Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

Note I said SOME of her skunk. I don't think I could handle her in all her broody glory. I could certainly use at least 3 of her for educating the youngens, though.

That's something old time owners realize. Keeping hens past their prime is beneficial for showing new birds where the best places are for snoozing, foraging, hiding, etc. And they never outlive their usefulness for poop manure, soil cultivation, or barnyard predator alerts.

As I've shared before our old Silkie Violet taught generations of Silkies how to trim each other's eyebrows.

VIOLET

 

[Logar]

Look at those wonderful wattle! If she lays it will be her first egg!

 

[Sylvester017]

Guys, don’t let them near your face. They will peck your eyes, pull on your mustache and pick your nose hairs! Ouch!

I wear glasses & impossible for my gender to grow a mustache or nose hairs?! Any other more useful advice?

 

[Lilion]

Poor pups, all because people was these designer animals - though same can be said of chickens too. The silkies and polish are prime examples.

Re egg: Henny Penny has been laying long skinny eggs this year.

My pup is a "designer dog" - she's a Sheparddoxiepoo! Mama was a German Shepherd. Dad was a very sneaky (and apparently quite brave) Doxie-poo.

Is Henny Penny copying Sheba with the torpedo eggs?

All this talk of high production hens makes me worry for poor Sheba. She's never taken a break, not even thru the winter. I really wish she'd stop, moult, and go back to her pretty self.

I see the same thing with many little dogs: no training, awww it's cute (magnify that up to a mastiff or great dane: not so cute so don't let them get away with it). I grew up with Springer Spaniels (30-45 pound dogs) good middle size, all bird hunting dogs (we never gad chickens). Sherlock is the biggest dog I've ever had (lab, approx 85 pounds)and teaching him to leave the chickens alone is an ongoing work in progress, but I'm learning sooooooo much about how to work with such a big dog. Could I handle a smaller dog...easily. Do I want hawk bait? No. I like dogs large enough to not be carried off by hawks but small enough to be inside (hot water bottle for my feet/legs).

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Springers are nice size dogs. Our Ellie is about 35 lbs...but short, thanks to the sneaky Doxy-poo dad.

Guys, don’t let them near your face. They will peck your eyes, pull on your mustache and pick your nose hairs! Ouch!

Maybe we could start a salon? Like those places that have fish eat your dead skin off your feet.

I wear glasses & impossible for my gender to grow a mustache or nose hairs?! Any other more useful advice?

You just haven't reached that age yet!

 

[RoyalChick]

Maybe we could start a salon? Like those places that have fish eat your dead skin off your feet.


You just haven't reached that age yet!

 

[Sylvester017]

My pup is a "designer dog" - she's a Sheparddoxiepoo! Mama was a German Shepherd. Dad was a very sneaky (and apparently quite brave) Doxie-poo.



You just haven't reached that age yet!

I just gotta see a pic of a Shepherddoxiepoo!

BTW ~ I'm 80 so if I haven't reached that age yet, then when?

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Grandma is wrapped in lights.

 

[Sylvester017]

Yep if I didn’t have the horses it would be great. But they are so old now it’s not possible to sell them. They take up the majority of my time. Time I’d rather spend sitting in a lawn chair hahaha..

But I will have to make a decision on Truly as she is getting to the point were she can’t get up if she gets down on the ground. She’s my real problem kiddo at the moment.

I always said if I had known how much fun the chooks were I would have got rid of the horses years ago!!!

Well speaking of which I better get cracking and get those horses fed and outside - have a great day everyone!

Yes, equines are a long-lived animal & quite a hefty weight to dispose of when they pass. Another very long-lived animal are the parrot species & they get so attached to their owner that they go into deep depression when the owner is gone/passes. Parrots can sadly outlive their owners.

We took care of a friend's parrot "Rosie" for a couple weeks while he was hospitalized for Covid. Our friend died but we knew enough of Rosie's habits that we wrote them down to give to the son when he took possession of her. He was thrilled that we had composed a diary of Rosie's favorite people foods, her vocabulary, her favorite scratching points she liked (or disliked), her bedtime routine, etc etc.

Although we're experienced w/parrots we had our hands full w/backyard hens so Rosie was too much added responsibility to keep in our old age. She was a character & very loved by her owner.

 

[SimpleJenn]

I wear glasses & impossible for my gender to grow a mustache or nose hairs?! Any other more useful advice?

My aunts and gramma would beg to differ!
Gramma is 93, aunts have PCOS? I think it's called?

 

[Sylvester017]

My aunts and gramma would beg to differ!
Gramma is 93, aunts have PCOS? I think it's called?

Granma's are great, eh? Lost my mom at 98 & her baby sister died this year at 94! I miss them so much.

None of our female family members were mustache/nose hair ladies!