Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

My boys
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Can I be one of your “boys” also?

 

[knoturavggrl]

Caturday plus some extras as it was a lucky picture day.

Brownie, who is still half heartedly trying to hatch eggs.

Avalon - she is getting more and more pink in her face and comb everyday.

Lore, I couldn’t pick since he was showing off, so your getting em all

Lastly, the almost perfect picture

 

[featherhead007]

Interesting that it doesn't disclose the actual bacteria strains! Though there are supposedly over 200 different strains present. @RoyalChick - thoughts? I know multi strain probiotics is definitely preferable to single-strain...but ?????

I was studying the different types of bacteria, but then my hands fell off!
I’m bad yes.

 

[featherhead007]

Okay, I caved and did it:

I still have 2 broodies that have been broody for over 5 weeks, aren't breaking, and will never hatch chicks as they are low on the totem pole, get pulled out of the nest boxes...so then hop into any open one that has eggs....hence the eggs end up starting, getting chilled, and dieing.....

So......






Here are my new additions...I will give the older 2 to one of the girls (my young, first time broody), and the 4 younger ones to my DC girl that is a proven mom. (They were on sale at TSC. This year, seems whenever they have a few 'fliers', on the weekend, they all go on sale......$1 each for the 2 straight run EEs - the two older ones) and $2 each for the 4 younger pullets (one an EE the other 3 black sex linked - they aren't as prolific a layer as a red sex link - regardless of the specific name - and are half BR (boys have yellow head spot and are barred, girls are not barred and frequently have a bit of red in their hackles - I'll cross them back with a BR roo)

Meet the newbies:

The whole bunch
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Mr. Scaredy pants he hugged my hand for a long time before he 'stood up' a bit. But I do suspect it is a boy based on early comb development - we will see, thoughView attachment 3614016View attachment 3614017


The second EE straight run (again, a bit older than the others. She has very pretty muted markings on her wings:
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The youngsters: 3 Black star pullets and one EE pullet:
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The last one has no white on her wings, and already has a bit of red seeping through as a rusty colour on her head. The first and second black stars have white on their elbow and wing tips, respectively. And the first is the EE pullet. It doesn't show well in the pic, but she has quite puffy cheeks, so I am sure will have a nice little muff going a she grows.

I needed more chicks like I need another hole in my head - I already have 57 (15 are slow-grow meat birds - the rest are 'keepers' except for the 'extra' roos) But, I just couldn't let my girl continue to sit - especially my sweet DC girl - she has lost so much weight, even with me making sure she gets up in the am and clipping both food and water to her nest box......and she is such a good mom - I just had to do this for her...and the young girl - fiercely determined to hatch...her too...now hopefully they will both accept the chicks. I'm pretty confident about my DC girl, but unsure about my youngster ( she is a black Jersey Giant pullet, just under 1 year old this week) I am putting the slightly older chicks with her because as long as they can find the food and water (which I will show them), they should be okay as long as they get to nest in the box with her at night for warmth ( meaning the closeness of the nest box - since they are partially feathered, and it isn't too cold, as long as they have that closed space and each other, I think they will be okay if she doesn't cotton to them. I can easily set up a crib so they will have their own protected space with food and water to get away from the bigs if she doesn't protect them/adopt them.

If any of those EE’s don’t work out for you, you can send them straight away to me! Thanks.

 

[Sally PB]

I made a yogurt that way once. Yes it was thin but it really worked

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sallys-gf3-thread.1579174/page-41
I posted how I make yogurt in my thread. I need to make some more!
Tax:
Pip is not a lap chicken, she's my shoulder chicken.

 

[RoyalChick]

I used to have a green chicken but she has been replaced by a blue one. Is that the new model? An upgrade? She isn’t saying!

 

[Ponypoor]

Okay, I caved and did it:

I still have 2 broodies that have been broody for over 5 weeks, aren't breaking, and will never hatch chicks as they are low on the totem pole, get pulled out of the nest boxes...so then hop into any open one that has eggs....hence the eggs end up starting, getting chilled, and dieing.....

So......






Here are my new additions...I will give the older 2 to one of the girls (my young, first time broody), and the 4 younger ones to my DC girl that is a proven mom. (They were on sale at TSC. This year, seems whenever they have a few 'fliers', on the weekend, they all go on sale......$1 each for the 2 straight run EEs - the two older ones) and $2 each for the 4 younger pullets (one an EE the other 3 black sex linked - they aren't as prolific a layer as a red sex link - regardless of the specific name - and are half BR (boys have yellow head spot and are barred, girls are not barred and frequently have a bit of red in their hackles - I'll cross them back with a BR roo)

Meet the newbies:

The whole bunch
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Mr. Scaredy pants he hugged my hand for a long time before he 'stood up' a bit. But I do suspect it is a boy based on early comb development - we will see, thoughView attachment 3614016View attachment 3614017


The second EE straight run (again, a bit older than the others. She has very pretty muted markings on her wings:
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The youngsters: 3 Black star pullets and one EE pullet:
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The last one has no white on her wings, and already has a bit of red seeping through as a rusty colour on her head. The first and second black stars have white on their elbow and wing tips, respectively. And the first is the EE pullet. It doesn't show well in the pic, but she has quite puffy cheeks, so I am sure will have a nice little muff going a she grows.

I needed more chicks like I need another hole in my head - I already have 57 (15 are slow-grow meat birds - the rest are 'keepers' except for the 'extra' roos) But, I just couldn't let my girl continue to sit - especially my sweet DC girl - she has lost so much weight, even with me making sure she gets up in the am and clipping both food and water to her nest box......and she is such a good mom - I just had to do this for her...and the young girl - fiercely determined to hatch...her too...now hopefully they will both accept the chicks. I'm pretty confident about my DC girl, but unsure about my youngster ( she is a black Jersey Giant pullet, just under 1 year old this week) I am putting the slightly older chicks with her because as long as they can find the food and water (which I will show them), they should be okay as long as they get to nest in the box with her at night for warmth ( meaning the closeness of the nest box - since they are partially feathered, and it isn't too cold, as long as they have that closed space and each other, I think they will be okay if she doesn't cotton to them. I can easily set up a crib so they will have their own protected space with food and water to get away from the bigs if she doesn't protect them/adopt them.

How old do you thing those older ones are? A week?

 

[featherhead007]

That’s all I would feed my chooks (Greek yogurt) but then they started growing thick black mustaches and oily feathers.

I’m kidding, no offense to the Greeks!

Those of you who thought my Greek comment was shocking and appalling, can close your mouth now!

 

[Ponypoor]

It is funny you should say that about impacting her eating time. Babs got almost all the leftovers from my lunch because Bernie was so busy chasing everyone else away. Silly Bernie.
Have you ever had a kitten? They know more ways to get into trouble even than young chickens. I am not sure I, or my older cats, are ready for the chaos that a kitten unleashes on a home!

Ya…kittens - a load of fun! Missy was with me when I was working on a project - it was both crazy and fun to come home to at the end of the day

 

[featherhead007]

I used to have a green chicken but she has been replaced by a blue one. Is that the new model? An upgrade? She isn’t saying!


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That depends. Is your coop two door or four door? If four door, then it’s not a coop, it’s a sedan !