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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    It's a surprise... I got notified winning the last BYC Pets & Livestock Caption contest for the most likes 🩷 BYC has added so many interests since I signed up yrs ago ~ every pet one can imagine, coop building, health articles, threads, etc. The new BYC Poultry Caption Contest is the most...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    The barred girl is so pretty. Such a peaceful presence 💕 Mr W's wattles are swinging as he runs ~ almost looks he's in a Santa Ana Windstorm!
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Somebody either doesn't know where the oyster shell is... or is getting bullied away from the oyster calcium shell supply. We have to set out more than one oyster shell station cuz we've seen older hens warn younger hens away from oyster dishes. Chickens can be so mean sometimes. We have only 4...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Not just the Silkies... all our aging birds used the shallow steps we aligned next to the ramp.
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    You have a nice assortment of breeds & ages... your tribe has more choices to hang out by personality/temperament/age compatibility, rather than as small flocks do where alikes seem to pair off. Here, Silkie paired w/ Silkie, Dominique w/ Dominique, etc... but as a pair would lose an alike...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Can't help thinking how alike breeds hang together💕
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Bijou was definitely interested inside the hen house! Good girl!
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Maybe they assume you are rewarding their squawking when you gave them food. If squawking is rewarded w/ treats, they squawk more often & louder. We figured that out w/ our birds. Sometimes squawking is so violent that we check for hawks or feral cats or even a bigger predator just to make...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Heritage Blue hen Heritage Brown hen Lohmann Brown hen These two companies have the pasture raised & colored eggs farms in the USA sold in our area. https://happyegg.com/our-farms https://vitalfarms.com/true-blues/
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Probably specific blue-egg layer EE's... very plentiful breed here in feed stores & some hatcheries brag they have bred their EE's to lay definitely blue eggs. The brown eggs are Copper Marans chocolate egg hybrids. All production breeds are hybrids here. The colored eggs are popular grocery...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Yes, a breed characteristic... they are basically quiet flockmates but will run to their human to talk, get petted, our Dana would hop into my DH's lap for attention.
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Use different color nail polish on their rear toenails... blue, red, black, green, yellow, etc, to tell them apart. Might be good to know in future in case of needing meds for one of them. W/ our Dominiques, they all had different rosecomb shapes so they were easy for me. But your Noirans girls...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Move to Hawaii... chickens seem to thrive there... even thru hurricanes ❣️ DD/SIL said you see them loose everywhere... even on the beaches. https://ownyardlife.com/5-types-of-feral-chickens-in-hawaii-pictures-and-identification/
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Non-prescription topical, greaseless, no odor, pain-free joints cream (USA). Though nothing short of Morphine takes away all pain, this cream can reduce discomfort 50-75% or more. Whatever the ingredients, it works ~ even just a bit LESS pain is worth this stuff ~ menthol products were a waste...
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    BRs & Dominiques w/ shared ancestry are both wonderful hens w/ their great temperaments. Hate it when we lose them :hugs
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