Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[SimpleJenn]

Look at how his colors have grown in!

Cemani is also extremely handsome, flashes blue and green in the light.

 

[Sylvester017]

Some fluffy butts
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Yeti
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Chocolate. Nosy Posy is just looking wonderful too.
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Blue Raptor
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Breezy
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And last night, that bunny let Fenix get way too close before it ran. It was maybe 5 feet away from him. It isn't scared of us humans either.

Found two little soft eggs in the coop this morning. I think Nosy Posy takes his time getting out of the coop because he's eating the soft eggs in the mornings, I didn't let him today because I wanted to see if I could tell who laid them.

All the birds are pretty... but dare I say... Yeti's butt shots are prettier than her head shots

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Adorable , this last pic is so cool. With the sunlight you can see the wing structure.

Exactly, did not even know I had this pic until I reviewed!

 

[RoyalChick]

@RebeccaBoyd @Ponypoor & @RoyalChick
You all mention your broodies....well...
I have 3 'moms' brooding chicks right now (2 with 2 chicks each, 1 with 1 chick. Thankfully the 1 chick mom's chick hatched shortly after my gentler hen with 2, so the 2 moms & 3 chicks are being raised in the same broody coop/pen - so the lone chick has some friends to grow up with & play with.

I also have 4 that are sitting on eggs, and 3 more that keep thinking about hatching, but I steal their eggs, and they go back to laying then go broody again. thankfully, my 1/2 broody girl quit!

I will say, these last few weeks my egg production has definitely gone way down, what with so many broody girls!

And @RoyalChick ... you will never guess who is sitting on eggs this spring/summer.....

Crop girl went broody again this year - after a year off. She is a fierce defender of her nest (pecks the heck out of me when I check to see what has been gifted to her during the day!), but she was a great mom, so I am happy about this

Awww. I am so happy for crop girl. What an amazing thing you did there!

Tassels went broody on May 11 so we are a little short of 6 weeks and I am intervening.
Today she is being cooled from the outside (I put an ice brick under her), and from the inside (she got a big bowl of frozen blueberries). Right now she is simply locked out of the coop but later she will be back in broody cage on a block of ice.
Heat wave due to start soon - she is probably just enjoying the special cooling service!

Edit: Yikes! Cooled not Cooked! My phone is evil.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Awww. I am so happy for crop girl. What an amazing thing you did there!

Tassels went broody on May 11 so we are a little short of 6 weeks and I am intervening.
Today she is being cooled from the outside (I put an ice brick under her), and from the inside (she got a big bowl of frozen blueberries). Right now she is simply locked out of the coop but later she will be back in broody cage on a block of ice.
Heat wave due to start soon - she is probably just enjoying the special cooling service!

Edit: Yikes! Cooled not Cooked! My phone is evil.

Haha I read cooked and thought you had the heat wave happening down there already!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I've been waiting until it actually happened to post this.

Today Rosie did the most selfless thing she could do for her horse Russ. It has broken her heart but she gave him back to the girl we bought him from. Russ is old and sadly getting old sucks and he has arthritis. We have tried to manage it for the last year but what he really needs is access to be turned out 24/7 so he can move around and stretch those legs. Hand grazing and being turned out a hour a day down at the ring was not enough. He has been retired from riding for almost a year now. We looked for pasture boarding for him but just not a option. Getting turned out with her friends herd on the strip job and only laying eyes on him every 2 or 3 days is also out of the question, even though it was offered. Russ is worth his weight in gold and deserves better.

This afternoon Russ went home. He is going to the home he knew from the time he was 2 until we bought him. He is going home to a 60 acre pasture with several run in sheds. He is going home to his cows that he loved so much and will resume his old job. When he was not being ridden Russ was the babysitter gelding. He was the one who was trusted with young dumb horses to teach them herd manners. Shelby actually has a 1 year old donkey she cannot wait to introduce to Russ. I was told he needed brought down a peg or two. If she see's that he no longer wants to be a babysitter plan B is the senior pasture which is only 10 acres but home to her 26 and 29 year old mares that Russ once knew.

Rosie is hurting right now. I'm proud of her though as she did the hard part which she originally did not want to do. She put the halter on him for the final time and lead him down to the trailer and loaded him up with tears running down her cheeks. She is welcome to go visit him and the farm whenever she wants.

Safe travels old man. Thank you for everything you taught Rosie. Enjoy you golden years of retirement. I hope you know you are taking a huge piece of all of our hearts with you.

 

[rural mouse]

Awww. I am so happy for crop girl. What an amazing thing you did there!

Tassels went broody on May 11 so we are a little short of 6 weeks and I am intervening.
Today she is being cooled from the outside (I put an ice brick under her), and from the inside (she got a big bowl of frozen blueberries). Right now she is simply locked out of the coop but later she will be back in broody cage on a block of ice.
Heat wave due to start soon - she is probably just enjoying the special cooling service!

Edit: Yikes! Cooled not Cooked! My phone is evil.

Focus has joined Cardhu and PITA in being broody. I think this is the most I've had at 1 time.

 

[rural mouse]

I've been waiting until it actually happened to post this.

Today Rosie did the most selfless thing she could do for her horse Russ. It has broken her heart but she gave him back to the girl we bought him from. Russ is old and sadly getting old sucks and he has arthritis. We have tried to manage it for the last year but what he really needs is access to be turned out 24/7 so he can move around and stretch those legs. Hand grazing and being turned out a hour a day down at the ring was not enough. He has been retired from riding for almost a year now. We looked for pasture boarding for him but just not a option. Getting turned out with her friends herd on the strip job and only laying eyes on him every 2 or 3 days is also out of the question, even though it was offered. Russ is worth his weight in gold and deserves better.

This afternoon Russ went home. He is going to the home he knew from the time he was 2 until we bought him. He is going home to a 60 acre pasture with several run in sheds. He is going home to his cows that he loved so much and will resume his old job. When he was not being ridden Russ was the babysitter gelding. He was the one who was trusted with young dumb horses to teach them herd manners. Shelby actually has a 1 year old donkey she cannot wait to introduce to Russ. I was told he needed brought down a peg or two. If she see's that he no longer wants to be a babysitter plan B is the senior pasture which is only 10 acres but home to her 26 and 29 year old mares that Russ once knew.

Rosie is hurting right now. I'm proud of her though as she did the hard part which she originally did not want to do. She put the halter on him for the final time and lead him down to the trailer and loaded him up with tears running down her cheeks. She is welcome to go visit him and the farm whenever she wants.

Safe travels old man. Thank you for everything you taught Rosie. Enjoy you golden years of retirement. I hope you know you are taking a huge piece of all of our hearts with you.
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to Rosie! It's not an easy decision to make. Rebecca you have raised an incredible young lady.

 

[notabitail]

I've been waiting until it actually happened to post this.

Today Rosie did the most selfless thing she could do for her horse Russ. It has broken her heart but she gave him back to the girl we bought him from. Russ is old and sadly getting old sucks and he has arthritis. We have tried to manage it for the last year but what he really needs is access to be turned out 24/7 so he can move around and stretch those legs. Hand grazing and being turned out a hour a day down at the ring was not enough. He has been retired from riding for almost a year now. We looked for pasture boarding for him but just not a option. Getting turned out with her friends herd on the strip job and only laying eyes on him every 2 or 3 days is also out of the question, even though it was offered. Russ is worth his weight in gold and deserves better.

This afternoon Russ went home. He is going to the home he knew from the time he was 2 until we bought him. He is going home to a 60 acre pasture with several run in sheds. He is going home to his cows that he loved so much and will resume his old job. When he was not being ridden Russ was the babysitter gelding. He was the one who was trusted with young dumb horses to teach them herd manners. Shelby actually has a 1 year old donkey she cannot wait to introduce to Russ. I was told he needed brought down a peg or two. If she see's that he no longer wants to be a babysitter plan B is the senior pasture which is only 10 acres but home to her 26 and 29 year old mares that Russ once knew.

Rosie is hurting right now. I'm proud of her though as she did the hard part which she originally did not want to do. She put the halter on him for the final time and lead him down to the trailer and loaded him up with tears running down her cheeks. She is welcome to go visit him and the farm whenever she wants.

Safe travels old man. Thank you for everything you taught Rosie. Enjoy you golden years of retirement. I hope you know you are taking a huge piece of all of our hearts with you.
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[ChicoryBlue]

The new Buckeyes eleven days old (Hatch Day June 2nd).

Little Brow, who has the marking above her left eye, on the right side. She is friendly and interested in me when I approach, always jumps up first to see what's what. Doesn't mind being picked up to be lifted and shown things, and steps on to my hand.

There are two sort of "twins", one of which is also very interested like Brow, and this is one