Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Desertvalleychickens]

Good Morning from the Desert Valley Chickens!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Good morning friends! out of all my chickens I expected to sell I didn't expect the first one to be a rooster! Today I say goodbye to Maggie the copper maran bantam. He is going to a great breeders who recently lost his original breeding roo to a hawk. He is excited but also a bit confused about going to his new home!
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This does not surprise me one bit. I did not know about bantam Marans, but, a good looking adult Black Copper Marans is going to be fairly easy to place. Hen or Roo for that matter. The person who is buying him does not have to wait now until he is a adult to know how he is going to turn out. He can identify what faults he has and has decided he will fit into their breeding program. He will have a great life, sire lots of offspring and when his time comes he will leave behind a few sons or grandsons in his place. I suggest you keep their contact information if possible. In the future if you find yourself in a position to expand your flock again you can see if they have any available that are related to him.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Good morning friends! out of all my chickens I expected to sell I didn't expect the first one to be a rooster! Today I say goodbye to Maggie the copper maran bantam. He is going to a great breeders who recently lost his original breeding roo to a hawk. He is excited but also a bit confused about going to his new home!
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I like him by the way, gorgeous color. How old is he? From this picture I do not see any parasitic white which is annoying and hard to breed out. My nitpick with him is his high tail set. With the right hens though that can be fixed in a couple generations. I also think he has just the right amount of leg feathering as well. Farewell Maggie, go live the good life with a harem of laidies.

 

[featherhead007]

The only place he will be released to is the dinner table...(when he gets a bit too old)

I actually tried having my chickens for dinner, but they made such a mess at the table that I won’t be doing that again!

 

[Gigachad poultry]

I actually tried having my chickens for dinner, but they made such a mess at the table that I won’t be doing that again!

Same with goats, they treat the table like someone doing yoga. They climb all over it and poop on it!!! I would not recommend! 3/10

 

[Gigachad poultry]

I like him by the way, gorgeous color. How old is he? From this picture I do not see any parasitic white which is annoying and hard to breed out. My nitpick with him is his high tail set. With the right hens though that can be fixed in a couple generations. I also think he has just the right amount of leg feathering as well. Farewell Maggie, go live the good life with a harem of laidies.

Thanks, his tail is usually really nice looking and I think It's just from him being crazy in his crate. He dust bathes alot which is half the reason for his beautiful feathers. Here is a photo of him about two weeks ago, he was born late March.

 

[Ponypoor]

For a legbar, Glynda looks a lot more like a leghorn. She's beautiful.

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The quintessential hen - bright white, and red comb and wattles, and a jaunty tail

 

[Ponypoor]

I have a friend in Vancouver. I visited once - it was lovely. And it didn’t rain at all which is definitely not it’s reputation!

Dry dry dry this year - of course guaranteed once I get there it will start pelting down rain.

 

[Gigachad poultry]

This does not surprise me one bit. I did not know about bantam Marans, but, a good looking adult Black Copper Marans is going to be fairly easy to place. Hen or Roo for that matter. The person who is buying him does not have to wait now until he is a adult to know how he is going to turn out. He can identify what faults he has and has decided he will fit into their breeding program. He will have a great life, sire lots of offspring and when his time comes he will leave behind a few sons or grandsons in his place. I suggest you keep their contact information if possible. In the future if you find yourself in a position to expand your flock again you can see if they have any available that are related to him.

I actually did get his number as he has Cayuga ducks which are extremely hard to find in Italy and I really want to sell hatching eggs of ducks or maybe even turkeys! Maybe in the future I will see if he has any so I can breed copper maran bantams!

 

[Ponypoor]

Caturday

Snapped this pic quick as Missy was on a mission of some sort!