Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

We've had powder drifting down off and on all day...with winter weather alerts into Friday. Tems we're mid 20sF, but plummeting after dark. Came home to chicken tracks getting snowed in...looks like 1-2 birds only. Temps on Friday....around 0F (-17C) up to upper teens F. All the fresh stuff is powder: great for skiing....terrible for moisture. As long as it stays on the scant side, they'll want out
....once it stops coming down....at least some of them....and who is out will change. Should be bouncing back up into thawing ranges Sunday/Monday, so they will be out and about again.

What a crazy winter this year for all of us.

Soon spring though.

Fluffy butts from April 2023

 

[RoyalChick]

Buff Brahma

I like the sounds of this beauty, it’s not my first pick as I really wanted a dark one, but they are certainly pretty.

Hens, occasionally broody, not overly heat tolerant, good cold tolerant, 10lbs

https://www.chickensandmore.com/buff-brahma-chicken/

10lb??
Isn’t that a very big chicken?!

 

[rural mouse]

10lb??
Isn’t that a very big chicken?!

Brahmas are almost as big as jersey giants....

 

[Marie2020]

Oh I hope she is ok, sounds like a sprain or bruising - can you give her some aspirin to help with pain and inflammation?

Hi, everyone. I just wanted to share what’s going on with my Bridge.

Post in thread 'Injury or Neurological Issue?'
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/injury-or-neurological-issue.1603977/post-27496333

Be careful on the aspirins.
Personally I found turmeric in the food helped Tina heaps when she hurt herself

 

[Marie2020]

Miss mucky butt is out and about today. I couldn't catch a good picture

 

[Ponypoor]

10lb??
Isn’t that a very big chicken?!

Yes I was a bit gobsmacked by that also! That’s a small pony! Hahaha. Though have to say I wonder if that is true of the majority of them.

 

[Ponypoor]

Miss mucky butt is out and about today. I couldn't catch a good picture

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She looks like she is enjoying herself, I always loved her dark tail feathers

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes I was a bit gobsmacked by that also! That’s a small pony! Hahaha. Though have to say I wonder if that is true of the majority of them.

I don’t think your average hawk would tackle a 10lb chicken.

 

[bgmathteach]

I don’t think your average hawk would tackle a 10lb chicken.

It would. A SMALL hawk (I swear it was a Kestral!) attacked a barnyard mutt of mine here years ago - she was about 9 lbs. Hubby was working on the run roof - the hawk attacked just around the corner of the barn (JUST out of sight of him)...he got down to see what was up when the uproar by the chickens didn't stop as it usually would after a sighting - to see the girl pinned by the neck by the hawk and it eating her neck (already had made short work of plucking an 'entry spot') My sweet Henrietta - one of 3 chicks the school hatched (eggs provided by a maintenance/farm hand) He didn't want to deal with integration of only 3 chicks - so they were offered to me...and she was the only girl.

 

[rural mouse]

I don’t think your average hawk would tackle a 10lb chicken.

And giant roosters have tackled hawks....