Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Caturday Saturday

Still 4 min to go for Saturday

Missy is very much enjoying the mild weather also- it was a revolving door here with her going on and out all day.

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm laughing now!

I wish I had a video of it.

 

[Ponypoor]

I am really surprised that she is still laying at 7. That's amazing. I would not expect many more. Sadly there is no hard and fast rules on when they stop. They will stop when they run out of eggs to lay.

I wish I could be more help.

Penelope is 7 and I am sure she won’t lay anymore eggs, I haven’t seen her lay one since last Fall when I tried hatching that precious one of hers. But I have not seen Mr P interested in her so I am betting she isn’t fertile anymore. Dorothy will be her only chick.

I have not seen Mr P breeding Larry but her back is dirty like he has been planting his feet there so I have hopes. She is 6 this year same as the other of my niece’s hens.

The other day I notices red feathers everywhere and thought they had been scraping, but today when I was trimming butts I noticed that Sharpie is in the midst of going bald with a moult - holy Dinah! I have never seen such a thing! Of course I have never seen such a mild winter either! I am stopping her calcium as I haven’t seen an egg from her in a bit. Come to think of it, I haven’t seen one from Raven or Larry either. Though, Larry does sit in her favourite nest box for a few hours in the morning.

Past couple days I see that Sophia has laid a lovely egg, she will be 6 this year. Blanche also, but I have not seen an egg from her in a while.

Gosh all my ladies are getting so old! Even my original girls Fluffy, Henny and Curly will be 3 along with Marty. I wonder how old silkies generally live. And when they stop laying.

 

[Ponypoor]

Interesting Notes

Good News
Aurora spotted it. Everyone did as they should. It was not interested in them from what I could tell.

Bad News
As usual, it is not afraid of me.

Aurora alarmed and all the song birds went quiet. Not the other way around. I think she spotted it first.

I noticed that first.

Éowyn was out with us. She stopped and looked towards the tree. That started me looking in that direction for the threat.

Then the hawk chirped. I know that sound is one a Cooper's Hawk makes and that's how I found it in the tree.

Sounds like Aurora and Éowyn are the lookouts now, it’s great how cats can spot things so fast. But I am surprised that even with your cat there it still swooped past you.

Likley just nosey seeing what’s up.

 

[Ponypoor]

How do the baffles work? Can you take pictures of the baffles - maybe both open and closed so I can see how they operate and are attached? I have a bit of a thought, but need to see how they operate and might/might not be impeded by what I am thnking.

I too would be interested in seeing how they work.

 

[Ponypoor]

She just needs some polish ladies.

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And she can hatch babies that lay pink eggs!!!

 

[Ponypoor]

Happy Lunar New Year
This year is the year of the dragon
So to all of us with our own little dragons happy new year!

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

So, as some of you might know, Tony is afraid of just about anything. So, it wasn't a surprise when the camera shutter went off that she wanted to run away. I turned it off and I was able to get photos of her. Even close up ones.

 

[Ponypoor]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pigeon-eggs.1611319/
If anyone could give me advice on hatching them?

Good luck if you do hatch wee babies

 

[Ponypoor]

So, as some of you might know, Tony is afraid of just about anything. So, it wasn't a surprise when the camera shutter went off that he wanted to run away. I turned it off and I was able to get photos of him. Even close up ones.
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Awww such a pretty wee chook, but is it a Roo? I thought you only had hens.