Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[notabitail]

21000 pages!
How did I not see that? We need 12 more (more like 11) for @Ponypoor's palindrome.

 

[featherhead007]

Are you accustomed to this kind of winter every year?

My DS/DIL live in Yucca Valley near Joshua Tree over the hill from Palm Springs. Desert area but they get snow too. Not strange to see two cars covered in snow but funny to see Joshua cactus covered in snow. Joshua is a protected cactus & illegal to cut down in the yard.
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I have property in Apple Valley
Five acres. I’m just sitting on that property until the prices increase

 

[featherhead007]

21000 pages!
How did I not see that? We need 12 more (more like 11) for @Ponypoor's palindrome.

I hate it when she gets a palindrome. It’s probably painful and she should take an ibuprofen or two

 

[featherhead007]

Are you accustomed to this kind of winter every year?

My DS/DIL live in Yucca Valley near Joshua Tree over the hill from Palm Springs. Desert area but they get snow too. Not strange to see two cars covered in snow but funny to see Joshua cactus covered in snow. Joshua is a protected cactus & illegal to cut down in the yard.
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Very strange! Looks like something out of Star Trek.

 

[Logar]

Fluffy butt Friday

 

[RoyalChick]

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Lovely. I don’t have any fluffy butts. I have naked butts and prickly butts.
It all looks so cold and uncomfortable.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

The big reveal

Ok so without further ado (and anyone wishing to know the meaning behind that idiom you can read about it here:
https://oxfordlanguageclub.com/page/blog/idiom-of-the-day-without-further-ado#:~:text=The phrase has its roots,without unnecessary fuss or ceremony.)

I have enjoyed this little contest, the winners with the closest answers are:

SimpleJenn with 49
Rural Mouse with 45
Sylvester017 with the ‘lottery ticket’

Spoiler: I hid it well!

Spoiler: And the answer will shock you!

Zero! Zilch. Nada.

Spoiler: Just kidding

The originals (13)
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Fluffy
Curly
Henny Penny
Penelope
Blanche
Sophia
Rose
Dorothy
Marty
Misty
Whiskers
Buttercup
Mr P

Then the enablers happened, you know who you are! (1)
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Tippy

School chicks (5)
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Eli-too
Petunia
Little Grey
Muffy
Butterscotch

Sophia a mum at age 5! First time broody her kids are (4)
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Babe
Ruth (the Little Pecker)
Sue
Cash

And the three ‘Leghorn’ Ladies (3)
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Flopsy
Topsy
Twister

And BIL’s chooks come for retirement (2)
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Red
Raven

And who can resist winter babies (1)
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Betty
Bert (re-homed so he’s a -1)

More school chicks (2)
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Clyde
Georgie

Hijacker chicks - very scary! (6)
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Sweetie pie
Butters
Goldie
Cayenne
Pepper-Larry
Jaffarra

The word is out more hijacking! (2)
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Mr LC
Mrs LC

And Curly wanted to raise babies (2)
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Laverne
Shirley (Shorly?)

Oh well what’s 4 more? (4)
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Little Mouse
Chickie-chick
Silver
Patches

And wait there’s more - now they are giving them to me! (2)
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Rosario
Daisy

So… how many is that?

Spoiler: Beak count total

47!

No more babies!

Trying to catch up. Is that four roosters for the bunch now then? Mr. P, and Clyde (a roo?), Mr. LC, and Rosario?

 

[featherhead007]

It’s a nice warm day here today.
A perfect day except for the roosters fighting over the hens.
Seems Rudy is the leader of the tribe. Very docile unless provoked,
(kinda like me)

 

[Ponypoor]

Oh there is a Randy update I have been meaning to post but have forgotten to.

As you all are aware from the moment he decided to adopt my flock he has chosen to sleep in Momma Hens tree. I am pleased to report that finally for the last 2 weeks Randy has abandoned the tree. He now Roosts on the big roost right beside Raven. He has gotten very comfortable with me walking around and under him on the roost and me talking to him while he is up on it. If the need arose I do think I could take him off the roost successfully now. I still have not attempted it. I do not want to scare him back to the tree. With winter now here and freezing temps I do not want him unprotected from the elements. I am making progress with him. Slow painful progress, but progress none-the-less. Last night Raven and Siri decided to have a go at each other on the roost. Poor Randy was caught in the middle and he was knocked down. He trusted me enough to get close. I did not attempt to pick him up and put him on the roost, I could tell he was not ready for that and ready to bolt towards the hill. Instead I used my head lamp and shined a light onto the top of Russ's stall board. He is smart and used it to fly up to it. I then shone the light onto his spot on the roost and he was back up in a instant. He also gave a very well deserving peck to Raven who was in a mood. He also pecked at Siri until she moved about a foot away from them which seemed to make Raven happy.

Good boy Randy. We will become friends eventually.
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Good boy Randy!

Why oh why oh why?
It is brutal today - temperature highs in the 20s (F) but very windy so feels much colder.
So naturally both Piglet and Sylvie decided to drop almost all their feathers overnight.

Yep I now have a couple more dripping feathers, had Ravens black feathers and also now brown feathers - not sure who it is, I will keep a look tonight to see who sleeps where.

 

[Ponypoor]

Trying to catch up. Is that four roosters for the bunch now then? Mr. P, and Clyde (a roo?), Mr. LC, and Rosario?

5
Mr P
Clyde
Mr LC
Rosario
Shirley (Shorley)

Rosario and Shirley need to be re-homed.

Then I will have only the three boys.