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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Our local nat'l guard has been more active lately too. Our Silkies listen to the roaring helicopters flying sometimes together overhead & are now accustomed to the familiar rumbling noise.
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Just an FYI ~ My DH is on BP meds & not allowed Tylenol/Paracetamol.
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Poor Tilly panting. I feel so sorry for hens laying so frequently... especially in their pullet year. A few years back we started leaving the nestbox lid open a little for more ventilation by using a wood block. If it's a real heatwave day we'll prop open the lid more. Having a patio roof over...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    The heart is for your joyous new addition ❣️ Your property sounds like my first home in 1969. The backyard was an empty field when we moved in but then the county made it into a park w/ children's equipt & it was always noisy then. The cow pasture hills behind later all got developed into...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    & she got smarter w/ each new year... age has its advantages :old
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Switch the feeders changing places w/ each other so they see that they're identical... then later move a feeder to a new location to make 2 separate feeding locations. Hens get testy sometimes so a 2nd location solves dominance issues when/if they arise. Just one of 4 feeding locations at our...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Eggscellent! I love it when a plan comes to fruition ❣️
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    The cheapskates wanted the wall but never pitched in the moola 🙁. Fine w/ me... the wall & later added citrus trees diminish the noisy Mariachi parties & illegal fireworks! & no party trash gets thrown into our yard cuz we added privacy fence along the top of the block wall. It's like they say...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Sorry... unfortunately not possible ~ a gazzilion-zillion $$$ is what it takes to provide safety to save oneself from the heartache of predator losses. As one owner expressed to me... chickeneering is a hobby & not a "for profit" backyard venture. We did it for the pet factor w/ a little side...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Pretty brown eggies 💕We've had so many white egg layers over the years I get excited over a brown layer. We have a Silkie Mika who lays brown ❣️
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Sounds like a nice mutual arrangement. Was the baby kid a boy or girl? The Silkie is so-o-o cute 😍
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    I adore white Leghorns since I grew up w/ them... great industrious smart hens & minds-their-own-business peaceful flockmate but not a pushover either! The possibility of a wide range of comb sizes/shapes on Leghorn hybrids (like your Azure) is exactly why I was wondering how the hybrid Zombie...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    All we have to do is move a bucket or a trash bin & our girls chase after all the crickets they want 🦗!!
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    There are straight combs on hens that may bend a little as ruralmouse says; however, White Leghorn hens have unusually oversized combs that always flop over one eye. That's why I wondered which comb a Zombie hen will sport... the oversized floppy Leghorn comb covering one side of the face or the...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Our Silkie Mini did the Whirling Dervish to chase Japanese Beetles if they buzzed low but none of our standard or Silkie hens ever actually ate them?! We rarely see Japanese beetles since I chopped down the fig tree that attracted ants, rats, & beetle swarms! Mini was a pistol chasing beetles...
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