Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[knoturavggrl]

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[Pastel the Rooster]

The eggs I’m incubating are no Buff Oprhington eggs. The plan was for me to always keep the eggs that hatched too. My dad knew that I was going to be keeping the eggs.

One of my mom’s friends whom she works with has Ayam Cemani chickens. I knew that my mom was talking to her about buying eggs to hatch, but my mom told me that she wasn’t selling eggs. Turns out that is a lie.

Her friend’s only rooster died a few days ago, but luckily she is hatching out eggs. Fingers crossed she gets another roo.

My mom has been oddly protective over these eggs. We lost power for three hours yesterday and she started freaking out and seemed really on edge.

Willow is broody- stupid hen. I suggested that we put the eggs under her, because she would be more reliable than an incubator if power went out. My mom immediately said no, and when I started telling her how she would be much better than an incubator, and that the eggs aren’t important anyways because Dad would never let me keep them, she told me that they are no ordinary buff orp eggs. Honestly, my brain thought for a few seconds, and I put it together.

She is very right- these are no ordinary eggs. So far we have five fertile ones.

Mom and Dad wanted it to be a surprise for when they hatch, but Mom kinda panicked I think and that’s why she told me. I am really hoping that losing power for a few hours didn’t kill them.

Haha, to think that I was more eggcited about Bolt’s eggs! I have no idea why- that hen is not very smart. I caught her eating a face mask today. When I was chasing her to get it out of her beak, she dropped it and ran away. Turns out she was standing on a four foot yellow rat snake. Poor snake was more freaked out than me.

Oh! I’ve lived on my farm for three years. I’ve never seen a ring-necked snake. I saw one today. I knew what it was as soon as I saw the ring on its neck, but I grabbed a stick and picked it up just to see if it had a bright orange belly. It did. It was so cool, to finally see a snake breed that I’ve not seen since I lived in my old neighborhood in FL.

Two snakes in one day… that’s scary. The guineas found it, but they didn’t eat it. I was hanging out with the chooks and I heard them make their snake noise so I ran over to where they were and I looked and saw it. Such stunning creatures.

And here is the once again broody hen, and the hen who tries to eat a face mask while standing on a snake almost as tall as me. And the little snake.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

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Woah, what type of chooks are those Roos? Are they Sussex’s?

 

[knoturavggrl]

Woah, what type of chooks are those Roos? Are they Sussex’s?

Jubilee Orps

 

[featherhead007]

It doesn’t matter it seems, how much you love your feathered friends, it’s gonna happen that they will dump on you. Coco just did!

 

[RoyalChick]

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That green tail - stunning!

 

[Sally PB]

I have only just started researching salpingitis: this morning Becky laid a lash egg.

@BeastBaby, my Pip laid has been dealing with salpingitis. I have a thread about it:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/soft-egg-shell-stuck-in-vent.1611362/

 

[featherhead007]

Pastor from another church is coming over to get a dozen eggs from me. I have to change my shirt due to Coco stains!

 

[featherhead007]

Hey RC, I hope your birds love you that much too!

 

[Ponypoor]

You chicken people, please don’t be like me. I’ve been babysitting Sir Jaffar for several days, and he hasn’t died. He has beaten all odds from whatever he has, but he’s now lost sight in his good eye, and relies on his girls to lead him to food. I have put my life on hold for too long now. Humans are counting on me for their survival as well. The stress of all this is real, and getting to me lately. I don’t know what to do anymore.

Yes I hear you, it’s very difficult being pulled in many different directions.

I would say that you do not have to spend every waking hr with Sir Jaffar. As long as he has a safe secure location to be in when you are not around, then he should be fine with his ladies around him. But it must be a place were that randy neighbours Roo can’t get at him, and were he will be safe from the elements. If they all have to locked in the coop for a few hrs then that is what needs to be done.

You can not and must not put your life on hold, you need balance as much as your flock does. Does this make sense?