Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

She is looking good!

She's always been flighty and temperamental, mental being the correct word but she's certainly giving me problems this week I'm hoping I can keep going, it very painful and really frustrating

 

[Sally PB]

Henny Penny was a chicken,
She was a good friend of mine,
I never understood a single things she said,
But she sure did know how to whine,
She really really knew how to whine.

Cluckin' Joy to the Chicks!
In towns or in the sticks.
Joy to the Chickens all over the world,
Hens and Cockerels!

(And pullets and roosters, of course. Poetic license dictated.)

 

[rural mouse]

Took these middle of last week

Storm, she's let the remaining trio go off to do teenage things, but is willing to snuggle with them come roost time. She will drive adults away when the littles (who are at least as big as Twirp, Lark, and Indigo; Nimbus is bigger than Cheetah) want to snuggle. When they don't, they get to suffer the adults telling them to go instead.

Tailless Whiskey (don't worry, Alex, I just happened to snap the pic as he paused to decide where to place his next step. He kept moving a half second later)

Enigma is looking VERY much like Maizie minus the beard now that Maizie is done moulting. Comb different, so, once she's laying, I may stand a better chance of telling them apart at a glance......(doubtful)

Pear is very much watching over all of them. I suspect her vanishing last week involved helping Nimbus hide. Next morning she came up to the house asking to be let into the coop. She learned Silver's smarts.

Havoc (I love her beard) who likes to hide her face. She's constantly eating.

Tuff is crowing....and slowly improving. He's doing a lot of observatIon, so I have hopes for him turning out to be a good boy. I haven't seen him tidbitting or attempting to mate the girls yet, so he's at least taking it slowly rather than turning hormonal idiot in an eye blink.

He did some posing.

Nellie is finished moulting and has produced the occasional egg. If she limits herself to a couple a week next spring, bodes well for her living a longer life than many leghorns.

Tuff keeping an eye out for Havoc and Enigma


As for the others: Primula is also done moulting, Belladonna is close. Lark and Indigo both started moulting. Poor Lark is doing a hard one like Nellie did last year. She's a 3/4 naked mass of pins. Dropped her tail feathers yesterday and spent the night next to heat in solitary splendor. I've taken to stroking a toe nail for the birds moulting. Just a touch to attempt keeping them used to being handled. Lark and Indigo have NEVER permitted being handled, but last night the toenail was tolerated surprisingly well.

Pippa has finally sprouted pins over her naked back. She was laying consistently until last week (she lays a darker toned more olive egg than Maizie's minty one I could finally confirm).

Cuckoo has started laying again, so is mostly finished moulting. Hector is also feeling better. He's taken to attempting to pester Cuckoo who is very much not interested yet.

The Invasion are pinking (redder than the pics in less than a week). Chia hasn't disappeared again so hopefully she takes to laying in the coop. I'd like to see egg color one at a time to ID who lays which color and shape. Somehow, I don't think they'll oblige me, in surprising ways.

 

[BY Bob]

For Bob’s viewing pleasure! Let’s see if this works. My sweet dog is trying to mind her own business while being hounded by a persistent cream pullet called Whiskey, and a gray pullet called Albert (who was much sneakier about pecking on the dog’s bum).

Please let me know if it works.

That worked and it was very funny. Poor puppy.

 

[Ponypoor]

Funny!
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Oh yes your ladies look very very interested in a nice tasty rabbit stew

 

[Ponypoor]

Took these middle of last weekView attachment 3682800Storm, she's let the remaining trio go off to do teenage things, but is willing to snuggle with them come roost time. She will drive adults away when the littles (who are at least as big as Twirp, Lark, and Indigo; Nimbus is bigger than Cheetah) want to snuggle. When they don't, they get to suffer the adults telling them to go instead.

View attachment 3682801Tailless Whiskey (don't worry, Alex, I just happened to snap the pic as he paused to decide where to place his next step. He kept moving a half second later)

View attachment 3682802Enigma is looking VERY much like Maizie minus the beard now that Maizie is done moulting. Comb different, so, once she's laying, I may stand a better chance of telling them apart at a glance......(doubtful)

View attachment 3682803Pear is very much watching over all of them. I suspect her vanishing last week involved helping Nimbus hide. Next morning she came up to the house asking to be let into the coop. She learned Silver's smarts.

View attachment 3682804Havoc (I love her beard) who likes to hide her face. She's constantly eating.

View attachment 3682805Tuff is crowing....and slowly improving. He's doing a lot of observatIon, so I have hopes for him turning out to be a good boy. I haven't seen him tidbitting or attempting to mate the girls yet, so he's at least taking it slowly rather than turning hormonal idiot in an eye blink.

View attachment 3682806He did some posing.

View attachment 3682807Nellie is finished moulting and has produced the occasional egg. If she limits herself to a couple a week next spring, bodes well for her living a longer life than many leghorns.

View attachment 3682808Tuff keeping an eye out for Havoc and Enigma


As for the others: Primula is also done moulting, Belladonna is close. Lark and Indigo both started moulting. Poor Lark is doing a hard one like Nellie did last year. She's a 3/4 naked mass of pins. Dropped her tail feathers yesterday and spent the night next to heat in solitary splendor. I've taken to stroking a toe nail for the birds moulting. Just a touch to attempt keeping them used to being handled. Lark and Indigo have NEVER permitted being handled, but last night the toenail was tolerated surprisingly well.

Pippa has finally sprouted pins over her naked back. She was laying consistently until last week (she lays a darker toned more olive egg than Maizie's minty one I could finally confirm).

Cuckoo has started laying again, so is mostly finished moulting. Hector is also feeling better. He's taken to attempting to pester Cuckoo who is very much not interested yet.

The Invasion are pinking (redder than the pics in less than a week). Chia hasn't disappeared again so hopefully she takes to laying in the coop. I'd like to see egg color one at a time to ID who lays which color and shape. Somehow, I don't think they'll oblige me, in surprising ways.

I love Havoc’s beard also she sure is a lovely girl.

Tuff sure is gorgeous I hope he stays a good boy, he looks like a real keeper

I feel for Lark, it’s not a great time of the year to moult, hopefully she grows her feathers back fast.

You have such a lovely flock I love seeing pictures of them

 

[Ponypoor]

I just drained them a few times in cold water then they were in the fridge overnight. She's had a mix of things.

I read garlic helped older and even younger chick's with the digestive system, helping them towards eating more. She has had garlic before infact they all liked it. So I fermented mash with a tiny amount if corn and chia seeds them added a little garlic with more mash for the past two day's with either cat food sardines and this morning turkey. She's eating again. I make sure she has a few beakfulls before leaving it for her to go back to. She's not into dry food at all.

It rained all day yesterday and she had a couple of tantrums. I put on the white noise on my phone from my back door and was surprised how that settled her down.

She's been mud bathing again. But had to go into the run again because it's raining
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Hi Marie good afternoon! Princess is looking great!

 

[Ponypoor]

I made it back from my trip and managed to spend a lovely few hours yesterday with the Princesses.
Tassels wanted to show off her beard for mugshot Monday. She needs a beard comb to keep it tidy!
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Then Pooh stopped by to inform me that she will start laying eggs when she is good and ready and not a minute sooner and that it was really none of my business anyway.
I gave her some chopped walnuts so I was forgiven for being nosy.
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Have a happy Monday everyone.

Muffy (who also need a bead/muff /eyebrow comb) and Butterscotch are both squatting and squawking- I think Muffy has laid a couple of small blue eggs, but can’t be 100% sure it’s her - but they are small eggs so I think it’s her another blue egg layer? How does that happen? A Polish chicken lays white eggs… I am assuming Misty is her mum (has a beard), she lays a blue/green egg.

 

[Ponypoor]

Cluckin' Joy to the Chicks!
In towns or in the sticks.
Joy to the Chickens all over the world,
Hens and Cockerels!

(And pullets and roosters, of course. Poetic license dictated.)

Awesome

Sheesh! I now have that song going round and round in my mind hahahahahahahaha!!

Very good

 

[RoyalChick]

Took these middle of last weekView attachment 3682800Storm, she's let the remaining trio go off to do teenage things, but is willing to snuggle with them come roost time. She will drive adults away when the littles (who are at least as big as Twirp, Lark, and Indigo; Nimbus is bigger than Cheetah) want to snuggle. When they don't, they get to suffer the adults telling them to go instead.

View attachment 3682801Tailless Whiskey (don't worry, Alex, I just happened to snap the pic as he paused to decide where to place his next step. He kept moving a half second later)

View attachment 3682802Enigma is looking VERY much like Maizie minus the beard now that Maizie is done moulting. Comb different, so, once she's laying, I may stand a better chance of telling them apart at a glance......(doubtful)

View attachment 3682803Pear is very much watching over all of them. I suspect her vanishing last week involved helping Nimbus hide. Next morning she came up to the house asking to be let into the coop. She learned Silver's smarts.

View attachment 3682804Havoc (I love her beard) who likes to hide her face. She's constantly eating.

View attachment 3682805Tuff is crowing....and slowly improving. He's doing a lot of observatIon, so I have hopes for him turning out to be a good boy. I haven't seen him tidbitting or attempting to mate the girls yet, so he's at least taking it slowly rather than turning hormonal idiot in an eye blink.

View attachment 3682806He did some posing.

View attachment 3682807Nellie is finished moulting and has produced the occasional egg. If she limits herself to a couple a week next spring, bodes well for her living a longer life than many leghorns.

View attachment 3682808Tuff keeping an eye out for Havoc and Enigma


As for the others: Primula is also done moulting, Belladonna is close. Lark and Indigo both started moulting. Poor Lark is doing a hard one like Nellie did last year. She's a 3/4 naked mass of pins. Dropped her tail feathers yesterday and spent the night next to heat in solitary splendor. I've taken to stroking a toe nail for the birds moulting. Just a touch to attempt keeping them used to being handled. Lark and Indigo have NEVER permitted being handled, but last night the toenail was tolerated surprisingly well.

Pippa has finally sprouted pins over her naked back. She was laying consistently until last week (she lays a darker toned more olive egg than Maizie's minty one I could finally confirm).

Cuckoo has started laying again, so is mostly finished moulting. Hector is also feeling better. He's taken to attempting to pester Cuckoo who is very much not interested yet.

The Invasion are pinking (redder than the pics in less than a week). Chia hasn't disappeared again so hopefully she takes to laying in the coop. I'd like to see egg color one at a time to ID who lays which color and shape. Somehow, I don't think they'll oblige me, in surprising ways.

Such beautiful birds and great pictures too. Love Havoc's beard - amazing!