Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

Ok then, Spooky joined the ranks this afternoon of a laying hen. The only pullet left to lay a egg now is none other then Poppet. Hey Poppet, I'm waiting over here, anytime now sweetie.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Well, they are of silkie lineage so what do you expect? As long as you have silkies or game hens incubators are not needed.

Hubby says that in a few years we'll let them raise babies. We'll decide then whether to get hatching eggs or buy chicks. He says the brooder was fine but if a hen can raise them that seems better.

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Well, they are of silkie lineage so what do you expect? As long as you have silkies or game hens incubators are not needed.

Ooh, I need game hens....

 

[RoyalChick]

Sorry to bore everyone, but somehow for me this continues to be magical.
My five layers all gifted me an egg today. From back left: Bernie, Babs, Pooh, Piglet, and Tassels.
No contributions yet from Sylvie or Calypso. I looked up my records and Bernadette hatched on Feb 3, 2022 and laid her first egg on Feb 24, 2023. So a year minus 3 weeks.
If Calypso is trying to beat that record she will have to hold out until the last week of March (she hatched April 17th, 2023)

 

[MaryJanet]

Italian Chicken Coops

There are 2 kinds of chickens in Italy. Brown ones lay brown eggs, White ones lay white eggs. You can tell from the article. They only use the 2.

https://www.designboom.com/art/quir...ni-santoni-vedovamazzei-artissima-02-14-2024/

I love the inspiring drama in the designs! I may do something similar one day.

But these are nest boxes right?

I'm sure I owe shra for this post, so

 

[MaryJanet]

Sorry to bore everyone, but somehow for me this continues to be magical.
My five layers all gifted me an egg today. From back left: Bernie, Babs, Pooh, Piglet, and Tassels.
No contributions yet from Sylvie or Calypso. I looked up my records and Bernadette hatched on Feb 3, 2022 and laid her first egg on Feb 24, 2023. So a year minus 3 weeks.
If Calypso is trying to beat that record she will have to hold out until the last week of March (she hatched April 17th, 2023)
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5 from 5 is a magic day!

 

[knoturavggrl]

Ok then, Spooky joined the ranks this afternoon of a laying hen. The only pullet left to lay a egg now is none other then Poppet. Hey Poppet, I'm waiting over here, anytime now sweetie.

Yay! Congrats Spooky

 

[knoturavggrl]

Sorry to bore everyone, but somehow for me this continues to be magical.
My five layers all gifted me an egg today. From back left: Bernie, Babs, Pooh, Piglet, and Tassels.
No contributions yet from Sylvie or Calypso. I looked up my records and Bernadette hatched on Feb 3, 2022 and laid her first egg on Feb 24, 2023. So a year minus 3 weeks.
If Calypso is trying to beat that record she will have to hold out until the last week of March (she hatched April 17th, 2023)
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Not boring at all. Eggs are why most of us decided to keep chickens to begin with after all. It’s still amazing to me too and I think it always will be.

My crew is cranking up production too. I have been skipping collection days because they really were not laying much but I went out today to collect them and found 16 eggs in 2 days time. .

I will need to start collecting again everyday!

 

[BY Bob]

Thieves!
I have been sharing cracked corn with the ladies from time to time. There was a small cut on the side of the bag down near the bottom. Sydney found it and used it to help herself. I thought it was cute.

I forgot to bring the bag in with me this morning. This is what I found at lunch time. The cut was now over 2 inches long.

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It is going to snow tonight. They will not be eating their ill gotten gains for a little while.

I figured out what was going on here. Much like eating all the marshmallows out of a box of lucky charms, they were only eating the purple corn and leaving the yellow corn on the ground.

Spoiled ladies they are.

@MaryJanet

 

[notabitail]

I figured out what was going on here. Much like eating all the marshmallows out of a box of lucky charms, they were only eating the purple corn and leaving the yellow corn on the ground.

Spoiled ladies they are.

@MaryJanet

Mmm. Stop tempting me, Bob! I may have to convince Mom to get a box of them. I would always eat most of the cereal then eat a small amount of it with mostly marshmallow on the spoon.

Yes, I'm crazy.