Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

Hurry up Hooman we want to partake of the wild water hurry we demand you hurry!

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Bert with his harem

I love these pictures

 

[Marie2020]

But I want to be in my own bed

Nothing like our own bed and space

 

[Marie2020]

13+ yrs saga cont:

2016 was not a good year. We lost our Blue Wheaten Ameraucana, were miss-sent a Breda cockerel instead of a pullet and a sick Blue Ameraucana pullet with her put down at the vet, the cockerel re-homed, and the Blue Breda "Phaedra" passed in her sleep. WTH?

By December 2016 with so many losses we made no progress in expanding the backyard flock. Once again we had just one lone Breda left with two little Silkies.
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We ordered two new Blue Breda replacements from a private breeder to arrive in May 2017!

"Kahlah" with the big tail and "Tova" no tail yet.
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Kahlah died the first week she arrived and Tova we managed to keep alive till she was about 6 months -- avian leukosis we were told.

"Tova" -- beautiful gentle Blue Breda with her hawk-like features.
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Tova was a weak bird and remained a house bird till she passed. This was her roost on my office chair.
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We sadly found out that the USA BBS variety of Bredas were not hardy because of a low gene pool so none of our Blue Bredas lived long. We stopped ordering Bredas and figured our Cuckoo Breda would die soon too.

So in August 2017 we nixxed any more shipped birds and went to our local feed store and picked up 3 Dominique chicks in anticipation of losing our Cuckoo Breda too!
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"Char" was a much hardier variety of Breda and lived with us almost 5-years before we re-homed her. More on her later....
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I'd love the update on her new home

 

[Marie2020]

I did not......

We did

 

[featherhead007]

I’m awake at the moment, because my little CeeCee paid me a visit. She braved the jump off the perch in the dark from the chicken room and across the hall to my bedroom. Then flew up on my bed and snuggled next to my neck. She’s purring like a kitten at the moment.

 

[Marie2020]

Dada Mr P

My main boy

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Mum Fluffy

She's outstandingly beautiful

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Baby Bert
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He's a handsome lad

 

[Marie2020]

Mr P is the instigator, he is the one pushing for a fight the idiot, he goes after Bert who doesn’t back down. If Mr P ignored him it would be fine.

I let them out tonight and Mr P went for him. I had to put Bert in the run and let Mr P have the run of the yard.

Mr. P. BEHAVE YOURSELF

 

[Marie2020]

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Shep is in the other nests, panting and acting pitiful. I parted the straw under her so she can get a breeze on her belly. Her eggs seem to cause her some pain lately. Poor baby, I hope she feels better.

Have you tried a little bit of olive oil in her vent and I was told to feed them only the egg white to harden the shell
I hope she's better soon

 

[Marie2020]

A picture from the other day. I've been busy here. I'll try to take more later

 

[Ponypoor]

I’m awake at the moment, because my little CeeCee paid me a visit. She braved the jump off the perch in the dark from the chicken room and across the hall to my bedroom. Then flew up on my bed and snuggled next to my neck. She’s purring like a kitten at the moment.

Hope her feet weren’t poopy like Sweeties were yesterday when she hopped up on my shoulders and tried to get on my head. I could smell the cecal poop on her feet.