Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Sigh. I figured as much.
I have commenced ingratiating myself with blueberries.
Of course I am being mobbed. Tassels won’t eat any she gabs them and holds them up high so one of the Littles can jump and get it from her beak.
I couldn’t quite manage phone and blueberries at the same time to get photos. Need to work on that skill!
Then Tassels saw something threatening (I can’t see anything) and sent them all back under the bushes.
I am sitting here all alone with my pot of blueberries!

Yumm! Too bad for them!

Toss a few under the bushes - they will soon figure out your the treat lady

 

[SimpleJenn]

I love it! Great name I am thinking girl thoughts

Wouldn't she look so cute bopping around with Brainiac?

 

[SimpleJenn]

Twofer, two big ladies up in the rafters (and they laid me two eggs earlier as well)

 

[featherhead007]

Plenty of room here. Horses, chickens and Canadians

I would love to import our friend Marie to my little ranch. Maybe she’s qualified for dual citizenship? I really would like to meet her, and would love to meet Bob and his lovely wife. I like to meet Kelly also, just to see if she’s as tough as I’m led to believe!
Hearts for all those I have mentioned! And Pastel the rooster.

 

[featherhead007]

With my health concerns, my doctor recommended that I shouldn’t fly cross country trips until my heart meds stabilize my blood pressure spikes.
She’s actually correct, I get really excited when I am in my winged paradise machine. I love flying.
The feeling of freedom from earthly distractions. I only have to watch for birds. Air traffic control and airspace restrictions (no fly zones) that freedom is fabulous and worth every single penny I spend.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Twofers:
Maddison (the black one) is the one that got hit by the car, but the Wyandotte is still alive.
Any name suggestions? She is the only rose comb free ranger that has a tail right now… She is a lot sweeter than the others and runs up the stairs if she thinks I have food.

 

[featherhead007]

Twofers:
Maddison (the black one) is the one that got hit by the car, but the Wyandotte is still alive.
Any name suggestions? She is the only rose comb free ranger that has a tail right now… She is a lot sweeter than the others and runs up the stairs if she thinks I have food.
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Name? How about “LUCKY” !!

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Twofers:
Maddison (the black one) is the one that got hit by the car, but the Wyandotte is still alive.
Any name suggestions? She is the only rose comb free ranger that has a tail right now… She is a lot sweeter than the others and runs up the stairs if she thinks I have food.
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Rosie, for her comb! Silver Rose, if you want to get carried away.

 

[BY Bob]

Complete and Utter Tragedy

I have terrible news. We lost Nimue today.

It had to be a hawk attack but the hawk did not kill her. She must have fallen in the pool when trying to get away and drowned.

I came out of the house to hear Lady Featherington bawking at the top of her lungs and no one was answering her. She had been in the coop laying her egg when the attack occurred.


No one was answering her.


I could find no other chickens anywhere.


I called and called and finally they started to emerge for an old main bird house I had stashed in a corner of the yard. 5 of them were in there.

It was like a clown car. First Aurora, then Aster, Niamh, and Hattie. Sydney would not come out. Here she is hidden inside the martin house.

I could not find Nimue. Then I noticed the feathers in the pool. She was gone.

I fished her out and laid her on the cement. When Aurora saw her, I can't explain the sound. She ran back and forth wailing for a few minutes until she settled down.

Niamh came over to the body and prodded it. Trying to get her to wake up.

I buried her next to Glynda.

Niamh came and said goodbye.

Once again my heart is broken by these chickens. The ones I am most close to seem to have the shortest lives. It's almost unbearable this time.

Niamh slept alone in the nest box tonight. She started on the roost but got down and went into nest box. I think it felt safer to be covered on all sides.

I'm so very worried for her. I have no idea if the other chickens will adopt her now. The two of them were their own unit in s lot of ways. If she is always alone from now on I don't think I will be able to bear it.

I don't know if I will posting again here for a while. I just don't know. My heart is broken and I don't know if I can bear talking about it for a while.

It was very hard to write this but you need to know where I've gone.

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Sometimes it's just an eye.........

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Why, yes. It is sometimes just an eye...
Don't know what's happening here. All I know is that were talking about eyes and I'm all for taking very close pictures of chicken eyes.