Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

Handsome rooster’

Randy is trying and proving himself. Mom is not thrilled with a game rooster. She is his toughest critic. That said, he impressed her a bit yesterday. She was mowing the grass. She always has several of the hens on her heels when she mows after the bugs that are stirred up. Randy was on the creek bank watching her and the hens. Judy, Dottie and Spot got out in front of her and she was heading towards them with the mower. Randy ran and put himself between the hens and the mower and raised his hackles at her. She said she paused not sure if he was threatening to attack her or the mower and yelled at him to move. He stood his ground until one of the suspects came up to him and pecked him on the head to make him move aside. She continued on and he kept a eye on her and the girls but did not offer to do anything else. He listens to the girls according to her, score a point for Randy. He protected the girls in his mind without attacking her or the mower, another point for him in her books. Randy is no Bubba though. It has never been any secret that between Bubba and Branch, Bubba was always the better rooster. Branch was the little $hit that she was forced to like because I loved him so. She misses Branch, she has no one to argue with and crow at her constantly and is perfectly fine with one of the silkies being a boy to keep. It hurt her to loose Bubba. It has bothered her so much that yesterday she had me go through my eggs when she realized Raven is broody. Raven now has 3 eggs that were 11 days old from Corona, Holly and Bunny. If there is a shot at pure Marans they would come from those 3 as they still do not like or accept Randy. It is a long shot they will hatch but she is willing to take the chance. If these fail this fall she is going to contact the guy we got the original Marans from. I can have my silkie aggravator, she needs a big gentle giant.

 

[featherhead007]

Randy is trying and proving himself. Mom is not thrilled with a game rooster. She is his toughest critic. That said, he impressed her a bit yesterday. She was mowing the grass. She always has several of the hens on her heels when she mows after the bugs that are stirred up. Randy was on the creek bank watching her and the hens. Judy, Dottie and Spot got out in front of her and she was heading towards them with the mower. Randy ran and put himself between the hens and the mower and raised his hackles at her. She said she paused not sure if he was threatening to attack her or the mower and yelled at him to move. He stood his ground until one of the suspects came up to him and pecked him on the head to make him move aside. She continued on and he kept an eye on her and the girls but did not offer to do anything else. He listens to the girls according to her, score a point for Randy. He protected the girls in his mind without attacking her or the mower, another point for him in her books. Randy is no Bubba though. It has never been any secret that between Bubba and Branch, Bubba was always the better rooster. Branch was the little $hit that she was forced to like because I loved him so. She misses Branch, she has no one to argue with and crow at her constantly and is perfectly fine with one of the silkies being a boy to keep. It hurt her to loose Bubba. It has bothered her so much that yesterday she had me go through my eggs when she realized Raven is broody. Raven now has 3 eggs that were 11 days old from Corona, Holly and Bunny. If there is a shot at pure Marans they would come from those 3 as they still do not like or accept Randy. It is a long shot they will hatch but she is willing to take the chance. If these fail this fall she is going to contact the guy we got the original Marans from. I can have my silkie aggravator, she needs a big gentle giant.

We all miss Bubba
As I miss Sir Jaffar

 

[featherhead007]

The little minx trucked me AGAIN
After three days in broody jail Tassels was all ‘I’m over it’.
She was standing not sitting, and talking in a normal voice.

So I let her out.

She didn’t even pause to look around, let alone poop or bathe, but ran straight into ‘her’ nest box.


I left her there for a few hours so we could fix up the hanging jail. The chains clank when she moves around like she is in a chain gang!
And for 2fer Tuesday here is Bernie checking up on her.
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Xzit has gone broody again and is sitting on the eggs from yesterday. She’s a tough girl and she will argue with me about this situation!

 

[notabitail]

Two-fer Tuesday.
I hope I didn't get the day of the week wrong this time...

Agathae smacked Felicitas out of her sunbathing spot. She's also been clucking around like a broody....

 

[featherhead007]

Two-fer Tuesday.
I hope I didn't get the day of the week wrong this time...

Agathae smacked Felicitas out of her sunbathing spot. She's also been clucking around like a broody....
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You can relax. It’s Tuesday here in the United States

 

[SimpleJenn]

The little minx trucked me AGAIN
After three days in broody jail Tassels was all ‘I’m over it’.
She was standing not sitting, and talking in a normal voice.

So I let her out.

She didn’t even pause to look around, let alone poop or bathe, but ran straight into ‘her’ nest box.


I left her there for a few hours so we could fix up the hanging jail. The chains clank when she moves around like she is in a chain gang!
And for 2fer Tuesday here is Bernie checking up on her.
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Sorry for laughing, just the thought of her in the "clink" made me giggle

 

[featherhead007]

“I am become death, the destroyer of worms “

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

@Desertvalleychickens ~ your birds doing ok?
Miss your pics

Hi, me and my chooks are alright, just that the days are busy here and I can only read FBA, not post. I might get some more pics today or tomorrow

 

[Sylvester017]

Sorry for laughing, just the thought of her in the "clink" made me giggle

DH calls our cage the "Hen-itentiary" !!!

 

[Ponypoor]

We used to give our Rottweilers commands in Russian so no one else could lure them away w/ English commands

My one mare only understood Arabic - she was an imported mare from Egypt, I never knew she didn’t understand English until my friends husband spoke to her to calm her down! It worked! Hahahaha! Who knew!