Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

Happy 3 year Birthday to Foxy and Meimei!

Foxy the famous hugger (her beak is slightly open because she likes to be hugged TIGHT )
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Foxy and Meimei bathing sequenceView attachment 4124743View attachment 4124744View attachment 4124745

Enjoying their birthday dinner (for the record, they did not invite others)
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I love that picture of Foxy being hugged!!! So sweet. You should enter it in the caption contest. (and that is a wall worthy picture, too!)

 

[RoyalChick]

Happy 3 year Birthday to Foxy and Meimei!

Foxy the famous hugger (her beak is slightly open because she likes to be hugged TIGHT )
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Foxy and Meimei bathing sequenceView attachment 4124743View attachment 4124744View attachment 4124745

Enjoying their birthday dinner (for the record, they did not invite others)
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Lovely!

 

[RoyalChick]

I love that picture of Foxy being hugged!!! So sweet. You should enter it in the caption contest. (and that is a wall worthy picture, too!)

I agree @lightm you should enter Fixy in all the competitions.

 

[lightm]

I love that picture of Foxy being hugged!!! So sweet. You should enter it in the caption contest. (and that is a wall worthy picture, too!)

If I knew she may be potentially famous for this photo, I would have cleaned her fuzz and dirt off her face.

 

[RoyalChick]

Happy Friday.
Broody butt. Yup. Again. I seem to have missed her face in the photo. Just as well - she looks fearsome. I carried her way out to the middle of the field to make sure she came out of her trance. It is just hilarious how she charges back at full speed. There is something inherently comical about how hens run!

 

[RoyalChick]

If I knew she may be potentially famous for this photo, I would have cleaned her fuzz and dirt off her face.

No! It is all part of the charm. She is adorable.

 

[featherhead007]

If I knew she may be potentially famous for this photo, I would have cleaned her fuzz and dirt off her face.

Yeah, I noticed that too

 

[Ponypoor]

Beautiful! Have you also noticed the prices? IMO out here anyway, it's worth the price from an NPIP breeder & especially those that vaccinate & DNA-sex their chicks. Beautiful assortments to drool over. I especially liked the bearded Moorhead Silkie
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NPIP is not a thing here in Canada, and vax of backyard flocks also not a thing, next to impossible to get them for your poultry here. Only factory farms can get hold of any vax, and generally do not even bother as they are inside, broilers are processed at 6-8 weeks and layers are processed at 1.5 yrs just before they do their first moult.

Breeders of fancy birds don’t have access to vax unless they somehow get hold of it, and use of gender DNA testing is generally not done. People are not generally going to pay the expense of getting a day old chook for $50 to 100 - average price here is about $12 - spending more than $20 is unusual.

Edit: I should point out the chicks I got at Peavey brought up from Hoovers were vax for Mareks and coccidiosis. Freys doesn’t do that here.

 

[Ponypoor]

Owl and ponypoor were begging for cuddles. View attachment 4124717

They don’t take long to grow ! It always amazes me how fast they hrow

 

[Ponypoor]

Happy 3 year Birthday to Foxy and Meimei!

Foxy the famous hugger (her beak is slightly open because she likes to be hugged TIGHT )
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Foxy and Meimei bathing sequenceView attachment 4124743View attachment 4124744View attachment 4124745

Enjoying their birthday dinner (for the record, they did not invite others)
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She’s smiling