Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[SimpleJenn]

From talking to other keepers, the ratio has been more like 65/35 roos to hens in their hatches. They say it occasionally jumps up and down but it usually is closer to 50/50. Must be part of the natural cycle or something.

Blue chickens were mentioned, Ash would like y'all to consider her. She is a blue chicken!!!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

You do know I was joking right?!

Good heavens! Eat Julio?!

White

White???

Not a bit of splash at all??

Wild!

Julio was meant to be. But let us all poke him for a minute.

Poke 1. Your mother and grandmother are frizzles.......where are the frizzled feathers young man.

Poke 2. I love you, and will love you for being a boy. Things would be a lot more simple if you could have been a girl dang it.

Poke 3. Why are you white? Your daddy is splash. Your half brother is a creamsicle color. You.....white, just white....why and how?

Poke 4. Again...where are the frizzled feathers young man.

 

[Ponypoor]

From talking to other keepers, the ratio has been more like 65/35 roos to hens in their hatches. They say it occasionally jumps up and down but it usually is closer to 50/50. Must be part of the natural cycle or something.
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Blue chickens were mentioned, Ash would like y'all to consider her. She is a blue chicken!!!

Mathematically speaking, the larger the number closer to 50% the outcome will be for gender.

Hatcheries that hatch out 50,000 chicks will have more even numbers than those of us who hatch out a few at a time.

Reptiles have the right idea, temperature truly dictates gender

 

[Ponypoor]

Julio was meant to be. But let us all poke him for a minute.

Poke 1. Your mother and grandmother are frizzles.......where are the frizzled feathers young man.

Poke 2. I love you, and will love you for being a boy. Things would be a lot more simple if you could have been a girl dang it.

Poke 3. Why are you white? Your daddy is splash. Your half brother is a creamsicle color. You.....white, just white....why and how?

Poke 4. Again...where are the frizzled feathers young man.

Gosh you forgot the legs! Where are those hairy legs?!

 

[Ponypoor]

Luna laid another very weird egg. And no, it is not broken. The yolk and egg white is separated.View attachment 3946845

Wow yes that is about as weird as my egg in an egg Petunia laid!

 

[BY Bob]

I have high hopes you can find him a great home - he is a fancy boy, I am sure he will catch someone’s eye

I'm sure we will find him a great home. I will not give him up until I do.

 

[BY Bob]

Hey all! Take 4 days off and miss 40 pages of posts! I'll catch up later. Hope all has been well.

The chickens survived. The door remains operational. Sheba flatly refuses to lay in the nests! She's making me nuts. I mean, what's wrong with them? Maybe they need to be deeper? I could add trim to the bottom...thoughts? The other hens don't mind them. View attachment 3946820

The feeders indoors are clearly being used, but today, for the heck of it, I filled the trough I made and set it outside and you'd think they were starving! I thought chickens wouldn't overeat. It's the same food! Weird chickens.
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I find if I throw feed on the ground they go crazy for it. Same stuff in the clean feeder is just OK.

 

[BY Bob]

Luna laid another very weird egg. And no, it is not broken. The yolk and egg white is separated.View attachment 3946845

I have never seen one like that. Wow!

 

[BY Bob]

This afternoon when I got home and was letting the chickens out I was confused as to why the silkies were with the main group.

Seems I didn’t latch the Summer House door. As a result I guess Mr P and Bert got into it and Mr P was injured. And we all know what chickens do to those that are injured, they all gang up on them.

As a result poor Mr P is all banged up, and his head has been scalped of most of his feathers. He is traumatized and demoralized. But I made him go out with his silkies ladies, but he pretty much kept to himself.

Then when he went to come in to roost Bert cornered him in the Summer House and beat the stuffing out of him again. Poor Mr P ran behind a stall door to hide. I could have gladly put Bert in the ground right then and there.

Anyways I picked the poor wee man up and brought him into the Summer House, and I gave him a good dose of Tylenol.

This is all my fault, this morning I was trying to get a hold of Rosario to put him in the Hen House for the day, and I guess in my haste to grab him I forgot to latch the door. I am so furious with myself for this happening.

And I have come to the realization that Bert will have to go. I cannot risk poor Mr P, he is too old for that crap.

So now I have Bert, Rosario and Shorley that need to go. And I am more worried than ever about Clyde and Mr LC.

And Rosario actually almost did get put in the ground today, he assaulted poor old Red and had her down, I though he had killed her. She’s ok, but Rosario is lucky that I had to tend to her first and I could cool down a few seconds otherwise he would have been toast.

These young rotten Roos are just not good to have with older fragile hens (and roosters).

Anyways I am heading out to the barn to do chores and check Mr P. Then heading to sleep, all this drama has me totally exhausted and upset. I never should have kept Bert, I should have re-homed him.

I'm so very sorry. This is just awful. I expected so much better of Bert. So sad. I just want to cry.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Eastern Kentucky and especially Laurel County can relax tonight. The manhunt is now over. A body was found today and a few minutes ago state police confirmed it to be the suspect. I'm sorry and pray for the suspects family. They are not to blame for his actions and are grieving now the loss of a son, grandson and cousin.