Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Okay, so I edited this post, that is horrible, they release toxins....like it isn't bad enough that they damage the gut and rob the body of nutrients.

Instead, I will post a picture of my sweet departed girl:
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[featherhead007]

I was thinking about you at the airport as I purchased some almonds to eat on the flight.
Hope it isn’t too bad for you.

Nice of you to think of me. Any jets for sale there?

 

[featherhead007]

Or if you’re a silkie knock you over

Or if you’re a Polish, get flipped!

 

[RoyalChick]

I am traveling this week so only able to check the Princesses on camera and pop in here from time to time.
Babs seems to be reconsidering the rafters. I dint have bandwidth to share the video - just this screen grab - but a couple of times I held my breath because I really thought she was about to launch herself up there!

Before I left I did some rearranging in the Chicken Palace.
I removed the brooder fire escape and added a hanging feeder. They already have two feeders but when I am home they get to go out foraging and now they will be confined until I get back.
This has all precipitated a new world order.
Sylvie now roosts with Babs and Bernie, and the remaining Pentagonists (the Quadratics?) get to have breakfast without Bernie chasing them. They seem to like the extra feeder a lot!

 

[Ponypoor]

Okay, so I edited this post, that is horrible, they release toxins....like it isn't bad enough that they damage the gut and rob the body of nutrients.

Instead, I will post a picture of my sweet departed girl:
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You miss her a lot. Tell me is this cross beak thing a genetic or congenital thing?

EDIT

Sorry if that sounds unfeeling, I am really interested in the mechanism of how things occur.

 

[RoyalChick]

Nice of you to think of me. Any jets for sale there?

EWR. Lots of jets. Doubt they are for sale!

Flight talk tax: Piglet coming in to land - better than a jet!

 

[Ponypoor]

I am traveling this week so only able to check the Princesses on camera and pop in here from time to time.
Babs seems to be reconsidering the rafters. I dint have bandwidth to share the video - just this screen grab - but a couple of times I held my breath because I really thought she was about to launch herself up there!
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Before I left I did some rearranging in the Chicken Palace.
I removed the brooder fire escape and added a hanging feeder. They already have two feeders but when I am home they get to go out foraging and now they will be confined until I get back.
This has all precipitated a new world order.
Sylvie now roosts with Babs and Bernie, and the remaining Pentagonists (the Quadratics?) get to have breakfast without Bernie chasing them. They seem to like the extra feeder a lot!

Be safe, tell the pilot to fly safely! Catch you when you get back

 

[Ponypoor]

EWR. Lots of jets. Doubt they are for sale!

Flight talk tax: Piglet coming in to land - better than a jet!
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These youngsters are hilarious and all this flying about! Yours and mine must be collaborating on BeakBook!

 

[featherhead007]

My doctor ordered a cat scan?

 

[Sally PB]

Did you get only the 4 Bielefelders and the 1 Australorp?

Yes, those are the 5 I got last May. I ordered 3 Biels and 1 Blue. Mt Healthy sent a 4th Biel.

There was a period of time when I worried Pip might not be a Biel, and therefore a cockerel. She "combed up" very early. No worries now.

Robin might be the first of the pullets to lay. She got epaulettes (baby feathers on her shoulders), and butt feathers first. She's reddened up on her comb and wattles the most of the five.