Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[notabitail]

Not as viscous right now, but I'm sure that will change. Felicitas at one point was full on with scream and peck but never went broody. Agathae went broody instead and didn't mind me taking a look or two.

I am now hearing rumors that there is a hen that makes this stuff that helps broodiness continue. Apparently it makes them peck harder, puff better, stay warmer, have higher success rates, and brood ten times as many clutches than a normal hen.
I think Agathae drank some, as she stayed broody so long she started to be unwell.
I asked In Albis and she said it was advertised everywhere. The TV, Beakbook, BukBok, you name it, the ads for it are there. She said at the end of every ad they say "Warning: One bottle will cause extreme non-stop broodiness, egg hoarding, and idiotic behavior if drank all at one time".

 

[Ponypoor]

Be careful what you wish for is all I am going to say. Who is to say they plan to wait until spring? I had to break Karen up last week again. I will also say having allowed it to happen a few times, I sort of like fall hatches. Same as early spring hatches weather wise with possible cold snaps but the momma's do fine. A bonus with a fall hatch. The hen would normally take a break anyway in the fall to molt and stop laying through winter. Raising a brood they are not technically freeloading. A plus is the pullets that hatch out, are ready to start laying themselves with the spring rush. Hen pecking will happen regardless with a broody. Either trying to stop them, check the eggs to make sure no one has laid a extra one or even offering food to the new chicks. Hens are going to growl and peck. How hard and viscous is the question.

Henny hatched her brood in late October and although I was worried the chicks (Rose and Dorothy) would be cold, they did fine.

And yep end of March Rose and Dorothy started laying eggs .

I was checking on the Azur Twister in her little nest, and when I put my hand under her to check for eggs, she did that little wiggle with her wings to haul my hand and the egg back close to her.

Made me a bit freaked out thinking that maybe she would go broody like Henny did when she started to first lay.

 

[Ponypoor]

Ooooo! Palindrome again!!

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I need not have worried over those Azurs being as wild as the west winds, they are the most nosiest pullets hahaha, and they have learnt that my office is ‘the place to hang out in’. This one is Flopsy

 

[Ponypoor]

Not as viscous right now, but I'm sure that will change. Felicitas at one point was full on with scream and peck but never went broody. Agathae went broody instead and didn't mind me taking a look or two.

Hmmm so her pecks are viscous are they?

What consistency of viscosity would you say they are?

 

[ChicoryBlue]

My numbers are just as bad. On a good day, 8 sometimes 9. On a bad day, like yesterday, 3. My layers are molting, or recovering from attempting to go broody. It is going to be a sparse winter as far as eggs are concerned. I will count on the leghorns all winter and that is it. Corona may pick back up if she ever lets go of those chicks. 14 weeks now, and she treats them like they just hatched. I was not able to put into place a plan of having a late September hatch with a few hens like I did last year. It worked as the 3 girls who did it last year let go of their chicks before the end of November and laid right through the winter. In the last month and a half I have had to break Raven, Karen, Goose, Baby and Holly from broodiness. Goose is back to laying and Raven is laying every other day. Baby just laid her first egg a few minutes ago. They may, may lay this winter but I will not trust it. The 6 pullets I have from Ravens last brood are 17 weeks old. Looking at them, I do not see them maturing and laying by the middle of November so I expect them to start late January. I might get a egg from Spooky, maybe. She is a 2nd generation Silkie x Marans cross. If she takes after the Marans side I can see her laying at 5 to 5 1/2 months. If she takes after the silkie side, who knows. The speckled sussex, barred rocks and Owly the EE are all new to me. The rocks seem to be maturing the quickest but still look like they have a ways to go.

No eggs from the Buckeyes at all these days. Both Hazel and Poocorn are molting. The Spuds are too young. But when the Buckeyes began laying at about 24 weeks, hatchday was July 6, it was January 3 or 4.

 

[Ponypoor]

No eggs from the Buckeyes at all these days. Both Hazel and Poocorn are molting. The Spuds are too young. But when the Buckeyes began laying at about 24 weeks, hatchday was July 6, it was January 3 or 4.

Hmmm interesting, you are not that far south of me; maybe the Sophia chicks may lay during the winter.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Someone didn't appreciate me peeking into the coop when I went to tuck them in...

And then of course Ash had to come zooming over in hopes that I had snackies.

 

[rural mouse]

Yes I see the barring, and the spotty necks.

I guess when she starts laying eggs I will get a better idea on her background. And the others also.

Sue is the only one who is solid red-chestnut.
I seem to catch her doing her tap dancing
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With her bright gold legs and solid red, she truly looks like a Rhodie. She has a straight comb. Correct?

 

[featherhead007]

Jaffar is still pestering you to become a knight in Queen Aurora's court right? The solution is obvious and you need to head to the post office to ship his bribe.

Aurora Queen of FBA would not take a bribe. (I don’t think?). I could try! And yes, Jaffar asks me about it every day.

 

[Ponypoor]

With her bright gold legs and solid red, she truly looks like a Rhodie. She has a straight comb. Correct?

Yes she does have a straight comb. Sure hope she isn’t, as I worry about the amt of eggs she might lay. Hoping that she is indeed part of their coloured egg special, and not some mix up where they just threw anything into the box.

Not that their coloured egg layers might lay any less eggs…. I just worry about those high production breeds.

But her colour sure is beautiful.