Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Pastel the Rooster]

I have lost the plot. Why are you bathing BBQ?

BBQ is the first chook that had bumblefoot and she has it even worse than Bolt. I’ve been trying to get rid of it for over a year. This is bolts first time.

I have BBQ and full bath with dawn soap today because her stomach feathers are all dirty and clumped together.

 

[BeastBaby]

Ok back in my lawn chair…. Brats all ran behind the barn to Mount Poopmore. I chased them back out front and they are half way to the house now

As I was saying to have them out today, Mr P is feeling frisky, and the ladies are enjoying digging up wormies.

Bert has been around visiting also
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Visitors
Cash stopped by to say hi
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And I think this is Babe
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Look at all that space! Lucky chooks and lucky you to get the lawn chair out there today. How close will Bert get to you?

 

[Gigachad poultry]

Surprise surprise my younger rooster Daniel broke his toe... Falling down a hill after trying to kick me while I was walking down said hill and him missing me by a mile

You can see how messed up one of his toes are

 

[featherhead007]

Ah ok. I suppose if you're the annoying one then I wouldn't be surprised if your neighbors don't like you.

You are not here, you have not met the neighbors. Be happy that you haven’t

 

[featherhead007]

Ye Olde Time Layer

Aurora was walking around the yard complaining all day......... just like Lilly used to when she was going to lay an egg. So i kept an eye on her.

At one point, I caught this behavior.

After dark I found this in Hattie House.

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Check out that beautiful nest. Aurora does not normally build nests. It appears that she did today. The egg is showing signs of being from an older hen. Still pink in the middle but the ends are muddled.

The Queen is back in the saddle!
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[BeastBaby]

I might take some from my chickens, but I’ll be….. if I will take from any human ! My music is loud enough! Two miles away I am sure the cows are dancing to it!

Did I miss something? Are we trying to bother the neighbors as retribution for something? At first I thought the loud music was just cathartic for you… but somehow pissing the neighbors off seems important? I hope they deserved it!

Oh wait, did it have something to do with trees falling?

 

[featherhead007]

Did I miss something? Are we trying to bother the neighbors as retribution for something? At first I thought the loud music was just cathartic for you… but somehow pissing the neighbors off seems important? I hope they deserved it!

Oh wait, did it have something to do with trees falling?

So much more than that, I’m afraid

 

[BeastBaby]

Pony Sunday:

Okay not a pony, but I’m pet sitting my neighbor’s dog who is huge. He’s a good boy- even the chickens approve of him. And they won’t come out of their run unless visiting dogs pass muster for good manners…

Which is fortunate, because today they all got to get out for the first time in a while. It was cold, but the baby and I watched them forage from her swing and it was lovely.

Man, what to say about Albert. Her illness is an enigma to me. She is looking much better: tail up, comb pink (definitely not laying-red), scratches and dust bathes.
But: she won’t eat. Just a perpetually empty crop, wimpy excuses for poops. She took a few bits of leftover chicken meat from me in the morning, and I did see her actively eating some tiny tiny worms while free ranging. And a bite of dandelion in the afternoon. She may be turning the corner

 

[Ponypoor]

Look at all that space! Lucky chooks and lucky you to get the lawn chair out there today. How close will Bert get to you?

He will walk right by me (a foot away), and he will peck around the ground near me when I am sitting or throw down grain, he doesn’t want me to follow him or handle him but he has no issues following me when I have treats or being near me.

Yes they have a lot of space, but it’s hard to keep them contained at times, when they get mobile there is no stopping them. I just let them have their freedom for a few minutes then start herding them back to were I can keep an eye on them.

It’s worse when they get into the brush and brambles on the property line here. I will keep my side of the fence line mowed down this year, and I am wanting to put some mesh fencing there to keep them on my side of the property.

 

[Ponypoor]

Mugs Monday

Marty

Flopsy

Red

Larry