Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Sir Jaffar acknowledges and accepts this, his new charge as a knight in the order of Nardole in the kingdom of Fluffy Butt Acres. We both are honored to have been selected into this position. By my right as a squire to his lordship, we humbly thank Queen Aurora for her acceptance of Sir Jaffar.
Come on now, everyone clap. This is a great day!

Congratulations Sir Jaffar

You are well deserving of this title

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm sorry. I wish more people were prepared to give these birds a go. They have loads of personality & are really pretty though not really suitable for a backyard flock. As I've said, they are fliers, fence hoppers & screamers & given the right conditions they will go broody, though they are generally considered non~broody types. They are over ambitious though. Ha'penny generally tries to brood once or twice a season & inevitably I find no less than 20 eggs under her when she finally sits! Are you allowed to import from an American hatchery? Ha'penny has been keeping @BY Bob entertained for years though he probably thinks I'm as mad as she is for keeping these birds.

Gosh 20 eggs - ambitious isn’t she!

There is a hatchery in the US that has them but doesn’t ship to Canada. Just as well, chicken math happened here this year, though I would like a couple of dark Brahma

 

[notabitail]

I'm sorry. I wish more people were prepared to give these birds a go. They have loads of personality & are really pretty though not really suitable for a backyard flock. As I've said, they are fliers, fence hoppers & screamers & given the right conditions they will go broody, though they are generally considered non~broody types. They are over ambitious though. Ha'penny generally tries to brood once or twice a season & inevitably I find no less than 20 eggs under her when she finally sits! Are you allowed to import from an American hatchery? Ha'penny has been keeping @BY Bob entertained for years though he probably thinks I'm as mad as she is for keeping these birds.

Send me some! Now!!! They'll love my desk. Plenty of space to jump.

 

[BY Bob]

I'm sorry. I wish more people were prepared to give these birds a go. They have loads of personality & are really pretty though not really suitable for a backyard flock. As I've said, they are fliers, fence hoppers & screamers & given the right conditions they will go broody, though they are generally considered non~broody types. They are over ambitious though. Ha'penny generally tries to brood once or twice a season & inevitably I find no less than 20 eggs under her when she finally sits! Are you allowed to import from an American hatchery? Ha'penny has been keeping @BY Bob entertained for years though he probably thinks I'm as mad as she is for keeping these birds.

I have sourced them in the states. Someday I'm certain I will have one. They sound just wonderful. I love that Ha'penny. She is my kind of chicken.

 

[RoyalChick]

I'm sorry. I wish more people were prepared to give these birds a go. They have loads of personality & are really pretty though not really suitable for a backyard flock. As I've said, they are fliers, fence hoppers & screamers & given the right conditions they will go broody, though they are generally considered non~broody types.

Did someone mention fliers? No fliers here!

 

[BY Bob]

Sir Jaffar acknowledges and accepts this, his new charge as a knight in the order of Nardole in the kingdom of Fluffy Butt Acres. We both are honored to have been selected into this position. By my right as a squire to his lordship, we humbly thank Queen Aurora for her acceptance of Sir Jaffar.
Come on now, everyone clap. This is a great day!

 

[BY Bob]

Did someone mention fliers? No fliers here!


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Your piddly fences cannot hope to contain her.

 

[BY Bob]

They won’t go in the pop door yet to roost, but they’ve found the veranda a great area to lounge on! Hopefully familiarity and comfort will extend to the coop soon.
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It's not like the Buckeyes have been terrors in the coop to them, quite the opposite! Popcorn moves away, even twice retreated to the nestbox with Hazel to get away from the Spuds' hullabaloo.
Said Buckeye Hazel
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She's checking out the new changes. Warming panels just temporarily hung higher to get the new boards in
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Here's the pavers under it, changed it so the edge bricks could lie flat, and then got a second square done
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But true, Hazel was at the pile after booting out the Spuds (they came back three times and did get a dustbath in). Improvement in relations with her, they are acting more like they were with Butters, respectful but not freaked out.
They loved the pile
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I love the pavers.

 

[RoyalChick]

Your piddly fences cannot hope to contain her.

Indeed not. They are really supposed to deter foxes. As long as they can fly back in, I am OK with her going out.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Exactly. It is an old kitchen wall cabinet. The door side is in the servant’s quarters and is how I access eggs. The back has holes cut through so the ladies can come in from the coop side.
There are 6 sets of bowls. I initially I cut five holes but I hung three of them back as they seemed to want more privacy. I may replace with curtains.
The top left space is covered by the brooder box. That is where Eli went broody and so the babies were all around her just separated by a thin wall if cabinet wood. I noticed her responding to their peep peeps long before they ever saw each other.

Here is the cabinet from the chicken side.
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That’s so sweet, and to witness her responding
It’s precious when we get glimpses of their inner lives.