Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

Good Labour Day morning everyone

It’s another chilly and windy day here, Autumn has truly arrived.

Awwww! TY for the video!

 

[Marie2020]

Rosie has been a screaming monster lately, driving us crazy!View attachment 3934734

You should hear princess. She actually growled at me the other day. She isn't sure if she's a cat or a dog, she copies both species

 

[Sylvester017]

Hattie is over 6 years old and suffers greatly from arthritis. Every morning she gets meloxicam for the pain and then all the mealworms she wants. I don't care about nutrition, she is over 6 and not overweight. She deserves all the treats she wants.

As it gets colder she will need a dose at night as well. She is stationary without the meloxicam. She moves around some when on it.

Sweet baby, getting old is the pits! She is so pretty.

Wow! Those "--cam" meds are like pep pills on steroids! My vet prescribed metacam(?spelling) for one of my Silkies yrs ago & it perked her right up!

 

[Ponypoor]

Thanks for sending this beautiful weather our way.

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No problem

That north wind is chilly, and oh so hilarious watching the poor silkies walk in it. Get blown sideways

 

[Ponypoor]

Working in a rig yard in Tulsa, my original scope was a 2 day job but I'm playing it by ear now. I don't mind. The guys here a great and I'm staying 10 minutes away in a nice hotel with a bar. They are not in a rush so that matches my speed perfectly, lol.

Oh splendid! Yep that’s a great gig - I need one of those for the next 3 yrs !

Labour Tax
The wee bantam kids

 

[Ponypoor]

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I’d call that a rose comb…. what do I know??

 

[Ponypoor]

Rosie has been a screaming monster lately, driving us crazy!View attachment 3934734

I have a couple of them - I had to yell at them to shut up this morning! Of course they just screamed louder.

 

[Ponypoor]

You should hear princess. She actually growled at me the other day. She isn't sure if she's a cat or a dog, she copies both species

One day I will do a video of all the noises they all make. It’s wild isn’t it?!

 

[Ponypoor]

Working in a rig yard in Tulsa, my original scope was a 2 day job but I'm playing it by ear now. I don't mind. The guys here a great and I'm staying 10 minutes away in a nice hotel with a bar. They are not in a rush so that matches my speed perfectly, lol.

Hey Greg - those two OEGB bantams I have are wonderful! I am so glad I bought them. And yes even little Mr LC himself, he is such a character!

It’s like having ponies! Horses are great but ponies are just silly little brats who are born entertainers

Wer as the silkies are quiet and toddle around the OEGBs are so active and get into everything!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Not enough gray/silver to be a true silver partridge but might be classified as a dark partridge. The breeder we got two Silkies from said one was a dark partridge & one was a silver partridge.

Dark Partridge -- starts w/very black feathers
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Silver Partridge - silver chick starts w/ very gray feathers View attachment 3934677
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We once considered attending poultry shows just to speak w/ some Silkie breeders to get more clarifications but the shows were further away than we cared to travel. Now I just rely on the NPIP breeder we purchase from for info since they like to study genetics.

I did not get Poppet until she was supposedly 5 months old. I felt at the time she was too little to be that age and guessed her to be more along 3 1/2 to 4 months as she also still had the chick cheep. Well, she could have been closer to 5 months old now that I think about it. I have 6 of her offspring, 4 of them tiny. I will have to watch their growth rates. With these I know exactly when they hatched.

Poppet the day she arrived.

She was tiny, look how little she was next to Branch.

She arrived in October last year. Due to her small size she was not released out to free range unsupervised until the end of January. She grew, but she is still my tiny little terror. The last picture I have of her and Branch together.