Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

What is that in chicken years?

Extremely ancient!

 

[notabitail]

19800 pages!

 

[Ponypoor]

Fire update: 95% contained, has stayed within boundaries despite the winds.

Also more family arrived for a visit. Was out with Sherlock when they pulled in. Played sit, stay, go get fetcher a while, then "can we see the chickens?" Sherlock inside, bananas outside. Kids excited...littlest bouncy about feeding, chickens flinched every time an excited jump occurred. Other 3 all were successful in crouching down and getting at least one bird to eat out of fingers, Twirp being the primary on that, but the pullets got in on it too. Snagged Maizie for several someones to pet. She was hiding from Tuff on the roost and complained the entire time. However, kids got good instruction on rooster behavior, tossed treats to them first, learned about NOT petting down a hen's back, and the middle 2 went back out to watch in fascination. The oldest 2 are campaigning for chickens at home now. Dinner tomorrow won't help any: breakfast. We collected eggs and again, kids were asking about why eggs were such different sizes.

Oh, and the littlest is the perfect size for Sherlock to wash faces. They have a dog also...a Springer, so he's not quite as big as Sherlock, but they're experienced hands at face washing and saying "No". Sherlock isn't as experienced at listening to little commanders, but quickly demonstrated he's a Teddy bear if you scratch his chest, belly, ribs, or butt.

And finally getting hummingbird feeders back up. The birds are around and bold.

Sounds like such a fun day

 

[Ponypoor]

19800 pages!

Yep, I missed the last palindrome 19791 darn!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Another blast from the past Pony Sunday.

These are horse that were once boarded down at the barn.
Rosie on Peanut the first horse to throw her. Devil pony but character building.

Learning to drive Minnie the other pony at the barn.

Poor Minnie, she was at the mercy of Rosie and 3 other children younger then her.

Horse camp fun. She really learned to ride and it was downhill for me from there. Ole Ruth. A been there, done that, 25 year old standardbred who taught countless kids to ride. It was her last year being used for the camp as she was retired from riding not long afterwards.

Bud, the other standardbred that was used for the camp. Rosie really liked him. We actually almost bought him for her instead of Russ. We probably would have except Russ came along a few months later and there was no denying he was the horse she was meant to have.

 

[Ponypoor]

Another blast from the past Pony Sunday.

These are horse that were once boarded down at the barn.
Rosie on Peanut the first horse to throw her. Devil pony but character building.
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Learning to drive Minnie the other pony at the barn.
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Poor Minnie, she was at the mercy of Rosie and 3 other children younger then her.
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Horse camp fun. She really learned to ride and it was downhill for me from there. Ole Ruth. A been there, done that, 25 year old standardbred who taught countless kids to ride. It was her last year being used for the camp as she was retired from riding not long afterwards.
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Bud, the other standardbred that was used for the camp. Rosie really liked him. We actually almost bought him for her instead of Russ. We probably would have except Russ came along a few months later and there was no denying he was the horse she was meant to have.
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Kids and their horses - yes you were doomed from there on

Owning pets is a great way to learn responsibility and have fun.

 

[Marie2020]

CAT-URDAY

c. 1951 CINDY & me on the farm - she did tricks for me. Cuz of her I thought all cats were smart & sweet.
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That's so sweet. Thank you for sharing

 

[Marie2020]

Another blast from the past Pony Sunday.

These are horse that were once boarded down at the barn.
Rosie on Peanut the first horse to throw her. Devil pony but character building.
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Learning to drive Minnie the other pony at the barn.
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Poor Minnie, she was at the mercy of Rosie and 3 other children younger then her.
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Horse camp fun. She really learned to ride and it was downhill for me from there. Ole Ruth. A been there, done that, 25 year old standardbred who taught countless kids to ride. It was her last year being used for the camp as she was retired from riding not long afterwards.
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Bud, the other standardbred that was used for the camp. Rosie really liked him. We actually almost bought him for her instead of Russ. We probably would have except Russ came along a few months later and there was no denying he was the horse she was meant to have.
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So much cuteness
I love your photos of you as a little git on that beautiful little one

 

[Marie2020]

Such a good kitty

That picture really got to me.

 

[ManueB]

Clean Up

I often see some of the hens do that with my roosters if they try to keep just one small piece of good stuff for themselves , and I always think to myself "how rude !" But I never saw the chicks doing it. Maybe because the two broodies I had, tended to leave anything good to eat to their chicks ? I had trouble getting them to eat enough until they weaned the chicks.

I also wonder if it could mean your chicks are female.
Have some of you who raised male chicks ever seen them doing that ?

I have two late Pony Sunday pictures, a few of my neighbour's cows and calves with the former abandoned old horse, now renamed Mojo and definitely living with them (although the human drama has escalated to a very sad no return point). They had broken out of their enclosure. Apparently something scared them, either one of the LGD or a wolf interested by the calves maybe.

And a few mugs.

Annette

Kara

Laure

And this is an all in one mug / twofer / thirsty pic, Piou-piou and Théo. It's just missing a butt .