Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[SimpleJenn]

Well, hubby has talked to our uncle and cousin, and they are giving me cousin's coop. They'll be bringing it out sometime. This was quite a surprise haha.
This is good because Louis and Vuitton were viciously attacked today. Riddick did nothing to stop it, which means he doesn't see them as his kids. this isn't our first try integrating. Chocolate and Blaze (our tiny silkie boy) lead the attack and the rest of the big girls join in.
We will be setting up a "puff pen" and giving them their own run. I'll grab the known female marshmallows (silkies) to add to their flock. This will be a pain to keep up with over winter but we need to consider the safety of our decorative birds.

 

[Sylvester017]

Mr. Pumpkinhead didn’t do too badly on his first day. I am not sure he has much innards left though!
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Wow! I love seeing other chickens eating pumpkin since mine won't touch a pumpkin & walk right by it like it isn't even there!

 

[Sylvester017]

Well, hubby has talked to our uncle and cousin, and they are giving me cousin's coop. They'll be bringing it out sometime. This was quite a surprise haha.
This is good because Louis and Vuitton were viciously attacked today. Riddick did nothing to stop it, which means he doesn't see them as his kids. this isn't our first try integrating. Chocolate and Blaze (our tiny silkie boy) lead the attack and the rest of the big girls join in.
We will be setting up a "puff pen" and giving them their own run. I'll grab the known female marshmallows (silkies) to add to their flock. This will be a pain to keep up with over winter but we need to consider the safety of our decorative birds.

Polish are so sweet. It's probably why many Europeans keep Polish-only flocks cuz they are just too sweet to mix w/ standard breeds?!

Silkies are also gentle birds but have a more sturdy nature compared to Polish from what I've seen over the yrs. Our Silkies have been a peaceful bunch but won't back down in a scrap. I've seen our Silkie hens (if confronted) jump 4 feet in the air w/ clawed feet at others. They look like marshmallows most of the time but we've been happy that they don't back down either.

Suzu still in-house recuperating & driving me nuts cuz she wants out so badly! But that's ok, she was never really sick, but vet doesn't want her outdoors while nare treatment is healing. Meanwhile her foot feathers & crest/beard are growing in since she's been indoors.

 

[Sylvester017]

@Ponypoor ~ TY synops! always fun reading!

 

[Ponypoor]

Well, hubby has talked to our uncle and cousin, and they are giving me cousin's coop. They'll be bringing it out sometime. This was quite a surprise haha.
This is good because Louis and Vuitton were viciously attacked today. Riddick did nothing to stop it, which means he doesn't see them as his kids. this isn't our first try integrating. Chocolate and Blaze (our tiny silkie boy) lead the attack and the rest of the big girls join in.
We will be setting up a "puff pen" and giving them their own run. I'll grab the known female marshmallows (silkies) to add to their flock. This will be a pain to keep up with over winter but we need to consider the safety of our decorative birds.

Oh I am sad to hear this! What brats!

Sure hope they get their own wee flock to be with.

 

[Ponypoor]

Polish are so sweet. It's probably why many Europeans keep Polish-only flocks cuz they are just too sweet to mix w/ standard breeds?!

Silkies are also gentle birds but have a more sturdy nature compared to Polish from what I've seen over the yrs. Our Silkies have been a peaceful bunch but won't back down in a scrap. I've seen our Silkie hens (if confronted) jump 4 feet in the air w/ clawed feet at others. They look like marshmallows most of the time but we've been happy that they don't back down either.

Suzu still in-house recuperating & driving me nuts cuz she wants out so badly! But that's ok, she was never really sick, but vet doesn't want her outdoors while nare treatment is healing. Meanwhile her foot feathers & crest/beard are growing in since she's been indoors.
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I have found that the silkies are the bad girls here. I tried to put Petra in with them in the Summer House but Marty Was having none of it and put the run on her.

Petra is fine out with the big girls so she can stay there.

 

[kattabelly]

Not saying it'll always work but I think early exposure & integration can really help with getting chickens to accept different-looking breeds. Crests aren't even really noticeable on chicks until they're feathered - other than maybe a bit of extra fluff, or sometimes a vaulted skull - so they're already accepted as a part of the group before they start looking different. Once there are older chickens who are already used to crested birds, introducing more is less of an issue even if they're already fully feathered.