Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

They’re busy harvesting.

Mostly walnuts so far, but the almonds will be ready soon

 

[Ponypoor]

I’m too far south to grow blackberries/ Boysenberries .

Yes I bet, they need a frost time to bring on the flowers and leaves just like apples do, and pears and plums. Though I think there are cultivars that will grow in warmer climates - GregnLety has an apple tree that grows in his zone.

Climate Tax
Red enjoying the leaves

If only the world could solve their climate tax issue as easily as posting a photo of a hen.

 

[featherhead007]

The trees are starting to shed their leaves here too. I love piling them up, so the chooks can have fun destroying the piles!
Fun for everyone!

 

[Ponypoor]

Some more tax owed

I am taking some Autumn photos for use in next years calendar contest.

Sue - I love her colour so rich and Fall like

 

[Ponypoor]

The trees are starting to shed their leaves here too. I love piling them up, so the chooks can have fun destroying the piles!
Fun for everyone!

Do you get frost there at all?

I o ow my cousins are n Bakersfield get frosty some times and several years ago had snow !

 

[Ponypoor]

Some more tax owed

I am taking some Autumn photos for use in next years calendar contest.

Sue - I love her colour so rich and Fall like
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Unfortunately she moved her head so this one’s no good.

 

[thecatumbrella]

Yes and a good thing they don’t have teeth

Welcome to the thread, do you have photos of your chooks? We love seeing photos of other’s chooks

We are a chatty bunch so jump right in

Mr By Bob will likely also welcome you he is the owner of this thread and has some lovely chooks.

You're too kind!

Of course, nothing makes me happier than showing off my girls. Mushroom, Pepper, and Ginger. 21 weeks-old, super cute and naughty.

 

[Ponypoor]

You're too kind!

Of course, nothing makes me happier than showing off my girls. Mushroom, Pepper, and Ginger. 21 weeks-old, super cute and naughty.

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They are lovely

Have they started laying eggs yet?

 

[thecatumbrella]

They are lovely

Have they started laying eggs yet?

Ginger just started on Sunday! She's been super consistent; lays directly on the nest pad next to the ceramic egg at 5 am. Perfectly clean with a hard shell. And no egg song, business only!

I'm convinced the Australorps will never lay eggs. Mushroom goes in once a day to trash the box like a rockstar in a hotel room, and that's her contribution

 

[bgmathteach]

Quarantine only works if the chooks cooperate. If Branch is not rushing inside to meet Poppet when I open the door, Poppet is now rushing out. Thankfully each time I have managed to grab her before she rushed headlong into the stalls. She has already had a scrap with Corona because she ran right into her group of chicks. At this point, Poppet is confined not for bio-security but for her own safety. I want to establish to her where home is before I attempt supervised free-ranging.

scrappy, determined little Poppet! Might be giving Mom a headache, but you go girl!!!