Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Here’s Nacho and the babies for you: Have a look View attachment 4048111

Holy Dinah! For a moment there o thought that was Mrs LC!

Oh she is lovely, and of course the babies are adorable

 

[notabitail]

Two-fer Tuesday.

 

[Ponypoor]

I don’t have anyone to drag me out to the back of my property.
Plus, yes it’s true that I have many chemicals in my body ( more than I need I think)
I don’t plan on kicking the bucket quite yet either.

Well I am glad to heard this! Trust me kicking a bucket full of water is not advisable when it’s winter and that bucket is froze solid!

Oh - sorry you meant pushing up daisies…. That bucket.

 

[Sylvester017]

I showed kiddo how to test the egg turner, so she got to turn the eggs.
The eggs are due to hatch the day before my tonsil surgery. Dad says if I'm up for it, we can move them to the brooder after my surgery. Might be fun to watch them
If not, hubby will move them to the brooder after work. I'll make sure everything is set up by then!!!

I'm not sure if I'm going to need cold or warm on my neck during recovery. So I'm making a crocodile stitch cowl that I can tuck a cold pack inside if I need cold, or the fact it's soft wool will keep me warm.
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The texture is phenomenal. So snuggly and soft. The gradient has a whitish layer and then brown, it's going to be glorious. Sunflower colors.

You are a good planner & well prepared for both hatch day & surgery day! All I remember at 6 yrs old having my tonsils/adenoids out is when they tried to feed me cold ice cream after surgery & I was so sick w/ painful throat I refused it ~ a kid refusing a big scoop of ice cream. I guess the cold ice cream was supposed to slow down bleeding? or swelling? So glad you are well prepared & wish you well to recovery

Silkie juveniles ~ Suzu & Ginny 2020

 

[Ponypoor]

Ask Aurora
I finally found time to write another one. I hope everyone enjoys this one.

Today’s Ask Aurora comes from @Themellowyellows hen Peaches,

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Who writes…..

Dear Aurora,

I have been taking deep thought about this, but I could not figure out what is better, meal worms that my servant feeds me, or Cicadas that I have to work for, what do you think?


Dear Peaches,

What conundrum indeed. First let me say that you are a blessed chicken. I think in all my time here I have seen maybe 2 cicadas. They are wonderfully crunchy and juicy at the same time. Quite the treat. I believe that the population was wiped out by the legendary leghorns that resided here way before my time. There are stories of how there were so many cicadas that they got tired of eating them. Of course, over time those greedy leghorns wiped them out so that only a random lost cicada that has wandered onto Fluffy Butt Acres is available for my eating pleasure.

I am glad to hear that your servant feeds you meal worms as they should. I hope that you get them every day as all good human servants should be providing us with the meal worms that are our right. If not, I suggest you remind them of their duties and if they do not approve, you should contact the IFLC or International Federation of Labouring Chickens. With the price of eggs these days, a strike can be a most effective way of correcting your human servants and getting the meal worms you rightfully deserve.

There is an old chicken saying that kind of applies to this situation…..

Give a chick a bug and they are fed that day. Teach a chick to scratch up a bug and they are fed for life.

It seems you had good elders who taught you well The Way of The Chicken. We are not docile, fluffy, plant eating, cow-like creatures. We are fierce, dangerous, predators. We are descendants of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptor. We kill and eat what we want when we want. Woe to the cicada that enters my realm for its time is up the moment it sets foot in FBA. You should picture yourself in this way when you are hunting.

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Show no mercy. Anything smaller than you is prey and you should enjoy the hunt.


When you are feeling your inner T-Rex, hunt alone and keep the spoils for yourself.

When you are feeling your inner Raptor, hunt in a pack and keep the spoils for yourself.


There is no need to share. You are the apex predator of your group. Make the others take their own share. No need to freely give it up.


But what of your question. Which is better, Meal Worms that are given to you or Cicadas that you hunt and kill for yourself?

I think you already know the answer but let’s talk through it a little.

When you get meal worms you get hundreds of them . They are tasty little worms with a satisfying crunch. The joy of eating them lasts quite a while as there are usually plenty of them to eat. You must have accurate targeting for your beak to gather them up and it is a real pleasure when you hit one perfectly and it flips into your beak whole.

I don’t know how plentiful cicadas are where you live but you are not getting hundreds of them. You are hunting them individually. However, while also crunchy, they have that bonus part, the gooey yummy center.

Hold on while I wipe the drool from my beak.

Cicadas also have the joy of the hunt and the satisfaction of the kill. Meal worms just have the rush of eating faster than others so you can get the most (as you rightfully deserve).

A study published in Social, Cognitive, and affective Neuroscience in 2012 proved that a reward hard earned, provides the most excitement and enjoyment while things that are given for little or no effort provide little satisfaction. Cicadas are big game. They are fast and clever. They can fly. They are no easy pickings. You must be at your best to catch them.

I can tell that in your heart, you already know that the satisfaction of the successful hunt makes the cicada taste so much better than the meal worm. (not to mention the gooey yummy center)

So, get out there and go hunting. Be the best dinosaur you can be and enjoy the hunt. Even more, enjoy the kill and your well-earned reward.

Aurora

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Your Majesty you are so very wise, how is it that you always know the perfect things to say!

Even I was drooling over the crunchy juicy cicada, I would be woefully remiss if I did point out the perfect way you wooed this audience into whole-heartedly wanting to be the best chicken possible.

Yours wonderfully and wacky,

Ponypoor.

 

[BY Bob]

I am just woefully wilful at having to deal with wooing woosters.

Nice! Way to lean into it.

 

[BY Bob]

Your Majesty you are so very wise, how is it that you always know the perfect things to say!

Even I was drooling over the crunchy juicy cicada, I would be woefully remiss if I did point out the perfect way you wooed this audience into whole-heartedly wanting to be the best chicken possible.

Yours wonderfully and wacky,

Ponypoor.

This is fun. So glad I said something!

 

[Ponypoor]

Two for Tuesday

Two dumplings

Two spoiled written brats

Two grey ladies

Two making a splash

And two old lady friends (Blanche and Sophia)

Oops and a sneaky Wooster trying the wheedle his way in

 

[Ponypoor]

You are a good planner & well prepared for both hatch day & surgery day! All I remember at 6 yrs old having my tonsils/adenoids out is when they tried to feed me cold ice cream after surgery & I was so sick w/ painful throat I refused it ~ a kid refusing a big scoop of ice cream. I guess the cold ice cream was supposed to slow down bleeding? or swelling? So glad you are well prepared & wish you well to recovery

Silkie juveniles ~ Suzu & Ginny 2020
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Oh my gosh i love that pic of them at the door

 

[Sylvester017]

Two for Tuesday

Two dumplings
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Two spoiled written brats
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Two grey ladies
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Two making a splash
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And two old lady friends (Blanche and Sophia)
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Oops and a sneaky Wooster trying the wheedle his way in
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Oh my gosh i love that pic of them at the door

Your dumplings reminded me of our juveniles ~ ours were house chicks till they were big enough to go out w/ the 2 older hens. That sliding door was one of our best investments