Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ValerieJ]

Synopsis for the week to April 5th 2025

Last week's synopsis can be found here (thanks to @knoturavggrl): https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28502103

Apologies if I missed something important and/or messed up the links (still learning!).

HOLD THE FRONT PAGE
- exciting news from FBA
Adorable!
Peep-Peep
Official portraits
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@BY Bob
Had a not very successful attempt at Spring gardening.
And Hattie has been enjoying the warmer weather along with some of her friends.
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@ChicoryBlue
Has started a new treatment for Diane to try and calm her down a little - we hope to hear good updates.
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@featherhead007
Has 7 adorable new babies, that hatched in a junk pile, but have been moved into the house to protect them from the neighbor. He has a bad case of Chicken Math.
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@ILoveDaffy
Has also fallen victim to Chicken Math
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@knoturavggrl
Is being struck by Chicken Math, big time!
And more!
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@notabitail
Has a mass outbreak of sunbathing.
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@Ponypoor
Shared an update on Bert in his new home.
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@RoyalChick
Is dealing with a broody Tassels.
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@ValerieJ
Babies are exploring.
***

I don't know when this thread became taken over by Silkies
but don't forget that as cute as they are, there is a case to be made that they are not chickens, just not chickens.
***

Photos from this week

Caturday: @BY Bob, @Ponypoor, @Grandma The Chicken

Mugshot Monday: @RoyalChick, Grandmas Coop, @SimpleJenn, @featherhead007, @ValerieJ, @Ponypoor, @rural mouse

Twofer Tuesday: @RoyalChick, @SimpleJenn, @ValerieJ, @Grandma The Chicken

Thirsty Thursday: @RoyalChick, rural mouse

Fluffy Butt Friday: @RoyalChick, SimpleJenn, @notabitail, @BY Bob BABY BUTTS!, @notabitail

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Finally, just a reminder, stay safe everyone

Very nice summary!!

 

[ValerieJ]

Chick Keep-away

The chicks got their first meal worms today. Watch close as Niamh tries to keep the last worm to herself!

So cute! I haven't given them to mine yet. If I do, I'll need to give them chick grit too, right?

 

[rural mouse]

So cute! I haven't given them to mine yet. If I do, I'll need to give them chick grit too, right?

If they have access to dirt/sand (natural ground) they'll find their own, but confined, is wise to provide a source.

 

[Ponypoor]

Synopsis for the week to April 5th 2025

Last week's synopsis can be found here (thanks to @knoturavggrl): https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28502103

Apologies if I missed something important and/or messed up the links (still learning!).

HOLD THE FRONT PAGE
- exciting news from FBA
Adorable!
Peep-Peep
Official portraits
***

@BY Bob
Had a not very successful attempt at Spring gardening.
And Hattie has been enjoying the warmer weather along with some of her friends.
***

@ChicoryBlue
Has started a new treatment for Diane to try and calm her down a little - we hope to hear good updates.
***

@featherhead007
Has 7 adorable new babies, that hatched in a junk pile, but have been moved into the house to protect them from the neighbor. He has a bad case of Chicken Math.
***

@ILoveDaffy
Has also fallen victim to Chicken Math
***

@knoturavggrl
Is being struck by Chicken Math, big time!
And more!
***

@notabitail
Has a mass outbreak of sunbathing.
***

@Ponypoor
Shared an update on Bert in his new home.
***

@RoyalChick
Is dealing with a broody Tassels.
***

@ValerieJ
Babies are exploring.
***

I don't know when this thread became taken over by Silkies
but don't forget that as cute as they are, there is a case to be made that they are not chickens, just not chickens.
***

Photos from this week

Caturday: @BY Bob, @Ponypoor, @Grandma The Chicken

Mugshot Monday: @RoyalChick, Grandmas Coop, @SimpleJenn, @featherhead007, @ValerieJ, @Ponypoor, @rural mouse

Twofer Tuesday: @RoyalChick, @SimpleJenn, @ValerieJ, @Grandma The Chicken

Thirsty Thursday: @RoyalChick, rural mouse

Fluffy Butt Friday: @RoyalChick, SimpleJenn, @notabitail, @BY Bob BABY BUTTS!, @notabitail

***

Finally, just a reminder, stay safe everyone

Thanks for the updates, it’s been a crazy week I have missed reams of stuff it seems. Sister and niece still no power, still using their generators.

Today I just played with the chooks and the horses, and protected the chooks from dangerous geese.

 

[BY Bob]

We have sharp-shinned and Cooper’s hawk. Both are arboreal hunters; they are highly skilled at flying through dense trees to attack and kill prey. I have seen them fly through my fir trees here and kill a Mourning Dove! It was soooooooo fast

And one day I was sitting on my lawnchair on Mount Poopmore having a tea watching the chooks in the horse paddock when as fast as can be a hawk zoomed in and swooped at Buttercup! She ducked I screamed and the hawk like lightning turned sideways and took off!!! It didn’t even flap its wings! Holy Dinah! It was soooo swift just zoooom gone!

Buttercup looked around and by then I was running down the manure pile screaming ‘run for the hills’ and they all ran into the barn. Sooo close, I don’t think it saw me in the chair on the pile, I was on the opposite side as it swooped in. But when I screamed it saw me and flew away - or rather swooped away!!!

My adrenaline was pretty high at that point! I am sure that’s how BY Bob must have felt when the hawk attacked when he was in his pool!

They are unbelievably brazen and so fast and agile. Watching a cooper's hunt through a bush gives you a completely different appreciation for their skills. They are extremely talented killers.

 

[Ponypoor]

They are unbelievably brazen and so fast and agile. Watching a cooper's hunt through a bush gives you a completely different appreciation for their skills. They are extremely talented killers.

We get Snowy Owls here and I have seen them hunt mice and rats at the feed mill. They are daytime hunters, one yr this one hung out at the feed mill all winter. It sat on the utility pole and waited til it saw a mouse and quick as a flash swooped in, soooo quiet! And it never misses, the feedmill owners were happy to have it hanging around. Then one April day it left, went back up north I guess. Most years we get them around here. I think they must be one of the only daytime hunters in owls.

They are a beautiful bird and not very big. Supremely adapted to the arctic snow. They have feathered feet!

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Synopsis for the week to April 5th 2025

Last week's synopsis can be found here (thanks to @knoturavggrl): https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-28502103

Apologies if I missed something important and/or messed up the links (still learning!).

HOLD THE FRONT PAGE
- exciting news from FBA
Adorable!
Peep-Peep
Official portraits
***

@BY Bob
Had a not very successful attempt at Spring gardening.
And Hattie has been enjoying the warmer weather along with some of her friends.
***

@ChicoryBlue
Has started a new treatment for Diane to try and calm her down a little - we hope to hear good updates.
***

@featherhead007
Has 7 adorable new babies, that hatched in a junk pile, but have been moved into the house to protect them from the neighbor. He has a bad case of Chicken Math.
***

@ILoveDaffy
Has also fallen victim to Chicken Math
***

@knoturavggrl
Is being struck by Chicken Math, big time!
And more!
***

@notabitail
Has a mass outbreak of sunbathing.
***

@Ponypoor
Shared an update on Bert in his new home.
***

@RoyalChick
Is dealing with a broody Tassels.
***

@ValerieJ
Babies are exploring.
***

I don't know when this thread became taken over by Silkies
but don't forget that as cute as they are, there is a case to be made that they are not chickens, just not chickens.
***

Photos from this week

Caturday: @BY Bob, @Ponypoor, @Grandma The Chicken

Mugshot Monday: @RoyalChick, Grandmas Coop, @SimpleJenn, @featherhead007, @ValerieJ, @Ponypoor, @rural mouse

Twofer Tuesday: @RoyalChick, @SimpleJenn, @ValerieJ, @Grandma The Chicken

Thirsty Thursday: @RoyalChick, rural mouse

Fluffy Butt Friday: @RoyalChick, SimpleJenn, @notabitail, @BY Bob BABY BUTTS!, @notabitail

***

Finally, just a reminder, stay safe everyone

Thanks for the synopsis, Royal Chick. I must've turned off the mentioned notifications, so I didn't notice it earlier.

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Caturday Saturday
Enjoying a snack.

Also, I don't have chicken pictures from today but I'll tell you what happened today: Parmesan was digging a hole under the trailer.

 

[Ponypoor]

Caturday Saturday
Enjoying a snack.
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Also, I don't have chicken pictures from today but I'll tell you what happened today: Parmesan was digging a hole under the trailer.

The pursuit of every chicken is to dig holes and then lay flat in the hole

 

[knoturavggrl]

The kiddos settled on names, it took a long time and some internet searches but I think they did well.