Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[notabitail]

She acts like a Leghorn!

She sure does.
I wonder if pooping on my lap at least once every time is a Leghorn thing...

 

[rural mouse]

She sure does.
I wonder if pooping on my lap at least once every time is a Leghorn thing...

No....it's a chicken thing.

 

[featherhead007]

No....it's a chicken thing.

At least now we know it’s a chicken!

 

[Marie2020]

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.

I'd have loved to have found a someone like that a few years ago.

 

[Marie2020]

Yes, it’s called Arugula here, it’s a lovely addition to any salad

Meanwhile my chooks won’t eat it or lettuce, cabbage though that’s really enjoyed!

So rocket is easily grown. maybe I'll buy a few of the plants for my clay garden

 

[SimpleJenn]

Hmm...this morning one of the eggs had the distinctive bullseye. However, 5 are laying so definitely hens, and Liara is squatting. Could it just be a trick of the eye or a misshapen disc? I wish I had thought to take a picture!

 

[Marie2020]

The kindest thing you can say to a chicken keeper, is: (may you never need to clean up after cecal poop !)

Or , may the chickens never on your keyboard

 

[Marie2020]

She sure does.
I wonder if pooping on my lap at least once every time is a Leghorn thing...

Marking her spot

 

[ChicoryBlue]

azygous offered this tip:

Chickens love peanut butter. Cut the calcium pill into pieces and coat them with PB.

Tried this yesterday for the Buckeyes with mixed results. Popcorn pecked & tasted it, then took the pill chunk from me to privately explore it and keep it away from the Spuds. Then she gulped it down. Next one went right in, no questions asked, yay!

Hazel tasted the PB coating and wouldn't try it again. She's more timid about food, isn't aggressive and the Spuds readily steal from her, so she needs more space with new things. The jury is out, but leaning No. I have to give her a situation where she's not fending off everybody. (She reaches in through the scrum to grab a bunch of sprouts when offered, so when she wants it she tries. She loves greens.)

Notably, Hazel does not like raw sunflower seeds either. She looks and when she sees it's sunflower seeds she walks away, probably disappointed. She initially took some early last year but after a few tries she's decided they are off the menu. She DOES like walnuts though, so walnut butter might be the thing for her! Or blueberries, could I stuff a pill piece into one and it wouldn't dissolve too much before she eats it? She won't take a big blueberry, only smaller ones. The Queen has particular tastes...

 

[Sally PB]

Or blueberries, could I stuff a pill piece into one and it wouldn't dissolve too much before she eats it? She won't take a big blueberry, only smaller ones.

I haven't actually tried the PB yet. I'll report on it if I do.

All of my chickens LOVE Japanese Beetles. Except Little. She looks on in disdain.