Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Look who is feeling a little bit better. She’s been drinking and eating some. Not much, but it’s a start. And tonight she’s going to stay in the coop, if she can get up to her perch. I’m still not so optimistic about her being well. Her sister Beetov-Hen did the same exact thing. Seems to get better, then found her dead on the coop floor.
Let’s hope Hen-Rietta can beat the odds and stay alive with me for another year!
I’d settle for a few more months or weeks even!

Here she is, going to the coop:

 

[knoturavggrl]

I would leave it, Brownie will let you know when she has had enough

They will follow her eventually. Watching the peer out from under mama while tucked under her wings/between her feet is fun. Don't take the tote until they've gone up several consecutive nights.

Message received: Continue to stay outta Brownies way Thank you

 

[notabitail]

Contrary to popular belief, Abigail the Broody, also known as Little Miss Broody around here, is NOT out for blood. I can reach under her and pet her without any harm.
If Felicitas went broody, though, she would probably take a chunk out of your hand. She almost did that to me while laying an egg.

 

[LhickenChicken]

Contrary to popular belief, Abigail the Broody, also known as Little Miss Broody around here, is NOT out for blood. I can reach under her and pet her without any harm.
If Felicitas went broody, though, she would probably take a chunk out of your hand. She almost did that to me while laying an egg.

Same with Tomatilla. All she will do is inflate like a balloon and give an earsplitting screech. But no pecks. She pecks only young pullets, which Dawn laid an egg today so she is no longer a young pullet (aka lady-in-waiting)

 

[Ponypoor]

Message received: Continue to stay outta Brownies way Thank you

Hahaha - those is why broody hens drive me bonkers! At least with my silkies I don’t worry, mine will roost in a nest box usually, so that is easier on the nerves!

 

[notabitail]

Same with Tomatilla. All she will do is inflate like a balloon and give an earsplitting screech. But no pecks. She pecks only young pullets, which Dawn laid an egg today so she is no longer a young pullet (aka lady-in-waiting)

Abigail only gives a very soft and low warning screech and puts her hackles up. She does not care for puffing her whole body. She makes a louder noise when it is a chicken going up but barely a sound when it is me. I think she knows I will not kick her out or bug her too much.
The Cream Legbars let out such a loud screech. Felicitas will go to the extent of pecking my hand if it dares to go near her.

 

[Ponypoor]

Here she is, going to the coop:View attachment 3536096View attachment 3536097

If she is eating maybe entice her now with treats….? Do they like bread, or meats…? Maybe you can try that?

 

[Ponypoor]

A Very Special Fluffy Bum

Spoiler: What Bum Could it be?

We took Eve to paint ceramics the last time she was home and I poisoned a little Hattie!

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Awwww that’s super fun!

 

[Ponypoor]

It's that a three legged creature? If so it has a great sense of balance.

I was going to ask that also I think it has a leg raised up and bent in front.

 

[rural mouse]

Same with Tomatilla. All she will do is inflate like a balloon and give an earsplitting screech. But no pecks. She pecks only young pullets, which Dawn laid an egg today so she is no longer a young pullet (aka lady-in-waiting)

Ummmm.... Technically, a pullet (or a cockerel) is under a year old....