Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

WOW! Old stuff is so cool!!!!!

My folks bought their farm in 1940 ~ the location used to be a stagecoach route & my folks actually kept a horse at first. The stable barn had 5 horse stalls w/tack still hanging on the walls, a Wells Fargo type stagecoach, a huge buckboard, a horse plow, a huge domed steamer trunk full of personal letters from the early 1900's, a vintage handheld stereoscope w/ several 1800's stereoscope photographs, and a complete set of old McFadden's medical encyclopedia volumes!!! The trunk was very big & fancy on the outside w/ the inside dome lid wallpapered w/ gay 90's figurines & pastoral scenes. As a kid so much history I never knew how valuable it all was.

A stereoscope like this
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The old buckboard behind me & part of the barn & corral showing behind
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Pop sold the horse & instead bought a surplus WW2 Caterpillar tractor to pull the horseplow ~ I think these Cats were used in the Pacific islands to build airstrips for the war planes.
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The stable to the right of the dog & goose ~
c. 1950's
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That's really cool!

 

[BY Bob]

My bigger girls love the new babies. One is very loudly complaining, and Yeti took it upon herself to push it alllll the way under the brooder so it could warm up. Now it's snoozing away.
Honestly other than being a bit smaller and a solid blue, I can't tell the special needs one apart. I guess the change of scenery helped.
Now for baby spam
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How wonderful! You have a leader already!

 

[BY Bob]

I like spam, it goes well with tofu, but I add hot sauce and veggies

 

[BY Bob]

Sorry for not being on here too often. I didn't know what to post, but here's Grandma and hopefully I have a Caturday photo for you all tomorrow. Good night everyone.View attachment 4055862

It's great to see grandma again.

 

[ValerieJ]

CATURDAY!

What are those crazy chickens doing out there Enzo?

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Wait....is that a munchkin?

 

[Sylvester017]

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Little runt. Hatched 2 days late and needed help out of the egg. She said it needed brought to food and water all the time and kept getting trampled by the hatchmates.
Honestly, here it's behaving normally. Blue has made sure it eats and drinks when she does. I have kept a close eye on it this morning and it's doing fine.

I will need to remove the cup carrier toy from the brooder. The special needs chick got confused and went under it, and got cold. I warmed it up in my hands and put it under the brooder plate to hopefully get it back to the right temperature.
I guess I need to see if I have my practice perches still, or just make some new ones.

Do you know if she has any vision problem or, heaven forbid, mental slowness, that she doesn't seem to keep up with other chicks? She is such a sweetie & so pretty too.

Our heart melted caring for our disabled chick.
Amber 2020

 

[Sylvester017]

@lightm ~ nice synopsis! Easy read

 

[BY Bob]

Bought as a hen but if Yeti is a rooster they have a great chance of staying. She's been tidbitting for the new chicks and even let one snuggle under her.

That is so sweet.

 

[BY Bob]

Here are all 5 of the new babies

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They are very cute.

 

[BY Bob]

By Bob had a lovely frizzle Polish hen named Betty, when my chick hatched I started calling her Betty - I could tell she would be frizzle as her wing feathers were already curling at hatching. I hope and prayed she would be a she - and she was! I asked Bob if I could use the name Betty

Now I keep getting her and Daisy's name mixed up - and they don't even look alike! I have started calling both Betty Daisy Eyes (betty davis eyes) hahaha.

Betty is moulting now, hopefully soon she will be back to looking like a peony

Betty