Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

Belated Caturday tax . He's just hung out the washing

 

[Marie2020]

She has eaten all of the yummy foods

 

[RoyalChick]

What breed is Tassels?
That's amazing having such a thick shell

She is a cross between a Marans and an Ameraucana.

 

[Marie2020]

She is a cross between a Marans and an Ameraucana.

Thank you
Gosh I wish I could have chickens again, especially finding the mix you have.

How did you come across her?

 

[Ponypoor]

Guess who had a butt so poopy she couldn't poo again?

Spoiler: Showering chicken

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She was so nasty. My cousin was like "oh yeah adult silkies get pasty butt too sometimes." Bluck
Watching her preen was cool
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I suggest trimming back those fluffy butt feathers so that the poop doesn’t get clogged there. I did this last week with all my ladies who have poopy bums.

Just trim the feathers down stream of her vent - watch out for any blood feathers don’t want to snip any of those!

 

[RoyalChick]

Thank you
Gosh I wish I could have chickens again, especially finding the mix you have.

How did you come across her?

You do have a lovely chicken!

There is a breeder who is very interested in genetics and does this as a hobby so he is small scale and not a big hatchery. I believe he does ship chicks and eggs, but he is only a couple of hours drive from me so I can go and collect them.
He only breeds a small handful of breeds - just the ones he likes - so if I wanted something else I would have to go elsewhere.

 

[rural mouse]

A 2fer "pony" special

 

[Ponypoor]

Twirp was home when we got home from the wedding. All here, all sleepy

Gosh I bet you are so relieved - I know I am

All’s well that ends well

 

[RoyalChick]

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Lovely!

 

[Ponypoor]

I can’t get this out of my head: I was asked by a 16 year old girl, “are chickens really birds?”
What do they teach students in public schools these days anyway?

I hope you told her they were velociraptors! She can go to school and tell Her teacher she knows someone who has one