Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

I have yet to find a replacement horse for my old stallion, he was an awesome little horse. So much fun and such a good boy. I have not had another horse like him.

He was a nice jumper….
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Oops usually!
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Now instead of being the crazy horse lady, I’m the crazy chicken lady dealing eggs in the company parking lot

Marty and Henny Prnny
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Those two look like they are having a right old good gossip

 

[BY Bob]

From what I have saw of them they are adorable. I cannot wait to get a real good look at them when they are out strutting around.

I am thrilled with the boys, perfectly happy.

They were housed with another boy that she is keeping from the group of chicks she hatched. I do not know if it is a approved color, and frankly I saw it in person and I do not care. She has a chocolate silkie cockerel. Understandably he and her chocolate hens and pullets are not going anywhere. This year, she is planning on offering up chocolate chicks that she hatches. I will not get any this year. Next year though. Well, next year a chocolate pullet may be in order. Or this fall if she has some grow outs to place.

I have found me a new silkie friend and enabler, who is only 30 minutes away.

How wonderful that you have a new silkie friend. That must be very exciting for you. Congrats!

 

[BY Bob]

@BY Bob,

I have figured out what you are up too. You are keeping Queen Aurora distracted by showing her my silkies. She can issue royal decree after royal decree that silkies are not real chickens all she wants. If she is focused on putting me in my place she will not notice until it is too late that the "other" not real chickens have once again rejoined her flock.

Sneaky. Very, very sneaky.

I shall do my part. I will have to post lots of pictures of my feather duster Pomeranian's with beaks to keep her sidetracked for you.

You see right through me. How very perceptive!

 

[ManueB]

Well, I did a thing today, darn my brother and his enabling.

Congratulations ! It seems like you made many people on this thread happy, so you can be assured you've done a good deed .
But does the FBA world realise what that Silkie enabler living 30 mn away from you will really mean in terms of enabling ?
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@Ponypoor I remembered you asked me to tell how long Laure's implant would last. Well, she laid last week on the 27 January, and she was implanted on the 17th of August, so that was five months and ten days.
Unfortunately her first egg was fine but she passed two soft shell eggs since and the last one made her awfully unwell. So I will likely make an appointment to get her another implant. Apart from a very difficult molt at the start, she was doing great with it.

And I have another very unwell hen, Nieva the leghorn. She laid a soft shell egg three weeks ago and since then has been very sick. Looking back, there were forewarning signs of reproductive issues. Since she was moulting, I thought it was due to that. She is too unwell to make the two hours drive to the vet without taking the risk that she has to stay at the clinic, which I really don't want, and she is also utterly terrified whenever we come near her. So she's on her own ; if she makes it through and gets better, we will also get her implanted (if she does not already have cancer, which would be my guess).

I don't feel good about it, but I have not really grown attached to the two leghorns that live here, Alba and Nieva. It's strange because we spent hours caring for their bumblefoot, brought them both to the vet, but I still feel estranged to them and they are both terrified of me. And I have been so sad when Piou-piou died that I feel a bit numb now, like I will never care that much for a chicken.

While I've come to acknowledge I don't feel the same way for all my chickens, I agree it's not helpful to compare them ; and that we should take them as they are. For me it's important to have thought about personal guidelines for chicken husbandry, it helps to know what to do in situations where you have to make choices, whatever your feeling for the chicken may be.
Then of course...Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ignore...

Tuefer : we all know it takes two to lay an egg, especially the first one after three weeks on broody pause !

 

[SimpleJenn]

He craves that bush


We will no longer use the bush for dumping grease he's been at it since new years!

 

[featherhead007]

Be sure to tellm Large Marge sent ya!




Sometimes senility is fun

 

[Ponypoor]

Sending healing thoughts to Penelope.

I have missed what has been wrong with her unless it's the molt ?

Old age - she is elderly, and she has health issues. She will be 10 this year.

 

[featherhead007]

Old age - she is elderly, and she has health issues. She will be 10 this year.

I’ll be 63 this year. Not old enough to collect my pension, but old enough to feel my age and potential retirement the world works backwards for me. I’m just glad that I have my chickens! I’m waiting for paul to arrive, so I can go

 

[BY Bob]

Egg Humor
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17yrxsNjFK/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

[BY Bob]

Two for Tuesday

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They are getting big!

How darling.