Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Ooooo look at these beauties! Oh my!

I wants a few of those!

http://knowledgebase.lookseek.com/Lemon-Pyle-Brahma-Chicken.html

 

[Ponypoor]

With great skill and the use of complex tools and advanced technology I think I have managed to outwit Babs and prevent her from roosting on the bar for the panel heater.

Spoiler: Solution to the Babs roosting problem

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Yup. The Chewy box their feed came in. Perfect!

Good job! You’re hired

 

[rural mouse]

Ooooo look at these beauties! Oh my!

I wants a few of those!

http://knowledgebase.lookseek.com/Lemon-Pyle-Brahma-Chicken.html

Just be wary. The only Brahma colors recognized in breed standards are light, dark, and buff. Reading through that, I'm seeing odd symbols, odd turns of phasing, and generic brahma info. Nothing about how that color is being developed or working on getting recognized as a color for the breed.

 

[featherhead007]

I can, and will say, my big boy rooster loves me, as did his father before him. (I may be delusional, but I believe they love/loved me.) I think one of my bantam roosters loves me too, but it may just be my yellow boots that he's crushing on.

Rooster love, the best kind of love !

 

[Ponypoor]

I am sorry for laughing, Teddy sounds like "Brad". Ok, how old is he? I am also going to defend him here the same way I vehemently defended Branch a few years ago to my mom. You are new to Teddy, he does not trust you yet. Mom and Branch have had a rocky relationship with a long time of mom wanting to serve him up as fried chicken. It was her fault to a point. The first 8 months of his life she pretended he did not exist. He was a ugly little thing and when I would hold him and pet on him she would not touch him when I offered. I then get sick with covid and it takes me out for a few days. Mom and dad took over the chicken chores. She did not know Branch could make it up to the big roost himself using the stall boards like a step ladder. She should have, tried to point out how smart he was, but again, she ignored everything he did. This was also right around the time he was going through his brief hormonal idiot phase and had decided my hand was his girlfriend which I had to break. Mom goes out to put up the chickens, Branch is still down so she decides to help him on the roost. This strange lady grabs ahold of him so what does Branch do? He bites her. He barely left a mark on her hand, no blood but you would have thought he ripped her hand off by the fit she threw at me in a covid coma. He was a evil little snot and he had to go as we were not keeping a mean rooster. Sick or not that roused me and no one touches my baby. Branch never bit her again and for a year me and her went round and round about him. From then on I put my foot down and if I held him, she HAD to pet him. I also taught him to crow at her on command for pure spite, but that is beside the point. Branch soon after started showing just what a treasure of a little guy his was going to be and I pointed it out every chance I got. "look at him with the chicks, they treat him like their momma". Mom, look at him melt in this baby's arms, he's evil isn't he. Eventually she started holding him on her own. She thought I was inside and not watching, but I was snooping looking out windows. Finally she loves him for the little man he is.
My point to all that is, go spend some time with Teddy. At first just go sit and talk to him. Bring some treats to feed to him so he can gift them to the girls. Then start holding him. You can tame this little guy, I have faith in you.

I am just ignoring him, I was putting in some nest boxes and he just ignored me so that’s a good sign.

As long as I don’t give him a reason to feel threatened he is fine; I don’t think that my friend handles them as much as I do. With me I want everything exposed to being handled as much as possible so that if I need to do anything with them they are not overly stressed.

Even Mr P is more accepting of being handled now.

It’s next to impossible to give poor Mr T any goodies - Fluffy and Curly just jump up and grab them out of my hands!

Oh I have Mr P, Mr B and Mr T here hahahahaha

 

[Ponypoor]

Just be wary. The only Brahma colors recognized in breed standards are light, dark, and buff. Reading through that, I'm seeing odd symbols, odd turns of phasing, and generic brahma info. Nothing about how that color is being developed or working on getting recognized as a color for the breed.

I just want pretty with fuzzy legs hahaha

Oh well if wishes were chickens (err I mean horses).

I should look this colour up. I have read that they are breeding for blue and some other colour. And that Buff is quite new…. I am surprised only 3 varieties so far. They have been around a looooooong time those gorgeous beauties.

 

[Ponypoor]

Great pictures! That's one mischievous looking toddler!

Kids and pets - you need nerves of steel!

Right Mr B?

Wonder what colour he would be classified as?? Melting Creamcicle??

 

[RoyalChick]

Happy Mugshot Monday everyone.
Here is Piglet’s profile mugshot. She is only doing profiles today.
Poor girl is staying well clear of Calypso, but at least today she got to come out with the others, so maybe things are sorting themselves out.
I do hope so. Poor little Piglet, she did start it all by being such a menace at roosting that Sylvie had to sleep in the nest box, but it is still sad to see her being picked on.

 

[BY Bob]

It's Monday!

 

[BY Bob]

Kids and pets - you need nerves of steel!

Right Mr B?

Wonder what colour he would be classified as?? Melting Creamcicle??
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That seems like a good description.