Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Yes, they are like no other breed. I've been told the Cochin/Pekin bantams are equally great but their egg size is smaller than Silkies so we're happy with our Silkie quintet of smart sweet egg layers. DH is making another quiche today.
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So convenient!

 

[Marie2020]

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

You are sounding like Bob now

 

[RoyalChick]

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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Awwwww.
She has done a good thing for Russ.

 

[RoyalChick]

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

But 6 weeks broody. Isn’t that crazy?!

 

[RoyalChick]

The new Buckeyes eleven days old (Hatch Day June 2nd).
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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.
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There are two sort of "twins", one of which is also very interested like Brow, and this is one
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So pretty! And I love that first picture.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

15 days old.

Buckeyes have beefy legs and thighs, maybe this pic shows them a bit. They have a box of dirt back there but for now they prefer the light hemp bits to dig in, I suspect it’s easier to get a good hole going!

Below, one of the other set of "twins", one of the twins with currently dark ear feathering. One of them, Shai, is our likely tribe leader. She is way bigger and taller than everyone else and for now has the darkest ear coverts. I’ll try to get a pic of her with the others. I actually think this is not Shai but her twin.

Shai wins every chest-bump, fly-leap-at and stare-down, and is very shy with me (thus the name). Working on that; she will perch on my hand & arm, but only once everyone else is on. She tends to look around and above everyone else, then settle down last.

This is one of the twin cream-feathered ear chicks, very light colored. One of them is also quite friendly and relatively calm, and reminds me of Butters when she was young. Again I am still telling these guys apart. But when she looks at me all steady-like, I think “Isabel”.

Little Brow taking a bite. See the crumble in her beak tip?

 

[featherhead007]

I’m just hanging around with Elsa.
As I always said, “what Elsa do I have to do today?”
She gets her own ear of corn today. And she gets air conditioning, because she chose to jump up onto my shoulder, as I was heading into the house.
She’s no dummy!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

So pretty! And I love that first picture.

Yes, I love their beaks open!

 

[featherhead007]

15 days old.

Buckeyes have beefy legs and thighs, maybe this pic shows them a bit. They have a box of dirt back there but for now they prefer the light hemp bits to dig in, I suspect it’s easier to get a good hole going!
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Below, one of the other set of "twins", one of the twins with currently dark ear feathering. One of them, Shai, is our likely tribe leader. She is way bigger and taller than everyone else and for now has the darkest ear coverts. I’ll try to get a pic of her with the others. I actually think this is not Shai but her twin.

Shai wins every chest-bump, fly-leap-at and stare-down, and is very shy with me (thus the name). Working on that; she will perch on my hand & arm, but only once everyone else is on. She tends to look around and above everyone else, then settle down last.
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This is one of the twin cream-feathered ear chicks, very light colored. One of them is also quite friendly and relatively calm, and reminds me of Butters when she was young. Again I am still telling these guys apart. But when she looks at me all steady-like, I think “Isabel”.
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Little Brow taking a bite. See the crumble in her beak tip?
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Those littles are so cute! Welcome to the world little ones. You have a great caregiver there!

 

[rural mouse]

But 6 weeks broody. Isn’t that crazy?!

I broke Mera last year at 5 weeks...and a few days, I think.... it happens