Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ikslo]

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I spy a truck!

 

[drstratton]

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I spy a truck!

It's going to be sad when they leave and take that with them...lol

 

[Ponypoor]

The silkie chicks are growing by leaps and bounds. And already engaging in big bug hunting!

 

[featherhead007]

I did get Coco to come inside. I went into the coop and asked once again “do any of you peeps want some comfortable digs?” Coco was the first to say something, so I reached up and she stepping off her perch on to my hand, I brought her inside. She’s been happily eating and relaxing in the cool dark room ever since.

 

[featherhead007]

The silkie chicks are growing by leaps and bounds. And already engaging in big bug hunting!

That was very entertaining!

 

[Ponypoor]

There's a couple of complicated and I think confusingly translated pages about wheaten and black tailed buff marans on the French marans club page, in case those are any use to someone who can be bothered to decipher them:
Black tailed buff
Wheaten

Interesting. I’ll have to bookmark that on my computer to read. Thanks for sharing !

 

[Ponypoor]

I have so many Roos now it’s crazy here. There’s
-Mr Wyandottey
-toothless cogborne
-amityville rooster
-handsome jack
And sweet Gizmo!

I love the name, Feathers - very imaginative

 

[Ponypoor]

I know I sound like a broken record here, but you need a silkie. More importantly, you need a silkie rooster. Jaffar can never be replaced, and for that matter neither can my Branch.

From the stories you told of Jaffar I could look at my Branch and say the exact same thing about him. Right down to watching tv with me. I think maybe silkie and cochin roosters run parallel on personalities.

My current boys, Barbosa and Davy are a work in progress but they have both came a long way. Bosa now loves to be held and will sleep in my arms. I've brought him inside my room a few times and he's relaxed and sat with me on the computer for a bit. I've not breached putting a towel down on the bed yet and watching tv with him, but we are close. Davy is the stubborn one of the two which is shocking as how when I first got them it was Bosa who was scared of me. Davy prefers to sit beside me or infront of me and tell me all about his day. He is a very talkative little chap. I can hold him but he does not fully settle down to sleep. He is always busy watching what is going on with the girls and the teens. Then we have young Q. I'm farther ahead with Q thanks to brooding them myself from day 1. Falling asleep in my arms, check. Brought into the house to sit on my lap at the computer desk, check. Brought over to the bed to sit in my lap with the tv turned on...check. Remind me of his Grandpa Branch even though he is a white marshmallow, triple check and he is not even 4 months old yet.


You know, Bingo is still having me guessing whether or not he is a he or a she. I'm leaning towards pullet, but I have a nagging doubt at times. If Bingo is a boy, I will need to rehome him. I also will be extremely picky as to where Bingo goes. I also have a small airport 10 minute drive from my house....just saying.

Yep - subtle hint there

 

[featherhead007]

When I have senile neighbors, who have little recollection of dates or cognitive memory, I get two birthdays this year last month and today. The nice old lady down my alley brought me a birthday cake today. I had some with her and made us some tea . After she left 10 minutes ago, I gave a slice of cake to Coco (she insisted I give her some) pretty good cake: cinnamon raisin with walnuts. Yummy.

 

[Ponypoor]

Coyotes are not just a rural problem plus I believe you're correct about the young ones prowling a certain time of year.

We are in a city suburb neighborhood where there's only about 10 ft sideyard distance between homes & we are on a cul-de-sac end. We tore out the old approximately 60-yr-old chainlink fencing (useless fence IMO for so-o-o many reasons) & put up a block wall/iron fence all around our property w/ over 8 ft high backyard wall. & still we got a female Coyote in the back yard in the early morning around 5:30 a.m.

The birds were still locked up in the coop TG! But the rascal Coyote got into the yard by hopping from a neighbor's roof into our yard. It was shocked seeing my DH at the back door & w/ 2 tries was able to jump out of our yard over the 8 ft block wall! DH called animal control who captured it in the neighborhood. They said they captured another male earlier that week in our 'hood!

We're only a couple miles from the San Gabriel Mtn range & Angeles Nat'l Forest so our 'burbs get all kinds of wild animals & birds showing up ~ especially during fire season when animals are fleeing the smoke!

Our backyard block wall w/added redwood privacy fencing added on top ~ 2016. It's very tall but the female Coyote used the neighbor's roof to jump in!
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W/ all the thorny trees we've planted (Pomegranates, Lemon, & Grapefruit trees) in the back yard it's difficult even for stray cats to get in over the wall... but the cats still manage & we don't mind them so much... especially if they catch a rat in their clutches

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Hard to see but there are a couple Silkies near bottom of this pic!

I would love to enclose my place with a cement block fence! But alas that would be extremely eggspensive!