Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[janiedoe]

Time for me to make a "men only" chat.

Where you discuss nose and ear hair, as well as receding hairline?

 

[notabitail]

Where you discuss nose and ear hair, as well as receding hairline?

You forgot all the other stuff my Mom is scared of.

(Like potty jokes.)

 

[janiedoe]

You forgot all the other stuff my Mom is scared of.

(Like potty jokes.)

Potty humor is just a given for those of the male persuasion.

 

[notabitail]

Potty humor is just a given for those of the male persuasion.

(and BoOoGeRs)

 

[RoyalChick]

I have been wrestling with an egg mystery which I think I have finally solved.
So we can congratulate Calypso for laying her first egg. The event occurred on Wednesday.
Maybe that is why she has suddenly got all grumpy and aggressive to Piglet?

Anyway the mystery was this.
I collected 6 eggs on Wednesday. Only one brown so either Bernie or Sylvie didn’t lay. Probably Bernie.
4 blue. 3 identical like Piglet and Pooh’s eggs. Smallish, very smooth, pretty blue. The 4th was bigger, the size of a Bab’s egg and slightly rough as hers often are. But the color had a hint of green unlike her usual egg.

So, did I have 3 identical blue eggs because I missed collecting a Piglet or Pooh egg the day before? Or did I have a new blue egg layer?
Who laid the mystery egg with a hint of green? Was it Babs with new ink? Or did I have a new hint-of-green layer?

Today all became clear: Babs has filled up her ink cartridge with a slightly different shade, and Calypso has started laying and her eggs are identical to Piglet and a Pooh’s eggs!

Congratulations Calypso - but really there is no need to be so mean to Piglet - it’s not her fault you have to lay eggs!

 

[BY Bob]

Dad and my uncle brought over stuff for the chickens today. Rabbit skins/guts, two big metal cans of hay, and two smaller metal cans of rabbit feed pellets. Dad was a little disappointed the girls didn't immediately descend on the guts like piranhas, but they did once they were done being scared at the new thing. Uh...watching them all chase and fight over a heart made me very nauseous.
They're happy though, and it's a great treat for them. I'm just very squeamish. I was okay when out there but had to come inside and take an anxiety pill to help my heart calm down.
No pictures obviously, just know the girls are VERY happy right now.

Dinosaurs!

 

[BY Bob]

How dare you interrupt royalty doing their duties - especially such a personal duty as that!!!! Sheesh, Bob, hooman servants should know better - royalty don't have THOSE kinds of pictures out there!!!

I will say, though, her colour is great for camouflaging in the nest box!!

It was hysterical. She was so mad.

I just wanted to make sure she was in there as she was missing.

Interestingly, while she was in there laying her egg the tribe stayed in the big run under cover.

 

[BY Bob]

Potty humor is just a given for those of the male persuasion.

And Mrs BY Bob. Nothing makes her laugh as hard as anything related to farts.

 

[BY Bob]

Lesson Learned

Hattie's nap lessons are being put to use.

 

[BY Bob]

Maybe that is why she has suddenly got all grumpy and aggressive to Piglet?

It is important to remember that there can be a direct correlation between who lays eggs first and the pecking order.

Aurora fell behind Maleficent because Mel laid her first egg before Aurora did.

Sydney moved ahead of Sansa because Sydney laid first. Once Sansa laid her first egg she was vicious towards Sydney and took her place back.

My guess is this will clear up as soon as Calypso feels secure in her position in the pecking order once again.