Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Apparently my garden doesn't need me since I broke my arm. DH took these still photos of the two beds and now the chickens have free access to both beds since he removed the bird nettings!
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It’s a chicken haven

 

[Ponypoor]

Same old story:
I brought treats for the younger birds, but the old ones scared them away and kept the treats for themselves. Today I brought them steak , ramen noodles, grapes and watermelon . It’s very hard to get everyone to enjoy them. Soon as the big girls see the little ones running towards me they come out of hiding and intercept!

Yup same here.

I have resorted to letting the youngsters in the barn and shutting the door on the grups to keep them out

 

[Ponypoor]

I am told he won’t get any bigger he is tiny! And he has turned into a jerk.

Today he grabbed hold of Henny Penny’s tail and she literally dragged him up the aisle of the barn


Then she turned around and beat the crap out of him.

He tried again, got dragged again, and again got a thrashing. I darn well hope he doesn’t start fighting with Mr P or Bert

 

[rural mouse]

@BY Bob does the chick in this thread look like Aster? Does she (Aster) have a pea comb or a straight comb


https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/white-chick-breed.1636225/

They are likely a similar cross as my Azur Blue - Leghorn x Auracana. They lay Robin egg blue eggs.

They are the friendly active nosey little birds, always have to see what I am doing, but they are not terribly good at flying - which surprises me. But I am glad also for that! I have enough trouble with Tippy, Eli-too, and Butterscotch

Pony, @SimpleJenn build wise she fits, so far. One LARGE problem. Where did the brown egg come from?

 

[SimpleJenn]

I am told he won’t get any bigger he is tiny! And he has turned into a jerk.

Today he grabbed hold of Henny Penny’s tail and she literally dragged him up the aisle of the barn


Then she turned around and beat the crap out of him.

He tried again, got dragged again, and again got a thrashing. I darn well hope he doesn’t start fighting with Mr P or Bert

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Him so tiny!!! Parrot sized!!!
Also I had to giggle at the mental image of him being dragged.

@BY Bob does the chick in this thread look like Aster? Does she (Aster) have a pea comb or a straight comb


https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/white-chick-breed.1636225/

Pony, @SimpleJenn build wise she fits, so far. One LARGE problem. Where did the brown egg come from?

Maybe she's going to be a green layer, with a prarie bluebell dad?

 

[rural mouse]

I am told he won’t get any bigger he is tiny! And he has turned into a jerk.

Today he grabbed hold of Henny Penny’s tail and she literally dragged him up the aisle of the barn


Then she turned around and beat the crap out of him.

He tried again, got dragged again, and again got a thrashing. I darn well hope he doesn’t start fighting with Mr P or Bert

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Getting a thrashing from a hen seems to have a greater impact than from another roo. Twirp thrashed Hector. He turned into a good boy immediately. Tuff has been thrashed upon multiple occasions by the older boys and is still being an idiot. At this point, I hope he has a HARD moult so he doesn't want to go near ANY of the girls for a while....or he tries to mess with one of the cranky moulting ladies and they wallop him.

To be fair to Tuff, he does have the vigilance from his daddy who got a double dose from Cheetah and Nellie. When he's on lookout, he's fantastic. In fact, I think he's the one who first sounded the alarm over the fox back in March. If he gets the earned drubbing, he will be a wonderful rooster. I can't administer that. One (or more) of the ladies needs to do it.

Please, Mr LC, please, go after Henny Penny a lot more...and Henny, get mad at him and give him the drubbing he needs.

 

[featherhead007]

That’s no fun!

So, you get locked in vaults often?
What do you do in the vault in the first place?

 

[featherhead007]

Vault babble tax:

 

[Ponypoor]

@BY Bob does the chick in this thread look like Aster? Does she (Aster) have a pea comb or a straight comb


https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/white-chick-breed.1636225/

Pony, @SimpleJenn build wise she fits, so far. One LARGE problem. Where did the brown egg come from?

Yes that is the question.

I am thinking mum is an EE of sorts and Dada is a leghorn. Or LH cross. EE can have brown eggs; if Dada is also an EE or Prairie Blue Bell or Whiting True Blue type could account for the LH look.

I for one cannot wait to see what colour egg she has.

 

[Ponypoor]

So, you get locked in vaults often?
What do you do in the vault in the first place?

Sleep! No one to bother me! Mum can’t find me, BIL or sister either… no screaming chooks, or cranky old horses.

Sleep, ya that’s what I would do…..