Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[sean_wonder]

Some day I'd like to see how uneven your Coco's wattles are. I was told by another owner that wattles eventually straighten out but our Dana's never did.

Dana, 4 months old w/ uneven wattle growth
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Really vibing with the up close blur effect XD

 

[Sylvester017]

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Yep, frogs DO "CROAK-us"

 

[Sylvester017]

Xzit laid that egg. Usually two a week

Cool... to get a deep brown egg. Helps to ID the hen that lays the brown egg. Our Silkie Mika lays brown which is unusual for a Silkie to lay so dark:

 

[Sylvester017]

Our sugar maple is away from the house, so no leaves here, but we do have a giant 40 + year old birch. There is also a younger 15 year old Norway Crimson King in the front yard, we tap them for Maple Syrup. Those little sprouts are in the slough.

I don't mind pruning & keeping up my own trees since I keep them clean before they lose their leaves. I just don't appreciate picking up other people's giant palm tree leaves ~ or the CalTrans Freeway Maple tree leaves which they have not pruned or trimmed in the 40 yrs I've lived here! You can just imagine the overgrowth in that time

My trees are cared for:
Late summer

After pruning ~the tall trees in the distance beyond the neighbor's roofline are the overgrown neglected freeway trees

If an 81 yr old woman can do this, then what excuse does CalTrans have not to clean up THEIR trees w/all their manpower & fancy equipt?

Tx
More of Dana's uneven wattles

 

[Ponypoor]

My gosh I was so worried reading through this post. I'm so relieved you found her.

Me too! Tonight there was no dimensional time shifting going on

I counted twice

 

[Ponypoor]

How cold does it get where you live? I thought So Cal was warm?

I think overnight can get frosty, have cousins in Bakersfield and even there it can get frosty, and even snow!!!! Rarely but still..,!

 

[Sylvester017]

Gigantic leaves? They should be no bigger than you hand. Any bigger and it’s not a true maple.

Yep, 5 pointed leaves the size of my open hand! I'll see if DH can take a pic. I cleaned up the front yard but not the back yet so hopefully there's some still intact. Have no clue what kind of maple but definitely 5 points unless some other kind of tree has 5 points?

 

[Ponypoor]

She has NEVER been on rails. She rambles everywhere, sometimes at insane speeds and throwing things, other times stomping, blowing hot and cold, collapsing...

Meadowlarks just arrived back, with robins about a month ago... usual time for both is April...

Chickens got another pumpkin today (stored several when they were clearanced for a buck each). This one I cut open and chunked to about 8 pieces. Some of the seeds had started to grow inside the pumpkin, so they got the sprouts too. Deer tried making off with the last one. I also tried making a new apple recipe so they got the cores and skins. I wasn't impressed either the recipe either, so they will probably get that tomorrow.

Robins here as of Saturday, redwing blackbirds today, and grackles. Geese on the move this week

 

[featherhead007]

Cool... to get a deep brown egg. Helps to ID the hen that lays the brown egg. Our Silkie Mika lays brown which is unusual for a Silkie to lay so dark:
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It’s very unusual, possibly even unlikely that a feather duster can lay an egg.
But anything is possible!

 

[Ponypoor]

I'm ashamed to say I had to gather Aurora like that once.

When I was young my dad taught me to use a 3 foot long metal hook to grab their legs before you got close enough they would run away. I know better now and would never do that but I have to admit that once I did. I did have chickens, even then, that did not run from me.
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I think we have all been there chasing one down. Usually mine just fly overtop of me when I reach for them!!!