Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

My impression so far with silkies is that they are absolutely adorable. But, I am gonna say it, their situational awareness is questionable at best and I don’t think it’s all due to their head poofs. They can snag a larvae thrown in their general direction in half a millisecond. All that to say I am unsure it will change with the Silkies but I am fine with it, I like chicken sitting and I am happy to have them in my flock.
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In fact, I am getting some more. I reordered from Meyers as they finally had some availability again. 3 Cuckoo Silkies and 3 Bantam Calico Cochin Pullets. This time I am making the drive. Pray for me I have to go in their retail store this can’t be safe at all. Juniper looking like she agrees this could be dangerous.
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This will leave me with great foundation group of 6 SFH’s once I finally find a home for Fennel and 8 little Bantams. Assuming, I make it out of Meyers with only what I ordered. Caper and Parsley judging my decision to get more mini chickens.
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Whatever you wear into their store, do not wear it out to your chickens. Change your clothes and take a shower before you go out to your chickens. Who knows what has come through that store!

 

[Sylvester017]

Good morning all

Missy says hello also on this steamy hot summer morn.
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My banana plants are doing great in this weather.

Hi Miss Cheshire!

 

[Sylvester017]

This batch of chicks is a lot slower to free range than the last. Really timid. They come out just outside the gate, then one gets spooked and they all hightail it back to the run. It’s hilarious. Curiosity the cockerel and Angel, our small white Ameraucana, have been the only two so far to venture further out towards the deck.

Our last groups figured out quickly how to use the lawn chairs to hop the fence in and out, which saved us from having to open/close the gate. Probably won’t rely on that this time as we have one chicken with a bum leg who will most likely not ever be able to scale the fence, and I don’t want her (him?) locked in alone.

I don’t have any free ranging pics for this post, so instead here is Beaky instead.
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Great photo catches

 

[RoyalChick]

Whatever you wear into their store, do not wear it out to your chickens. Change your clothes and take a shower before you go out to your chickens. Who knows what has come through that store!

Good advice.
I suspect the store is just a pickup point for the hatchery chicks, but the other customers may be bringing in all sorts of things from their chickens back home.

 

[BY Bob]

So my lavenders are really growing. But Heather is definitely still a runt. Definitely smaller and with slower feather development than the other four. But she seems to be ok otherwise. I try to make sure she gets some extra attention every day, and check her crop to make sure she is getting enough food.

Heather and Violet
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All five, Heather is in the middle.
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Just lounging around.
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How many of us can fit on “mom’s” back?
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Sleeping on the grownup roost.
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And some Friday butts for other flock members
Hershey and Nestle
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Glory
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Buffy and Jasmine
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Broody Blue
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Someone is truly in her "Glory". That's a bum!

 

[Sylvester017]

WEEKLY SYNOPSIS
This week brought to you by Delft returning to her flock!

This has been an extremely hard week for many of us, with several losses.
Sleep well Poopy, George, Dottie, Spot, Yeti Feathers, and Blue Raptor.

However, lots of good and fun things have also happened this week.

@SimpleJenn
Marble and Nosy Posy moved across state
Nearly 4 dozen hatching eggs? Time for a new coop shed
Saved a very pretty snake

@BY Bob
Aster's first birthday party!
The Phyllistines are gorgeous
Aster is quite a smarty too!

@TOMTE
An adorable Throwback Thursday

@ChicoryBlue
Hazel is healing!
An adorable baby update
 Some Boneless chickens!

@rural mouse
Absolutely gorgeous birds!
Looks like the broodies are sharing!
Another chick update!
Thirsty birds!

@featherhead007
Very pretty birds!

@Ikslo
What a pretty flock!
Curiosity, what a great name

@Ponypoor
Beautiful Thirsty Thursday
Flooded yard is a waterpark!

@knoturavggrl
Floating caterpillar!
Silkie math has hit!

@notabitail
What a cute pic!

@TX Chick Noob
Such cutie patooters

I hope everyone has a good week!
P.s. Periwinkle wants to be broody now too.
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YAY, Periwinkle

 

[rural mouse]

If I keep him, he has some strong names behind him and his would need to be fitting. Great-Grandpa Drumstick, Grandpa Bubba and Daddy George.

A name will come to me. Rosie and Michael get zero say in this one. I've not called him anything out loud. In my mind though 2 have been floating around. Homer or Winston. I'm not set on either yet. I'm still reluctant honestly to name him. But, he deserves to be called something other then Goose's boy.

Winston strikes me as a good name for a stocky guy. You'll name him when the time is right....and it may or may not be anything under consideration. Meanwhile enjoy him. He's already a looker, and going to get even better. (So is Juice, in an entirely different way.... oooh, don't share this idea with Rosie, but as she's gone with a breakfast beverage, Coffee or Espresso or something like due to the contrast comes to mind with whimsy)

 

[rural mouse]

Maybe Maximus. One of George's nicknames was Georgimas. Max could be a good strong name fitting for a future big boy.

Or Gander as he's Goose's son...

 

[BY Bob]

Panic

What is that? Is it a rat?’ Up with the chickens roosting! It’s beady eyes staring around.

In a panic I raced to the barn to protect my wee charges - I crept into the barn - silently raced across the floor, and shone my light on the culprit, through the chicken wire on the door.

What on earth?’

Mrs Little Chicken

She is just the size of a rat. I guess it was too warm inside the box to roost.

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She is just the size of a rat!


And no fireflies to be seen at all.

Oh @Ponypoor Don't you hate when they scare us like that!

Very sad about the fireflies. I wonder what happened?

 

[Ponypoor]

We had someone fall into the pool for the first time. They got right out on their own.

Spoiler: Who was it?

It was Nimue!

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I don’t know Bob - camping under the stars, watching the fireflies, swimming in the pool.

Sounds like a Summer Camp is being run at your place!