Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

No luck with Xzit. Still acting broody. I have her in the house. The coop is way too hot during this heatwave

 

[Ponypoor]

Come here and fix my grapevines!

hahaha - in a few months

 

[Ponypoor]

Xzit is broody. It’s too hot to set eggs here . I’m trying to talk her out of it,.

Yes I agree - unless you can keep her in the house the whole time.

 

[Ponypoor]

They so badly want to be grown up and sleep with the big ones.

I would let them but they can't fly at all, and 30" is a bit high when you're only 6” tall!

 

[Ponypoor]

Yes, she is just over a year old. We have 2 "low cost" spay/neuter places here, but they have been solidly booked since i started calling in February. Regular vets are charging almost 300.00 for a spay which is just not possible for us right now. I feel irresponsible for "letting" it happen, but she is a very good mama. Despite her still being somewhat wild she did choose to have them here, if in a nearly inaccessible spot in the garage.
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Will have to go get some new pics for tax

such a sweet face Hopefully you can get them into some good homes.

 

[Ponypoor]

He's absolutely beautiful!

Yep - but rotten luck on my part with her being a he... darn it.

Well I did say to @RebeccaBoyd when she suggested Martina as a name that if it were a boy I would call him Martin.

Only problem I keep calling him Martina! It's Roxanne all over again! (Roxanna was a silkie I had that I was sure was a pullet - till she crowed!).

 

[Ponypoor]

Yep - I don't really care what they are, I won't be keeping any. Once they start laying I will sell them as started pullets.

Don't look so surprised @featherhead007 - can't keep them all I would be truly 'ponypoor' then!

 

[RoyalChick]

Pooh’s voice has started to change. Just now she honked like a goose and startled the Pentagonists (including herself) so badly that they all scattered and hid in the bushes.

I think she thinks I can’t see her.

 

[Ponypoor]

Pooh’s voice has started to change. Just now she honked like a goose and startled the Pentagonists (including herself) so badly that they all scattered and hid in the bushes.

I think she thinks I can’t see her.


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Too funny

 

[Gigachad poultry]

Introducing the current residents of Fluffy Butt Acres

As you can see from the front of the coop, we currently have 4 residents. Patsy, Lilly, Hattie & Jabber.
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Patsy & Lilly have been here the longest and we ar enot really certain what kind of birds they are but they are likely Black Sex Links. Hattie and Jabber have just joined the flock this summer as they were chicks we got back in April. Here are their individual photos.

Patsy
She is our alpha hen and is extremely friendly. While not a big fan of being picked up she comes right up to you and will talk and visit.
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Lilly is currently #2 in the pecking order and intends to stay there. She has become our little enforcer and she defends the flock from such terrors as squirrels, rabbits, doves, and most importantly, ducks.
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More to come on our newbies.

They seem like black Marans or black copper Marans.