Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

It is bitter cold here today with wings topping 22mph. The girls are smartly huddled around the heat panel.

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Here to and wind 18km

 

[Marie2020]

Chickens never forget! I bet she'll not only remember you but be happy to see you too! <3

Thank you

 

[rural mouse]

I have 6 inches of fine POWDER (the tiny flakes that take awhile to accumulate)....and the main road by the snow plow depot hadn't been plowed when I left for work. Coop is open, but unless the sun comes out, I doubt they'll want out.

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Full nests

 

[Marie2020]

TY Marie ~ We were fortunate that our backyard was pretty much a blank canvas so when I retired & DH wanted pet chickens we were able to plan little by little a chicken-people-friendly environment. In future, after chickens, it will still be a puppy friendly yard if needed. The front & back yards didn't happen instantly. They evolved slowly over 14-15 yrs which included cottage remodeling & yard-fence remodeling. There is more yard than cottage. Builders could've been more generous to add a few more square feet to the bldg but ordinance codes were flimsy 70 yrs ago & builders got away w/cutting corners.

Front yard had a HUGE ENORMOUS ugly date palm in the front yard when we bought the cottage. I think there was more tree than home! The fronds covered the roof, the lawn, & partial driveway!!!
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Palm tree gone & yard & cottage redone
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Back yard plain at 1st
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Same wall today ~ tarped fence replaced w/ block wall.
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Beautiful

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

FBA WEEKLY SYNOPSIS
Up to Jan 4, 2025

Last week's synopsis provided by @Ponypoor is here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28267049

........HAPPY 2025!!!!

The New Year brought New Styles in headgear....... Thanks to our lovely models!
@BY Bob
@Ponypoor
@featherhead007
@GregnLety

@BY Bob
Shared BIG NEWS from Fluffy Butt Acres.

This news led to renewed speculation about exactly what kind of chicken Aster actually is:

And L.O.T.S. of amazing genetics information from @rural mouse about Blue, Black, Splash and Lavender

For a while there even @rural mouse seemed unsure. But she reflected and settled on an explanation for Aster's parentage.

Before jumping down a genetic rabbit hole where few of us dare to follow, but it was also an excuse to share beautiful pictures of blue chickens, and we can all enjoy that!

Even @RoyalChick dipped her toe into the genetics discussion on behalf of Piglet

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In other news........

@featherhead007
Has lost Rudy the rooster
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28272430
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28272728

Coco has a broken toe:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28275975

And Nurse Kelly provided good advice on how to treat the toe
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28277172

Alex also has got some new chickens
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28278676
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28279364
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28282530

Sadly one of the babies has died
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28283022
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@Marie2020
Got news of the lovely Princess
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@Ponypoor
And has installed new roosting ledges

Mr.P is finally growing back his topknot

The littles are expanding their

And Pony's littles are expanding their territory
And I am wondering why she is thinking of getting them gender tested if she is going to rehome them. Hmmm!
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@RebeccaBoyd
George is showing his true colors as Mr P's 'mini-me':
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28274340
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28272364
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28272377

And hens are starting to lay:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28267636
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28265159
And she is putting the eggs to good use
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@Sally PB
Also has chickens coming back on line:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28267137
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@RoyalChick
Has a nearly naked chicken
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Hopefully I haven't missed any big news, and apologies if my attempts at doing hyperlinks didn't quite work (just experimenting!).

Thanks for the synopsis!

 

[Ponypoor]

Pictures from yesterday
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Cats and moons and planets oh my

Not to mention spotty chooks

 

[Ponypoor]

It is bitter cold here today with wings topping 22mph. The girls are smartly huddled around the heat panel.

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Wow! Your girls wings are fast!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Had the dumplings out in the Summer House for a bit, brought them back in after an hr, very cold here today.

Clyde entertained us with his charming ways of nest building.

Oh and I heard a crash and everyone squawking and ran so see what happened and Clyde gyrated that bin right off the ledge

Your Clyde video just about confirms my suspicions that all 6 of my silkies are pullets. Clyde is 4 weeks older then my group but that does not matter at this point. My crew is what, 7 months old now? I have a video I took last week that I just got around to uploading. Watch the video with Clyde, focus on the head and hackles. Clydes hackle feathers are everywhere, scraggly for a better word no offense to him.

Watch this video now and look really close to my group. Every single one of them is neat as a pin and they all just look so feminine. I have 6 pullets here I tell you.

 

[Ponypoor]

Here to and wind 18km
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Tis winter in the northern hemisphere, a time, they say, to celebrate.

Not sure on that! But, it’s only 67 days till first day of spring (20 March 2025).

And only 134 days until May 2 4 weekend here, which is our day to be able to plant our gardens without worry of frost killing the plants.

Let the whining errrrr sorry count down begin!

Weather whining tax

Sweetie Pie warming up under the heater