Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

Yay! And might I suggest Shakespeare if he ‘speaks to you’

Not thinking names until it is 100% final. That said, if one of the silkes had been a boy he was supposed to be Keith Whitley to go with George Jones. I was also keeping my favorite name Barbosa in the back of my mind and call him "Hector" when and if he was a bad boy.

 

[Ponypoor]

Not thinking names until it is 100% final. That said, if one of the silkes had been a boy he was supposed to be Keith Whitley to go with George Jones. I was also keeping my favorite name Barbosa in the back of my mind and call him "Hector" when and if he was a bad boy.

Oh yes I had forgotten that!

Guess I’ll need to get another chook and call her Shakespeare

I’ll take some photos of Holly and Jolly so we can all make the ‘it’s a girl’ predictions.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Marty the Menace

Post in thread 'Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock'
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26218908

She likes ankles…

I remember that day. That was the day that Marty forever became #1 on my "if you get rid of it I am first in line" list. I love everyone's birds on this thread. Marty though, if a bird can steal your heart and not belong to you, Marty is my #1.

 

[RoyalChick]

Marty the Menace

Post in thread 'Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock'
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-26218908

She likes ankles…

Oh yes, who can forget that? It was a classic!

 

[BY Bob]

Snow due here later today and for the next few days.
Weather tax: Tassels from the summer to remind me what a red comb looks like.
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Did you say red comb?

 

[BY Bob]

Snow due here later today and for the next few days.
Weather tax: Tassels from the summer to remind me what a red comb looks like.
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Such a beautiful lady.

 

[BY Bob]

My gang would like to get out, but too cold and too much snow. I cleared off Mount Poopmore a bit for the sun to get to, but unless it shines for a few days it will stay covered in snow.

Doesn't Mt Poopmore generate it's own heat?

 

[ManueB]

Hello everyone, I hope you all have /had a nice Sunday. We finally had a very small dusting of snow yesterday, after almost a week of rain. I'm not complaining, we really need it !

I was sad to see it melt away in a few hours, but higher in the mountains there is still a little snow left. Barely enough to step in 5cm running for an hour this morning.

Some damp LGD dogs from one of the past rainy days for pony Sunday.

Their owner says the darker brown young dog, that's hiding behind the pyreneese, is a spanish mastiff. He's very happy with her because she stays all the time with the sheeps, whereas the pyreneese and anatolians tend to sometimes jump the electric netting and go wander. Apparently the spanish mastiff have a lower prey drive and this makes them easier to keep in an enclosure and better guards for the sheep herd.
(All the same, seeing the size of an adult Spanish mastiff, I'm glad his dogs are well educated and don't cause trouble to humans like so many LGD's around here).

The sun came out for a bit today. Théo can't resist a bit of sunshine, he even forgets to play bad guy.

I know some of you have opinions leaning on one side or another but I always wonder how much of my chickens personality is defined by breed, genetics, by individual temper, or by their environment. Or a mix of all of that. I do feel partly responsible for the fact that some of my chickens have become very untrusting toward humans, much more than when they were very young, although I'm not sure exactly why.

 

[RoyalChick]

Hello everyone, I hope you all have /had a nice Sunday. We finally had a very small dusting of snow yesterday, after almost a week of rain. I'm not complaining, we really need it !
View attachment 4041588I was sad to see it melt away in a few hours, but higher in the mountains there is still a little snow left. Barely enough to step in 5cm running for an hour this morning.
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Some damp LGD dogs from one of the past rainy days for pony Sunday.
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Their owner says the darker brown young dog, that's hiding behind the pyreneese, is a spanish mastiff. He's very happy with her because she stays all the time with the sheeps, whereas the pyreneese and anatolians tend to sometimes jump the electric netting and go wander. Apparently the spanish mastiff have a lower prey drive and this makes them easier to keep in an enclosure and better guards for the sheep herd.
(All the same, seeing the size of an adult Spanish mastiff, I'm glad his dogs are well educated and don't cause trouble to humans like so many LGD's around here).

The sun came out for a bit today. Théo can't resist a bit of sunshine, he even forgets to play bad guy.

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I know some of you have opinions leaning on one side or another but I always wonder how much of my chickens personality is defined by breed, genetics, by individual temper, or by their environment. Or a mix of all of that. I do feel partly responsible for the fact that some of my chickens have become very untrusting toward humans, much more than when they were very young, although I'm not sure exactly why.

So glad Théo got to enjoy the sunshine.

 

[Sylvester017]

I was in the coop feeding the Rockettes, when I heard my name called out “Alex, Alex” no one around except for the five Rockettes. I’m telling ya, it’s weird here today!

Our Mini would call my DH's name cuz she heard me calling him so many times! Yes, she did!