Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

@Lilion ~ DH just let me know decades ago he was in sca as an armourer!

 

[Sylvester017]

What?! No chickens there?!

But chickens where runnimg freely in every ancient village! Everyone knows that!

Poor chickens did roam everywhere but in the name of "realism" movies don't revere chickens like they do dogs or horses. As for birds the majestic eagles & falcons, even crows or ravens, get lofty medieval notice but the chickens are always portrayed scattered by riders on horses, children chasing them, actors running through the middle of a flock, or small cages crowded 3-4 chickens in a tiny cage. It would be nice to see chickens as more than scared squawking birds.

One British/Canadian movie I saw had a war bride move in w/ her husband's farm folks & she learned chores. At 1st she thought the chickens disgustingly smelly in the hen house as she collected eggs for the 1st time. As she adapted to farm life she looked forward to collecting eggs & smiling greeted the chickens w/ "Good morning, Smellies!" but now w/ more affection & good cheer.

Once I saw an American movie where a man kept chickens & a girlfriend came by for a visit & he showed her his calm chickens in the run. It was a brief scene but very noticeably had an easter egger in the flock. I believe he showed the lady a blue egg too.

Little movie scenes like that tickle me where chickens get respectful attention .

 

[featherhead007]

Not so much putting on a show, like a renaissance fair, though I've done that... we're a bunch of needs recreating the middle ages.

This is what we do. https://www.sca.org/

This weekend is Kings Company of Archers. Archery all day. Here's a picture or two of my hubs and friends and even one of me and Ellie.

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And tax, Eenie stretching in the sun.
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I’m totally aware of this. I have been a blacksmith making swords and knives for several years. SCA

 

[featherhead007]

Renfaires are how we got into reenactment. The local SCA group was doing a combat demo at the little fair we put on, and my husband, who's gotten into making chainmail, repaied something for someone. Next thing I knew, I was an officer! LOL! That's been a pattern. He had volunteered to do a chainmail demo at the renfaire and next thing I knew, I was the merchant coordinator! I swear, if he were to get into politics I'd end up President!

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Do it! We need a good president!

 

[featherhead007]

Sorry to hear this,, but I do like this photo of your chooks, do you teach them to be colour coordinated like that?

I was holding Rudy when I took that picture.

 

[featherhead007]

I love our wonderful Queen Aurora. When it comes to silkies, she is wrong in her opinions.

Right now with all the silkies there is nothing that can sway my mind one way or another in a definite direction. My gut is telling me this bunch is mainly girls. Why, I do not know. They are getting close to the age I can really start paying attention to the tail shapes. Close, not quite there yet. They are also about 2 weeks out from when I can start looking for streamers in the boys. With every single one of them having nice crests, those streamers should become really apparent fast. Their crests are also doing a very good job hiding their combs. I need to wet them down and take a close look at their widths.

Reba, I have had my suspicions here and there on Reba early on. Reba was the biggest and the broadest of the silkies the first few weeks. Reba is still the biggest. Silkies tend to have a upright stance anyway, they walk around on their tiptoes. Briefly for a few seconds every now and then I catch a glimpse of the really upright stance Branch carried himself in. I really like Reba, it's my favorite. That alone should tell me something.

I don't know. It may be wishful thinking on my part. Today I just got a gut feeling that Reba really could be a cockerel. If I am wrong, I am wrong. Reba will stay Reba and be a much loved pullet. It is just all kinds of tiny little things that on their own mean nothing adding up.

Two rules regarding Queen Aurora.
1. She’s right about everything, all the time, without question or rebuttal.
2. If you still think she is wrong, refer to rule number one.

 

[Ponypoor]

Do it! We need a good president!

Tax SVP

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Yetserday was Friday the 13th...
Oooo spooky...

Definitely not spooky. Unless you wake up to this directly in your face...

 

[Lilion]

What?! No chickens there?!

But chickens where runnimg freely in every ancient village! Everyone knows that!

No...but there was a goat at the last week-long event.

 

[Ponypoor]

Yetserday was Friday the 13th...
Oooo spooky...
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Definitely not spooky. Unless you wake up to this directly in your face...

I forgot about that! Next one is December.

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