

 

[Ponypoor]

I’m driving the sunshine up to you as fastest as I can (I have it in the trunk of this cat mobile) View attachment 3519834

Thanks! Much appreciated - though to clarify - I have lots of sunshine what I need is HEAT!

 

[GregnLety]

For that plumber to charge you that price is ridiculous. Did that include a big smooching on your butt cheeks ?

I told him I'm a service tech so I get it but 600 for ten minutes work. .. they'll not get called back out here again unless I'm in dire straits. My usual guy is actually taking off the holiday or I'd never called these guys. If JB had been available it'd had been a $100 service call and he'd been done in 10 to 15 minutes.

 

[ManueB]

FBA weekly synopsis
20 to 27 May

@BY Bob :
Skunk spotted! However after some protection and a camera setting, it seemed to have given up.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26857482

Glynda may be small but she holds her rank!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26861146
 However, she is generous ; https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26861154

Phyllis is back at laying! And Hattie is having a try at crowing, which is not fun considering the neighborhood.

Who stole the walnuts in the bag ? https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26865346
Requested pictures of Glynda and Sydney (with Hattie as a guest) : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26870257

@featherhead007 :
Main show of the week is courtesy of neighbors little chicks still hanging by. The mama hen is feral ! They stopped coming for a while, which was worrying but when they are there, they know how to party !
Jaffar cocoricoed a lot this week : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26875911
Dakota has spent a lot of time in the house. She had a prolapse and is getting bullied by the other hens.

@Firsttimehens1234 posted a lovely presentation of their flock : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26860725
Disaster : a fox killed one of the two new hens. The lone hen is shocked. Fortunately a friend joined her from where she was bred.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26870504

@GregnLety had a truly bad week
They lost another beautiful roo : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26861210
And a pullet killed by a hawk . https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26873467
Picture of chickens hiding https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26861815

@knoturavggrl :
Second integration sequence went great for Brownie and her chicks : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26862410

Bad news, found a rat in the coop and tunnels under. Bybob had great success using dry ice. This will unfortunately delay the chicks integration in the coop https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26870326
No dry ice to buy anywhere but fight is going strong https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26876998

@LhickenChicken had a traumatic experience euthanizing Mrs Clean egg, who turned out to have EYP : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26864962

@lightm : reminder is leaving on the 5 June for a trip to China to see her family ! She will be doing a specific thread on her trip.
Tina is not doing well and has passed some poops with intestinal shedding. A slightly better update : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26877732

@Marie2020 : Tina had a not so good week laying both soft shells and wrong sized egg (tiny then huge). And princess has bumble foot. This hasn't stopped her from enjoying outside time and getting mucky! https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26878420

@Pastel The Rooster gave an update after some time off https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26873465

@Ponypoor has been overwhelmed most of the week with armies of chicks running around everywhere!
Pony Sunday https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26860583
Unfortunately on Tuesday Lulu and especially Truly were not well . The vet thinks maybe Truly could have an ulcer ? They seemed to improve some during the week. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26868038

Is Penne a girl or a boy?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26860608
The chicks lineage raised several interesting discussions on genetics and breeds. Rural mouse shared her knowledge https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26871046
Integration has begun. The chicks meet each other : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26875644
The broody chicks are more difficult to integrate than the brooder raised ; the mommas get upset.
To move them around a bucket of chicks works nicely ! https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26872694

@RebeccaBoyd :
Rosie was anxious for her first show after her injury, but she got a first place ! https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26861890

An update on her various chicks : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26870060
Madea the cockerel may have earned his life doing something precious : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26870234
"Muddy" leghorn pics : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26870282

@RoyalChick :
Sylvie's changing fast ! pictures: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26862015
By Friday she is out of the weird hairdo contest: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26876676
Mug of Calypso : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26864980
Chicks are growing and integrating. Mayhem has begun in the chicken palace!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26870600
In fact Bernie has written to Aurora about it : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26873087

Elie is slowly coming out of broody mode but she is not her normal self. RC is worried : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26874395

Rural mouse : posted as usual beautiful pictures throughout the week.
Different comb types : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26865325
Beautiful Cheetah mugs : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26863071

Sally PB finally has her chicks. And had a scare with power going out for a few hours with eggs in the incubator, but it turned out fine !
Picture of Button : https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26865000
Another cute picture: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads
/fluffy-butt-acres-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26871690

@ValarieF hasn't been online as usual due to health issues. But did mention that she could be getting three new chickens re-homed from a family moving. Chicken math strikes again.

Have a nice weekend everyone.

 

[Ponypoor]

I am sorry to flood the thread with pictures but every time I snap the camera little Sylvie is hamming it up!

I am intrigued by Sylvie’s plumage - does anyone have experience of silver Welsummer or silver Welbar chickens of this age? She is supposed to look like Bernie but with silver hackles. That will require quite a change from where she is now!

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She's a beauty and love her antics - I just love when they are 'jet propelled' haha!

 

[Ponypoor]

Just read this on another chicken site I frequent and laughed - another Queen Aurora in the making.

https://bitchinchickens.com/2023/05/27/the-funny-farm-a-saga-of-princess-pullet/

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Happy Caturday everyone.
The 2 new kitties Trixie and Penny now follow me everywhere when I do chicken chores. If I go in the coop to clean or gather eggs, they are in, checking on momma's and chicks they are under my feet. My stalkers have noticed this. They used to relentlessly chase them every chance they got. Now we have a truce between them. They have not chased them out of the backyard in 3 days. They have now joined CeeCee in pouting. CeeCee's favorite game was treeing the longhaired kitten Penny who used to be called smokey up the mimosa tree. Chickens are smart I tell you, this would not have happened 2 weeks ago.