Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Desertvalleychickens]

It's settled. I will set some eggs in the incubator in March. Hopefully I can get a broody soon.

Tax:

 

[featherhead007]

Sir Jaffar snuck up behind me and pummeled my leg. I brought him inside to talk with him about what might be wrong.

 

[featherhead007]

Sir Jaffar snuck up behind me and pummeled my leg. I brought him inside to talk with him about what might be wrong.

I fed him some shredded cheese and he ate it up, then he went for his feed dish. That otta fill him up.

 

[BY Bob]

Update on broody girl:
This was what was in the nest:
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There were 14 eggs in there, and all but 2 I am pretty sure were hers.

that said, that means 3-4 weeks of laying -as she is an older girl...so all but 2 had definitely been frozen, 2 were questionable. plus, there is NO WAY she can cover 14 eggs, especially now that in her older years, her egg size has increased. Dark Cornish as squat, compact girls with hard feathering. 6 is good, 8 is an absolute max for those size eggs. I removed them, marked and replaced the 2 that might be okay, and added 5 that were laid today by other girls. We will see how she does. (btw, I'm disappointed that none of her other 2 siblings laid today - I like my DC crosses, which is why I kept the two that may well be ruined - just in case. - I'm hoping at least one hatches - and it is a girl!!!) (Oh, and yes, I added bedding - she wasn't at all happy I disturbed her nest - butI did this when she got off to eat and drink.)

I put in 2 from my EE girls who are penned with my ee boy. I put in one pale green egg, one welsummer egg, and 1 BR egg. These last 3, the girls could have been mated with any one of a number of boys (1/2 EE, 1/2 Red Star Roo; 1/2 DC/ 1/2 EE Roo; BR roo, or my newbies: blue egg layer boy (can't remember his breed? prairie blue bell egger? got him in a straight run batch for $1 clearance when I bought some to put under my broody girls) and my dark young black roo who also came in a clearance run from TSC. The straight run was marked 'Marans', but the girls, if they are marans, are not laying dark like they should, nor are they any where near as heavy as my french black copper marans (though the coloring is similar, they only weigh half what my other girls weigh - they could still put on some weight, but not that much!) So, we will see what happens. March 16th will be the day to 'watch'

Hooray! You set her. How sweet you are.

 

[BY Bob]

An unwelcome visitor for Pony Sunday
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During the day! Or was it near dusk?

 

[RoyalChick]

During the day! Or was it near dusk?

8am. Fully light.

 

[BY Bob]

Mine do too. They tucked into left over sandwich the other day that was smothered in mustard.

Everyone wants to grow a beard like this.

 

[BY Bob]

My ‘persuader stick’, it’s a buggy whip that extends my arm so I can guide them left and right. Also doubles as a percussion instrument

I was using a stick in the past but I kept losing the stick, the buggy whip is easier to find being bright blue.

It’s also handy for pointing out missed treats hahaha all I have to do is point and say ‘look, over there’ and they run and grab the treat

Between the red bowl and the blue buggy whip they all think there are treats involved!

Very clever.

 

[BY Bob]

8am. Fully light.

That is truly frightening.

 

[Sally PB]

My poor little Pippy! Late today, she laid this monstrosity. 93 grams, soft shell, and thank goodness it came out!

I'll be giving her calcium pills for the next few days.