Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Happy Fluffy Butt Friday everyone!
I got a fluffy butt line up!

The impressive fluff closest to the camera belongs to Tassels and is worth another picture. Somehow in the week I was away she became huge and very fluffy!

 

[rural mouse]

Happy Fluffy Butt Friday everyone!
I got a fluffy butt line up!


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The impressive fluff closest to the camera belongs to Tassels and is worth another picture. Somehow in the week I was away she became huge and very fluffy!
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She's got outstanding fluff!

 

[Ponypoor]

Gosh that reminds me of my neighbours girls playing with the foals; they would weave flowers in their mane and forelocks

I would come home from work and find them decked out in daisies and dandelions, an other wild flowers each evening I would have to clean up their manes and next days repeat hahaha. Those foals sure where spoiled, I think one of them was Sally… so long ago…

Time Tax
BFTP Fluffy in the coveted prime roosting spot, the window
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Ummm duh, silly me, that’s Curly not Fluffy

 

[BY Bob]

Haha! I did get lots of fermented feed at Oktoberfest.

In all seriousness, I have fermented feed as a treat for the girls before and they loved it to a point and then got sick of it. Flash has had a slow crop for a few weeks, so I am providing mash made from their pellet/crumble mix alongside tge dry feed.

Please keep us updated on Flash.

 

[BY Bob]

This morning
Red sky in the morning
Sailors take warning…

We have had a long run of gorgeous summer like weather - it’s been at 30C this past week just crazy for here in Oct. the chooks have been just lucky it isn’t freezing cold with their molting (darn Penelope why didn’t you molt a few weeks ago!?). But coming to an end, starting tonight rain rain rain and no higher than 10C for daytime highs and the ‘S’ word is being put out there for Monday overnight

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Weather Tax

Sue wants to be a Rockette
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Oh no. Not

 

[BY Bob]

Also, my Aurora has grown up to be a very fluffy pullet! She has been finding spicy food to eat to make her beard grow as well as muffs. Muffin not so much.
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What a splendid beard!

 

[BY Bob]

Absence makes the heart grow fonder tax

I am finally back from my trip. Flight was delayed so it was close to bedtime when I got in yesterday.
This morning though I can’t quite get my mind around how big the Pentagonists have grown.
It is definitely Piglet who started laying while I was away - such cute tiny blue eggs! I can tell it is her by the way Bernie treats her. She chases her away now like she does with Sylvie, the only other Pentagonist to be laying.
Anyway, I was surprised they were so pleased to see me. I thought they would all run from me.
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You are a beloved tribe member for sure.

 

[BY Bob]

I’m having a chat with Jaffar about this situation right now! But so far he’s denied any allegations against him.

Jaffar, just say lawyer. I will say nothing without my lawyer.

Tax

 

[BY Bob]

My girls don't lay eggs anymore.
Princess laid around 3 this year, bless her for trying to pay for her board and lodgings

When is the last time Tina laid an egg?

 

[BY Bob]

If anyone can make a liar out of me it is Momma Hen, but here goes. I am now confident Momma Hen is done laying. Her last brood was sold I think end of April or the first of May. Years of experience with that hen I know her patterns, especially during the spring and summer months. She should have started back up laying within 2 to 3 weeks. This is a hen who hatches 3 to 4 clutches every year like clockwork. She starts laying. The first week and a half to 2 weeks lays in obvious places. Then she hides them, to build a clutch to go broody. If you find them and try to break her up she finds another hiding spot. She did not do that. Instead she went through a heavy hard molt that started immediately after her chicks were gone. Her molt was finished by the middle of August and she is just beautiful right now. I have not had one single egg from her. No interest in nest spots obvious or previous hidden haunts. No interest in anyone else's eggs either. I really feel she is done. I don't know how I feel about this to be honest. I am in no way upset that she may be done, if any hen has earned her retirement it is her. To be fair though I envisioned myself fighting that hen beak and nail over broody nonsense until her final days. She is my best broody hands down even though the sheer aggravation has made me want to throttle her. I should be happy I may no longer will have to deal with the demon. Instead I feel it is the end of a era and I am sad.

She may try to take other's eggs and hatch them now. You may not be done. If you are, it surely is the end of an Era and you should celebrate her last brood as a special day every year.