Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Due to the circumstances, I must give them an ultimatum.
(You can either sit in here, or end up in here!) Now go start laying eggs!!!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Well, well, well. It looks like i will have one of the new pullets lay this fall. Walked up behind one of the rocks to herd her into the coop for the night and she squatted for me.

 

[featherhead007]

Two little boxes of raisins. Spread out on the patio: I could swear that I heard this song pickin up grapes, gotta luv dat. Wagging our tails gotta luv dat! These make sticky poops gotta luv dat!

 

[Ponypoor]

Pooh has started a boycott of bed time.
It is ten minutes to dark. The normal routine is I come in and give them a treat inside the Chicken Palace so I can count them all in and lock up.
Pooh has the zoomies and has now recruited Calypso and Piglet and they are flying around outside in the dusk and totally ignoring me.
I need them to come in. It is the hour of the fox, coyote, raccoon and skunk.
I am also freezing cold standing here waiting for them!

Hahaha I know I shouldn’t laugh but mine are also like that tonight also. There I am trying to get horses in and settled so I can check for chicks and those darn birds are now up and running around - so I said fine be like that.

I want and checked for chicks. Nothing yet, but the egg is now pipped and chirping like crazy and looks like Curly’s egg chick has pipped into the air cell, not chirping though.

Then I couldn’t find Butterscotch - oh well she’s in Reenie’s stall digging through fresh horse poop don’t you know.


And she wouldn’t come out! Darn chooks!

 

[Ponypoor]

Due to the circumstances, I must give them an ultimatum.
(You can either sit in here, or end up in here!) Now go start laying eggs!!!

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A bucket of chicken?

 

[Ponypoor]

Pipped egg

 

[Ponypoor]

Well, well, well. It looks like i will have one of the new pullets lay this fall. Walked up behind one of the rocks to herd her into the coop for the night and she squatted for me.

Oh ya don’t go by that…. I waited for 5 weeks for butterscotch to lay her eggs after she started squatting for me.

And now there’s Mr P having his wicked way with Tippy who isn’t squatting at all for me.

And Babe squatted like once and then started laying. I tell you anything goes!

 

[Lilion]

Happy Thanksgiving to all our US flockers. After dinner we finally put Eenie and Uno back in with the other 3. We lured them in with leftover turkey giblets and bits. Nothing like having your cousin for dinner.

Eenie looks better...or at least her neck does. It's one big scab of course. But, I doubt there's anything that will make the others pick at her. There was promptly a power struggle. First Sheba tried taking Eenie's turkey bite, they had a kerfuffle. Then Meanie stepped on to show she was still top dog/hen. When last I saw them, Eenie and Uno were up on top of the nest boxes, trying to stay away from the other two. All totally abandoning the delicious Thanksgiving meal in the run. Meanwhile Tres was out there tuck-tuck-tucking at the ladies, trying his best to call them out for food, only to be completely ignored, poor lad.

Eenie, between the injury and the molt, has shrunk! I swear I'd be surprised if she weighs 3 pounds. Uno looks rather spectacular. Tres is just getting huge! But I swear, he's like a big, dumb puppy. He and Uno are 19 weeks old today!

Sheba, my Rockstar, is the only one still laying.
I'll try to get some pics tomorrow!

 

[Ponypoor]

Pipped egg

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Soon! Soon!

I am sooooo tempted to check again at evening chores but I won’t, I will contain my enthusiasm

 

[Ponypoor]

Happy Thanksgiving to all our US flockers. After dinner we finally put Eenie and Uno back in with the other 3. We lured them in with leftover turkey giblets and bits. Nothing like having your cousin for dinner.

Eenie looks better...or at least her neck does. It's one big scab of course. But, I doubt there's anything that will make the others pick at her. There was promptly a power struggle. First Sheba tried taking Eenie's turkey bite, they had a kerfuffle. Then Meanie stepped on to show she was still top dog/hen. When last I saw them, Eenie and Uno were up on top of the nest boxes, trying to stay away from the other two. All totally abandoning the delicious Thanksgiving meal in the run. Meanwhile Tres was out there tuck-tuck-tucking at the ladies, trying his best to call them out for food, only to be completely ignored, poor lad.

Eenie, between the injury and the molt, has shrunk! I swear I'd be surprised if she weighs 3 pounds. Uno looks rather spectacular. Tres is just getting huge! But I swear, he's like a big, dumb puppy. He and Uno are 19 weeks old today!

Sheba, my Rockstar, is the only one still laying.
I'll try to get some pics tomorrow!

Hi Lilion

Happy Thanksgiving - I am looking forward to to see your photos of your darlings