Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Maybe she toad it away.

 

[featherhead007]

She looks like she might have some Leghorn considering the floppy comb.

 

[Logar]

Maybe she toad it away.

 

[Sylvester017]

Did you see the mosquitoes?! They are as big as seagulls! You can’t miss them!

No. No mosquitos but heard a symphony of crickets in your video ~ they were probably under your haystack field! Those suckers are hiding all over our backyard wherever it's dark! Our chickens will keep eating & eating crickets without stop if the little critters didn't hide/jump so fast!

 

[featherhead007]

Did you see the mosquitoes?! They are as big as seagulls! You can’t miss them!

Canadian Air Force

 

[RoyalChick]

Caturday Saturday
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Awww. That face!

 

[Sylvester017]

It seems I spoke too soon. I did encourage her to go up to the 2nd level but she got to the 3rd level by herself! I then had to teach her how to go down the ‘stairs’ but then she went right back up them.View attachment 3944410

That's a lot of playground! Will the top bird poops hit birds standing on the lower levels?

 

[RoyalChick]

We had our final horse show of the season tonight. I am dead, but after another cup of coffee heading back down to pick up the trash.

I heard some wonderful news from the show proprietor. The stray black rooster that showed up with Randy. I had not saw him since the last horse show 3 weeks ago. I honestly feared he had been taken by a predator. As soon as I arrived she informed me she spent all day after that show and managed to finally catch him and take him home. A week later she decided he was lonely and found a black hen for him. She showed me pictures of the coop and run she built for him and the hen looks to be another Australop like he is.

Well, we got to talking after the show when we had down time. She wanted another hen for him and was hoping her hen would one day hatch chicks. Her coop and run is big enough and nice enough it could hold 20 easily and only has 2. I told her if she wanted a future momma I had the perfect hen for her who constantly went broody.

Karen has a new momma. She may not go broody the rest of this year as it is late in the season and I have already broke her up 6 times this spring and summer. Karen is desperate to be a momma, the time just was never right. The next time she is broody she is going to get her chance.

When I came home and got her for her and brought her down she was in tears with joy. She did not know chickens came in a chocolate color. She marveled over her feathered feet.

Betty has been good to me, I am happy to give her a good hen and pleased to know she has went to a good home.

How wonderful!

 

[RoyalChick]

This is wonderful news! 3 worries alleviated: the black rooster is safe AND not going to cause problems at your place AND she's falling in love with chickens so will NOT permit any more chickens getting dumped around the horse show. BONUS: Karen will get to be a momma and one of the broody headaches will be someone else's delightful problem while you can enjoy regular updates/ see the babies

I think that is what the call a win-win-win-win-win!

 

[Sylvester017]

She looks like she might have some Leghorn considering the floppy comb.

I had the same thought. Breeders are crossing Leghorns w/ many other breeds to increase egg production ~ Legbars, Black Production, hybrids, etc etc etc. At the same time increasing prolific egg breeds is also shortening lifespans . Sometimes the crosses don't inherit prolific egg laying which is good cuz it allows the bird better health/lifespan.