Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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ManueB said:
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.
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Hey that was great thanks! I had missed some of the posts so it was really helpful for me :)

a HUGE thanks!
 
ManueB said:
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.
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Thank you @ManueB!
@bgmathteach - I know your new LMS has you swamped and very behind - this might help you catch up.
 
bgmathteach said:
I don't know if @rural mouse already responded to this - I'm almost 100 pages behind, and surely won't be able to fully catch up this weekend - so I'm risking it.

I suspect that Penelope is a mix of a silkie and an Ameraucauna (in reality, probably an EE as true Ameraucaunas are somewhat expensive and don't come from the big hatcheries - rather from smaller hatcheries and from breeders. (I have bought a few supposed Ameraucaunas' from a hatchery, but in reality they were EEs some laid blue eggs, but some laid a soft green egg. They spelled it 'Americauna')

I suspect this mix because she has the silkie tuft (head) and the toes, and often (from what I have read on here from the likes of @RebeccaBoyd - not through any personal investigations nor scientific research on genetics or anything!) She would be the 'satin feathered' - i.e. more regular feathering like Twig.

Now I'm a bit curious, and will have to do some research on this - when my class is over and things die down a bit for me!
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Now I need photo's of Penelope myself to scrutinize. Why did this not cross my mind. So far every first gen silkie cross of mine has been hard or satin feathered, beards and muffs to a extent and double toed. Twig has a head tuft, Goose my pullet does not but then really neither does Goose's momma Chiquita. The 2nd gen silkie crosses are a bit more varied but signs are still there of silkie genetics. Twig has passed on the double toe to a couple chicks. He has also passed on black skin to some and the beards on a few. The biggest thing he is passing on and it is very noticeable since the majority of my flock have single combs is his walnut comb. Not one chick of his has a single comb. Both Twig and Goose are bigger than their silkie parent. The 2nd gen silkie cross chicks are already showing signs of being even bigger.
 
GregnLety said:
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.
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$100 is more like it. That would be fair enough
 
ManueB said:
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.
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Excellent read. Kinda like the obituaries I read daily
(hoping to NOT find my name listed)
Kidding :gig
 
RebeccaBoyd said:
Now I need photo's of Penelope myself to scrutinize. Why did this not cross my mind. So far every first gen silkie cross of mine has been hard or satin feathered, beards and muffs to an extent and double toed. Twig has a head tuft, Goose my pullet does not but then really neither does Goose's momma Chiquita. The 2nd gen silkie crosses are a bit more varied but signs are still there of silkie genetics. Twig has passed on the double toe to a couple chicks. He has also passed on black skin to some and the beards on a few. The biggest thing he is passing on and it is very noticeable since the majority of my flock have single combs is his walnut comb. Not one chick of his has a single comb. Both Twig and Goose are bigger than their silkie parent. The 2nd gen silkie cross chicks are already showing signs of being even bigger.
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And Twiggy! :old
 
Im sorry Ive been here just not typing much. I came up with some better names for the silkies and frizzle. The frizzle is storm, the blue silkie is Cyclone. The partridge is Tsunami and clyde is now Tornado.
I gathered a huge bucket of eggs I must have a hundred or so to get rid of. Time to hit up with the family and friends and neighbors.
Tornadoe is all better fry wry neck and cocoricos all the time every day. Its a little squeeky cocorico though its so cute.
 

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