Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

At least this time of year. Green and soggy now, brown and crispy when its warm.

Brown and crispy sounds great for a turkey dinner, but not for my weather five months out of the year ( just saying )

 

[rural mouse]

There’s no disrespect worse than being ignored. My new ladies show no interest in the two roosters (Rooster Cogburn and Gizmo) or any of their fancy dancing. It’s pathetic that they keep trying. The ladies stand firm, and just walk away when the dancing starts!

They're going to make the guys work for it!

 

[rural mouse]

Is this the tidbitting sound? Mr. Chips found leftover scratch grains that I scattered for Piglet while he was locked out to give her some peace.
That is Geronimo looking at her preferred nest box at the end.

Yes it is!!! Good boy!

1. He didn't eat it first

2. They responded to his call.

3. The excitement could be because that all clicked in his head.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

How are the chicklets feeling today?

I think they’re doing well. I went and gave Taffy medicine a little while ago. The barred rocks weren’t letting them in the coop, and the d’Uccles started chasing the rocks around. At least my chicks aren’t getting pushed around too much. Taffy has scabs under her eyes, and I’m not sure what they are from. My best guess is the barred rocks, since they weren’t there yesterday.

 

[Sylvester017]

I’ll post a video of him later one you can see his tail well in.

Meanwhile here is a photo, Marty has neck shackle feathers that are gold like Georgie does but not as many.

Floyd/Martina
Hatched 14 April 2024

These photos July 2023
And you can see Butterecotch with her orange shackle feathers which I at first thought were dirty hahaha
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You don't need a Pavloskaya now w/ an orange/black bird already hatched for you!

Orange/black Pavlovskaya

 

[Sylvester017]

Morning Yogurt

Niamh ended her 7 day course of antibiotics yesterday and ate yogurt for the first time this morning!

She is great. If I put it in front of her, she will at least taste it. She ate all of the yogurt this daintily.

That is so cute to watch. We feed Greek yogurt often around here... & when a bird is on antibiotics the poops are watery so yogurt daily helps keep the poops firmer.

 

[Sylvester017]

Happy Caturday everyone
Éowyn’s Andean relatives caught on camera.

And a bit of the back story here.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/andean-mountain-cat-trail-camera-footage/

So elusive it took a century+yrs to get just a photo. Still not much info cuz of their private lives... like what is their diet, litter numbers, mating behaviors., etc. Those tails look like tiger tails!

 

[Sylvester017]

I've HAD to do it this way. Hatch chicks, watch development, wait a min! Where did that come from? I though XYZ and ABC were the parents, but that's impossible, so who are the parents?

& cannot a hidden gene from a chicken's ancestoral history pop up too... like a straight comb bird suddenly pop up after many generations in a rosecomb breed, etc? I mean, they say dogs came from wolves, yet Mastiffs are twice the size of wolves and some Chihuahuas are the size of a teacup? Glad there's someone who has interest in this... These kind of puzzles/if's for me are why I don't follow/study genetics. I never bred birds

 

[Sylvester017]

I've HAD to do it this way. Hatch chicks, watch development, wait a min! Where did that come from? I though XYZ and ABC were the parents, but that's impossible, so who are the parents?

W/ your genetics interest/expertise w/ plenty of land space, you may eventually create your own breed specialty .. like Nettie Metcalf of Buckeye fame

 

[Sylvester017]

Is this the tidbitting sound? Mr. Chips found leftover scratch grains that I scattered for Piglet while he was locked out to give her some peace.
That is Geronimo looking at her preferred nest box at the end.

I didn't see Cookie? Mr Chips is a looker!