Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

What is the charging thing all about? Telling the human to get away from his hens?

I will let @RebeccaBoyd elaborate, but i think it is a young rooster feeling his oats and trying to 'take charge' (the human, after all is either the rooster - or treated like one by the other roosters. Note that Rebecca's boys will nap when she is there - or dust bath? She is taking on the watch duties of a rooster and they can relax for a bit. But, not all do it, and most it is just their 'I'm growing up and want to be the boss' stage - just like human adolescents who suddenly become 'smart', then they grow up and return to normal intelligenceDepending on the child - a few never go through that stage, some it is fleeting, some it lasts 8 years or so! (Humans, that is!)

@RebeccaBoyd please confirm or deny my thoughts - based on observations....but I can be wrong - a very large flock have quite different dynamics than a smaller one.....and I am not as close to all my chooks are some of you are, due to my working f/t, and a part time job & having so many.....

 

[SimpleJenn]

Snuck Red and Deb into the big coop, and blocked the pop door with a crate. They'll settle in, and I think be happy to be rangers.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Tomorrow if my shoulder is feeling better I will clean coops and set up the integration pens to move chicks to their respective groups.

Please be a little girl...
The legbars will be rangers! Brainiac will be a run-dweller

This cute silkie mix will be a ranger

The two fuzzy wuzzy silkies will be run-dwellers, all the orpingtons will be rangers and most of the satin silkies.

"We want to be FREE like the bigger birds!"

 

[BY Bob]

Pony Sunday
I came out to pick up fallen peaches to give to the chickens and I heard this strange clicking noise. At first I thought it might be a new part of Tassels’ vocabulary but it sounded more mechanical.
I glanced up and realized it was these guys.
The clicking was their antlers crashing together. The two young ones have grown fast - I have seen them a number of times and they had tiny antlers and were much less bulky. This is the first fight I have seen.
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Amazing!

 

[BY Bob]

You do know that feels like an eternity right now?!

Patience is a real virtue with chickens.

Be Here Now

There is much learning to be done. Observe everything so you can compare it back to the final result. The next time you may be able to determine things earlier based on your observations. Enjoy this time of mystery and look for the clues.

Experience is a great teacher and this is a new experience for you. Enjoy the ride.

 

[BY Bob]

My lavender orp is probably one of my heaviest chickens. Amethyst hardly ever flies, and I don’t think she even jumps up to grab treats out of my hands.
Oh! I don’t think I ever got the chance to introduce her to you all, since I got her after I left BYC.
She was being raised as a meat “rooster” where Mom used to work. I realized she was the only hen, and asked her owner if I could buy her from him. He ended up giving her to me for free, which was very kind of him.
She had never been held or touched before, but she has grown quite comfortable with me. She is not a huge fan of being held, but she doesn’t freak out like some of my Wyandottes (who I have raised since they were two weeks old).
So, this is Amethyst, my hen who I saved from being in someone’s freezer.
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Beautiful lady.

Hattie runs from 5.5 to 7 lbs, 2.5 to 3.25 kg over the course of the year.

 

[featherhead007]

Patience is a real virtue with chickens.

Be Here Now

There is much learning to be done. Observe everything so you can compare it back to the final result. The next time you may be able to determine things earlier based on your observations. Enjoy this time of mystery and look for the clues.

Experience is a great teacher and this is a new experience for you. Enjoy the ride.

You said mystery, without Queen Aurora dressed as Sherlock Holmes!

 

[featherhead007]

All the birds are now in the coop.
I locked the door at 6:30 tonight. That’s a first for this summer.

 

[BY Bob]

In honor of Pony Sunday....View attachment 4216328I bring you a Dragon in the Skies!

Gorgeous.

 

[BY Bob]

Just flooding the zone. I did warn you all I would.
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We are so lucky you are flooding us.