Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

DAY LILIES question:
https://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/988060/


Catscan Lodi, United States May 13, 2009

Apparently lilies are highly toxic to cats. Some sites say all parts of everything in the lily family are toxic period--but that doesn't make sense since that would include onions, garlic and leeks.

This ASPCA site says that lilies are uniquely toxic to cats, suggesting that they are not toxic to other species:

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/easter_lily.html

 

[Sylvester017]

I have a cactus collection! There, I came straight to the point !

We seem to plant whatever fits our thorny personalities

 

[Ponypoor]

Once you have 'em they become an addiction over other breeds. We only wanted a couple 14 yrs ago & now we've cycled thru w/ 9 of them over the yrs. Other standard breeds are ok for other reasons... but Silkies who have been APA registered since 1874 have it all... gentle temperament around families, good flockmates, a large variety of colors & patterns to choose from, can't fly over a high fence to escape, decent egg size for a large bantam, busy foragers, excellent broodies who very often do co-op broody duties, the males have been known to feed the broody hen on the nest & like most roosters will do babysitting, & fluffy Silkies are especially hardy in our climate zone. Standard breeds huff & puff in our heatwaves while the fluffy Silkies continue foraging all in stride... been great at ducking predators too which was a surprising bonus to us

The first two Silkies that started it all ~ 2011
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Those two are beautiful

 

[Ikslo]

DAY LILIES question:
https://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/988060/


Catscan Lodi, United States May 13, 2009

Apparently lilies are highly toxic to cats. Some sites say all parts of everything in the lily family are toxic period--but that doesn't make sense since that would include onions, garlic and leeks.

This ASPCA site says that lilies are uniquely toxic to cats, suggesting that they are not toxic to other species:

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/easter_lily.html

 

[Ponypoor]

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Interesting! Can’t grow amaryllis here unless inside in a pot.

Of topic tax

Did I post this one? I really should name these wee gals

 

[Mother of Chaos]

DAY LILIES question:
https://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/988060/


Catscan Lodi, United States May 13, 2009

Apparently lilies are highly toxic to cats. Some sites say all parts of everything in the lily family are toxic period--but that doesn't make sense since that would include onions, garlic and leeks.

This ASPCA site says that lilies are uniquely toxic to cats, suggesting that they are not toxic to other species:

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/easter_lily.html

Daylilies aren't lilies, although the flowers share the same shapes. They're Hemerocallis, a grass.

True lilies have those single stalks with the small leaves and flowers growing from them at the top, not the grassy clumps of daylilies with long flower stalks poling up with just a few flowers.

The leaves are really the giveaway.

Lily (Asiatic lily):

Daylily:

 

[rural mouse]

Trivia: The shading on the front shanks & toes on yellow chick legs is how to know they are females. On Dominique chicks if one can't identify chick sex by the white spot on the head then the dark shading on the front chick legs will be female ~ as adult females the shading disappears. The male Dom chicks don't ever have the dark shading on their legs.

Our Dominique chicks also had pretty blue eyes until 4 months old
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(The American Dominique: a Treatise for the Fancier by Mark A. Fields) out of print

I have a suspicion that the shading has more to do with single barred vs double barred. If so, then a 1/2 Dom (or any barred/cuckoo breed) cockerel would have the shading just as the head spot would be the same size as that of a pullet.

 

[rural mouse]

DAY LILIES question:
https://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/988060/


Catscan Lodi, United States May 13, 2009

Apparently lilies are highly toxic to cats. Some sites say all parts of everything in the lily family are toxic period--but that doesn't make sense since that would include onions, garlic and leeks.

This ASPCA site says that lilies are uniquely toxic to cats, suggesting that they are not toxic to other species:

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/easter_lily.html

Day lilies are not in the same family

glad I posted a tax pic

 

[Ponypoor]

Daylilies aren't lilies, although the flowers share the same shapes. They're Hemerocallis, a grass.

True lilies have those single stalks with the small leaves and flowers growing from them at the top, not the grassy clumps of daylilies with long flower stalks poling up with just a few flowers.

The leaves are really the giveaway.

Lily (Asiatic lily):
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Daylily:
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Yep have those also — they really have a heavy scent.

Tax
Did someone say flowers?

 

[Ponypoor]

I have a suspicion that the shading has more to do with single barred vs double barred. If so, then a 1/2 Dom (or any barred/cuckoo breed) cockerel would have the shading just as the head spot would be the same size as that of a pullet.

I’ll try to find some photos of Sir Shirley and see if I can see this.

Edit:

Forgot he has fuzzy legs