Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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Twofer tuesday, Navy and Delft.
 
Oh dear. My favorite doorbell has revealed an issue.
Two black beauties enjoying wild water.
Why is there so much wild water?
Oh no! The chickens have dug up and disconnected the pipe that is supposed to channel the sump pump water out into the field.
So the sump pump water is coming out into that part of the run.
Wish I could remember where the join is.
This is not going to be a fun repair. I will have to remove the HWC roof and will still need to excavate on my hands and knees.
Ugh!
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Oh all that mud and chicken sh**t. I can’t wait! It will have to dry out a bit first though.
 
My parents are getting their pipes replaced for the septic, and the chickens are NOT happy. They are used to the sounds of my dad's workshop, but I guess the smells today have them concerned. It...isn't great smelling out there haha.
Marble has been giving the boys lessons in how to be nice to the ladies, he even ran over to thump Cadet for grabbing poor Yetis head and yanking feathers.
 
Sylvester017 said:
Not to offend any Polish owners plz correct me if I'm wrong...it appears to me Polish are way too laid back to be a #1 flock roo & that other standard breeds are more assertive...I mean, even Branch, a Silkie roo(?), showed flock courage that I'm not seeing in sweet Polish roo's. Just thinking out loud again...

Or would you say Mr P is just an unusually laid back Polish roo? The way I'm reading about flock roo's they are all different as all birds are, but Mr P seems extremely mellow & unassertive as a roo or even just as a chicken. Polish roo's seem nice to chicks but other than happy Bert who has a smallish flock to lead I don't see Polish roo's as very assertive.

Or maybe Polish are similar to Silkies where they might have a tendency to mostly form their own Polish tribe away from other breeds the way Silkies seem to form their own tribe when in a mixed flock. Both Silkies & Polish have gentle temperaments & similarly will have vulnerable vaulted open skulls to protect which may be a reason they protect themselves w/ gentle temeraments to avoid altercations? In Europe, owners love their Polish so much they keep a "Polish only" flock who obviously get along well w/ each other as a same breed flock.

Birds are such cannibals & beat up sometimes to the death on weaker flockmates to ensure none of the flock members are weak against predators ~ flock mentality seems cruel but it's survival of the fittest :eek:!

(So, now, why did I agree to keeping chickens :idunno?)

Open top Polish skull
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Open Silkie skull
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Domestic closed chicken skulls
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I've not had a Polish rooster so all of my knowledge is through others. They do seem to be friendly and take good care of their ladies. I do know they can be extremely brave and will fight larger animals to save their flock, even when other roosters run. This might be Mr Pompei's issue as he keeps taking on other tougher roosters.
 

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