Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

Tax for the bears.

Anyone raise paints? I asked in the silkie forum but nobody seems to know.

These two are paints. I have photos of their feet that are mottled black and white as well. The right one's spots were lighter than the left one.

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This is the one from the left which you'd expect, a paint.
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The one on the right turned pure white.
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So no longer a paint or just a paint in disguise? Or could this be a dominant white? They aren't quite 4 months old or I'd just breed 'em to find out.

The one that went pure white should still gain spots with every adult moult (I'm assuming the term "paint" is used for a blue black splash silkie of the splash markings).

 

[Marie2020]

Losing who we love is always hard. Having 25 chickens in 13+ yrs we had our share of losses. I'm glad we have pics to remember them.

Our first 2 chickens ~ Violet & Trumpet 2011
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You had 5 months of chaos & we had over a year of chaos remodeling ours. We had no kitchen for 13 months! There was a refrigerator & nothing else just a big empty room ~ no counters or cupboards, no stove, no sink, in fact one wall was missing & plywood used temporarily as a wall. It was fun chasing out a rat that thought he could stay! Any repair or remodel is a nightmare. We replaced a leaking toilet last year. Now our washer broke down & needs replacing. No fun at all but we take one day at a time.

W/ surgery a good prospect there should be no pain except for immediate hospital stay. Surprisingly there's no pain now but surgery will certainly disturb that. Castor oil is on my list but can't really use it till I no longer need the straight jacket support or the oil will soak into the support material. TY for your recommendations. My Dr was surprised I don't have any meds at my age.

Good for you

 

[Marie2020]

I love my friends here as well Marie.

Same here Bob. They keep my spirits up

 

[rural mouse]

2fers

 

[TOMTE]

Very pretty pictures. Neat place!

Are those red berries cranberries or something else? We planted cranberry bushes in front of our house and this year they finally got berries and kind of look like that. Supposedly the birds and deer like them, but the deer won't come here due to the dogs.

Thank you! That pond is just down the road so really easy to get to. It's one of my favorite places to walk and take pictures

I have no idea what they are... Red fruits, thorny, growing in a marsh. A plant ID site says it could be a rose bush (specifically multiflora rose, invasive). I'll try to remember to look at it again during one of my spring/summer walks so I can see the leaves and flowers, then it'll be easier to identify.

 

[featherhead007]

Thank you! That pond is just down the road so really easy to get to. It's one of my favorite places to walk and take pictures

I have no idea what they are... Red fruits, thorny, growing in a marsh. A plant ID site says it could be a rose bush (specifically multiflora rose, invasive). I'll try to remember to look at it again during one of my spring/summer walks so I can see the leaves and flowers, then it'll be easier to identify.

Before Kelly says it:
A rose by another name could smell as sweet!

 

[featherhead007]

Before Kelly says it:
A rose by another name could smell as sweet!

I botched it on purpose, just to get a rise out of PonyPoor!

 

[featherhead007]

I botched it on purpose, just to get a rise out of PonyPoor!

We all love our Kelly!!

 

[featherhead007]

I’m off to the airport. Ta ta for now

 

[Marie2020]

I’m off to the airport. Ta ta for now

Safe journey