Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Well unless I win the lottery more of a longing. Land/housing there is very expensive. Jobs few and far between. Unless one works in mining etc.

And I would need at least a few acres for chooks and horses.

First racism, and now a gambling addiction too! I learn more and more about Kelly, every day.

 

[featherhead007]

OK in my defense at 00:24hrs I am half asleep and groggy.

Also when not wearing glasses it's really hard to see! Have to say I am really thrilled he's a she!

On the third day of Christmas, she was “groggy”
On the second day of Christmas she went gambling.
On the first day of Christmas, she comfesses, her birds are racist.

 

[Ponypoor]

I’ll pipe up here…yes to the first and no, somehow they don’t end up with poop on them in the morning that I have found. Even though there is a height difference, too, in part of the Cube coop (the nest box which is open now, and the platform). Everyone in both coops routinely arrange themselves front to back and back to front next to each other, and also at 90 degrees like that. The other day Hazel, in the lower nestbox part, appeared to have her head nicely into the back fluff of somebody on the higher platform…..I figured it’s extra insulation for her head! She hadn’t tucked her head into her wing yet.

I get that happening here also, someone will rest their head on someone else, or sneak under a wing or their whole body. Not sure why but I have a few that just want to snuggle under someone.

 

[Ponypoor]

Happy Pony Sunday people
Do not follow this raccoon’s lead!
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/vide...room-floor-after-drunken-rampage-in-virginia/

Yep very naughty creatures! Smart as anything but holy Dinah they are destructive!

 

[rural mouse]

@RoyalChick @ChicoryBlue

Cockerel idiocy story time.

Opened coop shortly after daylight. All spread out. Finished putting feed in coop, stepped out and closed big door. Only hens around the door. All roos/cockerels had spread out across the yard.

Jane came running towards me, Tundra in hot pursuit.

Her feet went out from under her while trying to turn sharp at my feet.

He went by. She picked her self up and went the opposite direction. He about faced and went after her. She dodged around Primula and he turned to go after Cardhu instead.

Cardhu squawks and started to bolt...when Daisy came up in response to the squawk and went for Tundra (feet, wings, and beak going).

He decided discretion was the better part of mating and left Cardhu alone. He then sauntered around me and grabbed Maizie who squawks and crouched.

He then managed to half stand on Maizie...backwards.... for all of half a second. Rose came up and goosed him, none to gently.

He gave up...for the moment. And took a short run at Storm, who also ran.

That's about the time Mortimer arrived in response to the squawks.

And Tundra went off in search of easier mating options.

1. Not every hen will run.

2. Roos will rescue their favorite 2-4. The others can also be rescued, but will have to squawk repeatedly/get nearer the roos first.

3. Not every hen will defend others.

4. Tundra is the most hormonal at the moment.....


Went back out for fresh photos to embed.

Got this too

And this

Sorry for not editing pics 1st.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Not entirely sure on the behavior re: glove/wing. Will mull.

Waiting for you re: go to bed. My crew will linger/loiter outside the coop grazing on last minute goodies, especially the ladies, not every evening, but sem-regularly if I'm out there waiting for the stragglers. I get the impression they're figuring on me keeping watch so they can stay out a little longer. It's not usually the MATURE roos, but the young idiots will linger also....generally hoping to catch the last hen who's staying out to avoid them until they give up (almost full dark).

If I head back to the house, I can usually head back out in 5-10 min to close the coop. If a hen is avoiding idiots, it's 50/50 on having to go play rooster escort for her (still has to avoid him unless she let's me carry her when ill set her directly on a roost). Shenai could be trying to "escort" you to the coop. He could be asking for an escort for himself. He could be....lots of options...

I think some of it could be that they didn't get walnut bits yesterday like they had been getting, since that is Hazel's favorite and I give her some (and everybody else) after her eye treatments. He was swiping my leg and arm, asking for something. The pellets laid out were not good enough maybe!