Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

Alexander the chicken keeper has had a fever for two days now. Tonight’s reading is 102f
So I’m going to the hospital in the morning. This isn’t right

Something is going on this season. @Marie2020 & @SimpleJenn are not well either. Get well prayers everyone!

 

[Sylvester017]

She is leghorn/red junglefowl. I think she looks really neat!

She does! She definitely has the silkie sassiness too, she's a little spitfire.

There's more than Junglefowl to get those dark markings on face & legs. Black Swedish Hen or Ayam Cemani in her history or even Silkie maybe to give those dark features? Out of curiosity see if her tongue or body skin is dark.

Nyx is a sweetie all right!

 

[Sylvester017]

Caturday
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Green eyes! LOVE green eyes!

 

[RoyalChick]

Hen egg songs can be very loud. Our coop isn't against a neighboring fence but our hens have loud songs that carry far & it worries me.

Forget about the egg part of that observation. None of these fine ladies has laid an egg today.

 

[SimpleJenn]

There's more than Junglefowl to get those dark markings on face & legs. Black Swedish Hen or Ayam Cemani in her history or even Silkie maybe to give those dark features? Out of curiosity see if her tongue or body skin is dark.

Nyx is a sweetie all right!

The lady has both of her parents so I will see. Junglefowl do have a variety of skin colors, darker and lighter.
Speaking of ayam cemani...this girl is mixed cemani and backyard mix

Still thinking of a name.

 

[RoyalChick]

I am getting to my wits end with Tassels. She has been in broody jail best part of two weeks now. Nothing deters her. At least in jail she eats. Chicken feed frittata.

 

[SimpleJenn]

I am getting to my wits end with Tassels. She has been in broody jail best part of two weeks now. Nothing deters her. At least in jail she eats. Chicken feed frittata.
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That is the maddest hen I've ever seen! She looks ready to erupt!

 

[RoyalChick]

That is the maddest hen I've ever seen! She looks ready to erupt!

Yeah. She gave me some filthy looks. She thought I was going to release her.
Today everyone is confined to quarters because a mother raccoon with two babies is wandering around. They can easily get in the run by dropping down from the trees, so I am keeping everything locked up for the day.
Nasty soggy day anyway.
Tomorrow I will try another Tassels release. But I am not optimistic. You never saw a critter run so fast as she does back to her nest.
Tomorrow I will try and get video.

 

[Sylvester017]

Offspring of the splash...if daddy ISNT splash, 100% guarantee to show blue anywhere that black would be, possibly all over blue with markings hidden under it, possibly having those markings bleed through in adult moults

You must be our geneticist ~ other than a blue/black/splash breeding chart & egg genetics I only read enough general info to be dangerous teehee! Note to myself to consult you in future as I'm too lazy to delve into the details of pattern/color breeding.

 

[Logar]

That is the maddest hen I've ever seen!

And Jingle took that personally…