Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Happy Monday and for those in the US, Memorial Day.
Here are mugshots of a broody Tassels eating a cheeseburger. I wasn’t expecting her to come out of her trance so fast and grab the food from the bowl while I was carrying her outside!
Calypso has a ‘swallow it whole’ approach to fries. Hope she will be OK, the others at least pecked them in half first.

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Hamburger and fries ? I’ll be right over.

 

[RoyalChick]

Hamburger and fries ? I’ll be right over.

Too late. The Princesses have devoured the lot. One small piece of mushroom is left untouched. I don’t blame them, I am not a big fan of mushroom on a cheeseburger either.

 

[featherhead007]

Too late. The Princesses have devoured the lot. One small piece of mushroom is left untouched. I don’t blame them, I am not a big fan of mushroom on a cheeseburger either.

That’s okay with us. I’m having lunch with my rooster buddy anyway.

 

[BY Bob]

Too late. The Princesses have devoured the lot. One small piece of mushroom is left untouched. I don’t blame them, I am not a big fan of mushroom on a cheeseburger either.

I love a mushroom cheeseburger.

 

[Sylvester017]

What an interesting find.

It was recycled from a relative's yard

 

[notabitail]

Happy Monday and for those in the US, Memorial Day.
Here are mugshots of a broody Tassels eating a cheeseburger. I wasn’t expecting her to come out of her trance so fast and grab the food from the bowl while I was carrying her outside!
Calypso has a ‘swallow it whole’ approach to fries. Hope she will be OK, the others at least pecked them in half first.

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I would never give them my hamburger willingly.

I have had food stolen before.

 

[rural mouse]

Here are two shots of her tail feathers. They kind of look like might be old and worn a little. What do you think?

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They are both very different than Versace in one way, they walk with their tails high like Phyllis used to. Versace mostly kept his tail down.

Those very much do look like new feathers.

Every batch of chicks I have goes through a phase of "tatty" tail feathers with new ones growing in around them. Until the hackle/saddle feathers start coming in (12-14 weeks), the only feather gender indicators I watch for are the breast colors within breeds that carry the differences. All the other things (wing growth pattern, slow feathering, tail feather growth) mean absolutely nothing unless they've been specifically bred for it. Hatchery stock...feather growth status is unknown. My motley crew feather growth status is unknown: aka not bred for it thus irrelevant.

Being patient and enjoying they're daily growth and changes will bring answers soon enough. I'm going to sit back and simply enjoy the young time.

 

[featherhead007]

I love a mushroom cheeseburger.

I like my cheeseburgers with bacon grilled onions avocado and onion rings

 

[featherhead007]

Those very much do look like new feathers.

Every batch of chicks I have goes through a phase of "tatty" tail feathers with new ones growing in around them. Until the hackle/saddle feathers start coming in (12-14 weeks), the only feather gender indicators I watch for are the breast colors within breeds that carry the differences. All the other things (wing growth pattern, slow feathering, tail feather growth) mean absolutely nothing unless they've been specifically bred for it. Hatchery stock...feather growth status is unknown. My motley crew feather growth status is unknown: aka not bred for it thus irrelevant.

Being patient and enjoying they're daily growth and changes will bring answers soon enough. I'm going to sit back and simply enjoy the young time.

Rural Mouse, as usual, you make me

 

[Sylvester017]

Here are two shots of her tail feathers. They kind of look like might be old and worn a little. What do you think?

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They are both very different than Versace in one way, they walk with their tails high like Phyllis used to. Versace mostly kept his tail down.

I think I'll wait for the egg or the crowing? It still looks like less long rounded feathers compared to the other chick ~ but then, Polish id'ing is not my forte. If they were sold as pullets then I'll go w/ the breeder. Anticipation......