Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Grandma The Chicken]

Good morning and Happy 4th of July.

So will we have club sandwiches for lunch? It's too early to decide what we'll have for lunch? What is this? Eat only red, white and blue food for the day? Oi, these sugary snacks are getting to me. You want hot dogs and apple pie? Sir, wouldn't you rather have a BLT? I can make a good Philly Cheesesteak. You just want the hot dogs and apple pie. Oi, these humans. These fireworks last night were nice but I couldn't see them much because of the view in the coop and it sounded more like the Civil War rather than Independence Day...
Parmesan also wanted to be in the photo. She's everywhere. I shouldn't have woke you up. You know what? Just go back to bed. I've had enough of these shenanigans. I shall go back to bed too.

 

[Ponypoor]

That is so special. I'd never part with those precious words

It will go in the barn feed room on the wall for all to see

 

[Ponypoor]

Good morning and Happy 4th of July.
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So will we have club sandwiches for lunch? It's too early to decide what we'll have for lunch? What is this? Eat only red, white and blue food for the day? Oi, these sugary snacks are getting to me. You want hot dogs and apple pie? Sir, wouldn't you rather have a BLT? I can make a good Philly Cheesesteak. You just want the hot dogs and apple pie. Oi, these humans. These fireworks last night were nice but I couldn't see them much because of the view in the coop and it sounded more like the Civil War rather than Independence Day...
Parmesan also wanted to be in the photo. She's everywhere. I shouldn't have woke you up. You know what? Just go back to bed. I've had enough of these shenanigans. I shall go back to bed too.

You had me all interested in the Philly cheesesteaks at 8:45 and I am wanting food!

 

[Ponypoor]

Good morning everyone

Morning! Though I guess it’s after noon there now - hi Princess!

 

[Ponypoor]

Happy 4th of July to my friends and family in the USA

I hope everyone has a wonderful day to relax and enjoy themselves. Our two countries share so much in common, and for us up here we like to enjoy this whole week starting with Canada Day and continue with 4th of July. A week long celebration of our two countries.

 

[featherhead007]

It will go in the barn feed room on the wall for all to see

Good call!

 

[TX Chick Noob]

How the hell did this happen?

They must have stowed away in my cart when I went to Tractor Supply for more green bean seeds.

I had sworn the only way I would get more chicks this year was if I found lavender orps and had a broody hen to raise them. And I had resisted every fluffball of cuteness, including straight run orps, ducks on multiple occasions, and even turkeys once. And then I failed on both counts.

These are supposed to be olive eggers, possibly a cross between French Cuckoo Marans and Hoover’s “Americanas” (which are a cross between Araucanas and Ameraucanas). I am wondering if they are actually Sapphire Olive Eggers. They look like the adult pictures at Hoovers, but don’t really look like the baby pictures. It will be interesting to see what they end up looking like, and what color eggs they lay.

When I got them, I was sure I would have a broody to put them under. Three of my Blue Laced Wyandottes have been broody for weeks (all four have gone broody this year, and so has Coco). But I have been trying to break them, and of course they chose that day to stop camping in the nest boxes.

So now I will have to do a better job of chick proofing the run. I was counting on having a mama hen to call them back if they snuck out.

Here are more pics of the as-yet unnamed babies, and of the run we expanded a few weeks ago. Plus the new concrete floor in the coop, due to our flooding issues this year.

 

[BY Bob]

And Then There Were 8

2 more eggs gone. 1 shell still in the nest the other completely gone. Only 4 left for Lady Featherington and they are covered in yolk and straw.

We are down to 8 eggs.

 

[featherhead007]

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Happy 4th of July to my friends and family in the USA

I hope everyone has a wonderful day to relax and enjoy themselves. Our two countries share so much in common, and for us up here we like to enjoy this whole week starting with Canada Day and continue with 4th of July. A week long celebration of our two countries.

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Here in the United States, we are only firing off excess ordinance that we had laying around and collecting dust.

 

[BY Bob]

How the hell did this happen?
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They must have stowed away in my cart when I went to Tractor Supply for more green bean seeds.

I had sworn the only way I would get more chicks this year was if I found lavender orps and had a broody hen to raise them. And I had resisted every fluffball of cuteness, including straight run orps, ducks on multiple occasions, and even turkeys once. And then I failed on both counts.

These are supposed to be olive eggers, possibly a cross between French Cuckoo Marans and Hoover’s “Americanas” (which are a cross between Araucanas and Ameraucanas). I am wondering if they are actually Sapphire Olive Eggers. They look like the adult pictures at Hoovers, but don’t really look like the baby pictures. It will be interesting to see what they end up looking like, and what color eggs they lay.

When I got them, I was sure I would have a broody to put them under. Three of my Blue Laced Wyandottes have been broody for weeks (all four have gone broody this year, and so has Coco). But I have been trying to break them, and of course they chose that day to stop camping in the nest boxes.

So now I will have to do a better job of chick proofing the run. I was counting on having a mama hen to call them back if they snuck out.

Here are more pics of the as-yet unnamed babies, and of the run we expanded a few weeks ago. Plus the new concrete floor in the coop, due to our flooding issues this year.

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Congratulations!