Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Oooh! Maggie made the caption competition.
Thread 'Official BYC Poultry Caption Contest 02-28-25 Pic by RoyalChick'
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...n-contest-02-28-25-pic-by-royalchick.1653971/

Awesome! I love that photo

 

[Marie2020]

Is Marie still on the warpath? It’s getting a bit uncomfortable under this chair!

 

[SimpleJenn]

Hey, everyone. Sorry for not replying yesterday but I'll have you know, I was on here waiting for notifications but there have only been a few. Either way, I'm liking @SimpleJenn's new brooder. Also, it's disappointing to hear your pain, Jenn. If the ibuprofen and norco/Tylenol combo works, that should be good. I'm no expert in pharmaceuticals, so I have nothing to tell you.

Good morning. Sometimes notifications are weird.
And thanks, the pain meds, ice, and drinking extra water all help. I think I must have slept with my mouth open to make it so sore.

 

[Marie2020]

When I opened the box last night I was greeted with this.
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I sat there stunned and the tears started to flow. Those 4 pictures right there are some of my favorites of my boy. They captured who he was. He was a little chicken wearing a gorilla suit which earned him his nickname "Monkeyman". He was a devoted father to chicks who were not even his own. He always thought that the momma's abandoned them too early even if they were half grown when she left them. If chicks were hatching under a broody he knew and was right there in front of the nest hoping for that first look and being so supportive to the hens. He was so handsome and he knew it. Finally the headshot of him, he was kind. You could see it in his eyes. He was the one I trusted to let anyone hold no matter the age. He always immediately settled even for very young children. He was my shadow, my tv and nap buddy. He brought so much joy to grandma in her final 2 years with us.

I have been blessed over my life to have had many good roosters. They have all been special in their own ways. If I live to be 100 and have chickens until my dying day, there will never be another rooster who holds my heart the way Branch did and does. They can come very close, but Branch was my heart and there will never be another like him.

Such beautiful pictures full of memories

 

[TOMTE]

When I opened the box last night I was greeted with this.
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I sat there stunned and the tears started to flow. Those 4 pictures right there are some of my favorites of my boy. They captured who he was. He was a little chicken wearing a gorilla suit which earned him his nickname "Monkeyman". He was a devoted father to chicks who were not even his own. He always thought that the momma's abandoned them too early even if they were half grown when she left them. If chicks were hatching under a broody he knew and was right there in front of the nest hoping for that first look and being so supportive to the hens. He was so handsome and he knew it. Finally the headshot of him, he was kind. You could see it in his eyes. He was the one I trusted to let anyone hold no matter the age. He always immediately settled even for very young children. He was my shadow, my tv and nap buddy. He brought so much joy to grandma in her final 2 years with us.

I have been blessed over my life to have had many good roosters. They have all been special in their own ways. If I live to be 100 and have chickens until my dying day, there will never be another rooster who holds my heart the way Branch did and does. They can come very close, but Branch was my heart and there will never be another like him.

I can only hope to have a roo as good as this little man someday what a handsome, shaggy fellow! His eyes really do look so kind and gentle. Seems like he left a lot of poopy footprints on your heart

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Good morning. Sometimes notifications are weird.
And thanks, the pain meds, ice, and drinking extra water all help. I think I must have slept with my mouth open to make it so sore.

Sleeping with your mouth open doesn't pose any benefits. Trust me, it definitely won't help you, regardless of how much pain you're in. I've had a runny nose for the past few days and trying to fall asleep is awful. I have to breathe out of my mouth and I try not to but not breathing is not an option. I have been able to sleep but getting into REM may take a while and I usually don't fall asleep until 11.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Sleeping with your mouth open doesn't pose any benefits. Trust me, it definitely won't help you, regardless of how much pain you're in. I've had a runny nose for the past few days and trying to fall asleep is awful. I have to breathe out of my mouth and I try not to but not breathing is not an option. I have been able to sleep but getting into REM may take a while and I usually don't fall asleep until 11.

Oh it was purely unconscious. My humidifier is on the fritz so it must have turned off while I was asleep.
Now that I've taken my allergy meds I'm going to try sleeping again.

 

[rural mouse]

Fluffy butts

Rose (and Daisy)

and Cardhu, Cumulo, and Whiskey

 

[TOMTE]

Oh it was purely unconscious. My humidifier is on the fritz so it must have turned off while I was asleep.
Now that I've taken my allergy meds I'm going to try sleeping again.

Rest up and feel better!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Well I get to be the bearer of bad news to Rosie this morning. No, it is actually good news, just to any student in the school district it shall be taken as bad.

Due to the Valentines weekend flooding which actually flooded 3 of the schools school has been closed indefinitely. There have been no NTI days as we used all 10 we are allotted back in January due to snowmagedon.

I got the email sent out this morning from both the school and the superintendent's office. School resumes back March 10 as of now. They are also extending the days by 30 minutes to make up for lost time. Spring break is now gone as well. As of right now, if they do not have to miss another day which is highly unlikely just saying, closing day is May 30.

I am going to say now they will get out sometime in June. We always get snow in March and sometimes up into April. It is rare, but we have had snow in May. March is also normally the time when we get the flash flooding. I pray that I am wrong and they do not have to miss another day.

I'm trying to look on the bright side and say with the extended closure maybe all the germs will have been killed and they can stop getting sick at the drop of a hat. Rosie's high school has been used and still is being used as a emergency shelter. It is probably still just as flu ridden as when it closed.