Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

Gosh Rebecca. Thank goodness that's over for you now

A lady I know had an awful time getting on tooth out , she went back 4 times. So goodness knows how you feel

It great that you're losing weight though. When you're as old ad i am that's an impossible task

I have been trying to loose a little bit of weight for a few months now. I cannot do a crazy or restrictive diet simply because of my diabetes. I am on insulin, I cannot cut out carbs entirely. December made 2 years since my Hysterectomy, and I had gained almost 40lbs since the surgery. I got serious about taking some of that weight off in January. I'd lost about 10lbs easily and then I had stalled and it was refusing to come off. It has been rough but maybe I have gotten over that stubborn hump and I can get close to where I was 2 years ago.

 

[Marie2020]

Magrat wasn't laying her egg fast enough? Too much wind? Not enough mealworms? Who knows!

Margrat, said you should know for goodness sake human. Wake up

 

[Marie2020]

I have been trying to loose a little bit of weight for a few months now. I cannot do a crazy or restrictive diet simply because of my diabetes. I am on insulin, I cannot cut out carbs entirely. December made 2 years since my Hysterectomy, and I had gained almost 40lbs since the surgery. I got serious about taking some of that weight off in January. I'd lost about 10lbs easily and then I had stalled and it was refusing to come off. It has been rough but maybe I have gotten over that stubborn hump and I can get close to where I was 2 years ago.

It looks as if you will naturally get there now Rebecca

 

[rural mouse]

Yesterday's wind had the pigeons (aka rock doves) perching on their roof rather than the powerlines

Walking Sherlock today, found Pear and Cumulo out in the grass near the rose patch....ladies, are you bug hunting or hidden nest hunting?

BTW, Sherlock totally ignored them inspite of them being in an area they rarely go.

 

[RoyalChick]

Yesterday's wind had the pigeons (aka rock doves) perching on their roof rather than the powerlinesView attachment 4111053

Walking Sherlock today, found Pear and Cumulo out in the grass near the rose patch....ladies, are you bug hunting or hidden nest hunting?

BTW, Sherlock totally ignored them inspite of them being in an area they rarely go.

Good job Sherlock!
Was windy here too but warm. Piglet is always so funny in the wind because she is small. She always seems to be bowled around by the wind.

 

[TOMTE]

Not nearly as windy today here as it was yesterday. It's cooler though. Yesterday it was 75⁰F when I woke up at 7AM... Today it was 35⁰F. It's warming up though! The girls loooove their outside time and who am I to not let them have it?

Magrat got down when I asked*

*she didn't hear me the first 5 times, of course

Progress! We're working on the chicken access door now...

"Umm, there's a problem! I seem to be stuck!"

We'll put the garden netting over the top soon, and get the shelter and a roost in too. Nearly done!

 

[Sylvester017]

Sucks to lose birds. Many of us have lost beloved pets here

So glad you got more than one Silkie ~ they tend to toodle around in their own tribe away from bigger breeds. The docile Silkies need to stay away from bigger bird pecks to protect their open vaulted skulls.

Silkie skull

Our 5 Silkies w/one old Dominique from our previous flock.

You may not have Lavender but many people would envy your Chocolate Orps!

 

[Sylvester017]

The eight larger chicks are being raised by a broody hen. Indigo, one of my blue-laced Wyandottes, agreed to adopt them. But it wasn’t immediate. When I got the first batch of chicks, I temporarily set them up in a tub. I put her in my “mini hospital/brooder coop”, and waited until late that night for everyone to be asleep. She had been broody for almost three weeks. So I took the babies and tucked them under her in the middle of the night, then nervously checked on them a few times. She still had them under her until the next morning, when I found several of them huddled in a corner. Tried several more times to put them under her, but she kept pecking at them. So back in the tote they went, and put her back in her nest box.

Henrietta, another Wyandotte,
was also broody. So decided to try her the next night. Same basic result. Was still trying to see if she would accept them the next morning, when we let the other chickens out of the big coop. Lo and behold, Indigo and charging out to the little coop, tut tutting and trying to get in. I figured what the heck and put her inside the top. She went straight over to the babies and gathered them under her. So I let Henrietta back out. Indigo has been a great mom since that rocky start. Here are several pics.
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Haven’t let her and the littles out when the other bigs are around. But the bigs have been around the little coop, some have even laid next to it. And have let Indigo and the babies out several times with the bigs put up, or with the gate closed between them. The babies can get through the gate, so have stayed close. They have gotten close to it a few times but mama has been able to call them back.

Dust bathing lesson, lol.
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Here are some more pictures, especially of the mystery breeds and the silkies that I am unsure of colors.

Mystery grey chick, “Pearl”. Splash something? Legs seem to be turning gray or green. I can’t remember what breeds TSC was supposed to have they say that would be that color. I think it was blue Jersey Giants and Wyandottes, or maybe Sapphire something.
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Yellow bantam, possible Porcelain D’uccle?
I have named her Angel because her wings look like Angel wings. We almost lost her, the other bantams were bigger and I think they kept knocking her away from the food. She could barely keep her eyes open and her wings were dragging.
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So once I got the second batch of bantams the next week I kept her and the smallest one separate for another week. They lived in a tote in my shower for some special care, including a daily serving of Kaytee Exact hand feeding formula laced with a few drops of NutriDrench. Now she is a little spitfire, who is determined fly out of the brooder. Her wings are still bigger than she is, but she is catching up.
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Mystery bantams, no clue what these two are. I have been calling them Thing 1 and Thing 2. lol
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Another mystery bantam. This is the tiniest of them all, who was Angel’s companion. Really pretty.
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Here are the “yellow”silkies. Would really appreciate any thoughts y’all have on what their adult color might be.
First one, who is more of a bluish/greenish pale yellow.
Second one, with some orange on top of head and around neck.
Third one, who has a lot more orange all over.
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Lucky ducky
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And all the ducks.
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Will try to send more photos within the next few days. Including updated ones of the silkies.

What an adorable assortment...and thx for saving some of the weaker babies

Hurray for Indigo!

I'm not a ducky person so can't ID them...but your Silkies can be any number of varieties since breeders are forever tinkering w/ new colors like Dark Partridge, Silver/Black Cuckoo, Blue Cuckoo, Tortoiseshell, Red, Buff/Blue Partridge, Moorhead Partridge, Porcelain, Porcelain/Creme, etc ~ none of which are approved APA colors. However, both bearded & non-bearded are accepted. Self Blue Silkies are the most recently approved APA color. By 2 to 3 months the adult Silkie feathers should start revealing their colors. Silkies' most gorgeous colors & body shape are prettiest at 6-7 months. Keep the photos coming.
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[Ponypoor]

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Excuse my face, Yeti was eating my finger on my other hand.
Red found a way to keep away from the boys this morning.

Kiddo has named her chicks
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Diva the leghorn. Kiddo didn't like the name "boy insurance" haha
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Dream the legbar

Poopy feet and long hair don’t mix

Hence to cap/hat I now always wear!

 

[Ponypoor]

Not all of the chicks were “saved”. Some of them I bought, because I knew we might lose some of the 7 we tried to save. I didn’t want to end up with just 1-2 chicks. But went a little overboard.

It would be really interesting if Pearl is a lavender orp. The store wasn’t supposed to have any of those.

Thanks for the info on the other bantams. Are sebrights supposed to be really small? The silver laced one is TINY. And the two “gold laced” ones have feathered feet. What bantams look like Wyandottes, but feathered feet?

Here are some pics from online. These are why I think Angel is a Porcelain D’uccle.

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I’ll two each …..