Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

It's a large club

Well played!

 

[RoyalChick]

Here you go.

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I have said this before, but we do not see enough of her!

 

[featherhead007]

And you know what I like! Wattles, zebra stripes and babies

You supply the corn and I’ll supply the babies!

 

[SimpleJenn]

100% @BY Bob
I was gonna get out my spray bottles

On topic...

Iridescent feathers starting to come in

These look like boy wattles...7 weeks old

Poke turned his head last second, he has lovely purple wattles

Delft is a bit pink, she's 8 weeks old

Goldiebird! That COMB is amazing!!!

By the way, hubby supports us splitting the flock into two parts...bigs and banties. We'll see who we keep for our roos. I have a feeling Breezy will be too big for my silkie mix girls...

 

[featherhead007]

I really don’t mind if the chicks walk all over me, peck me, or even poop if necessary.
But when they shrill into my ear, that’s uncalled for, and gives me headaches!

 

[TOMTE]

Very true. But if the whole idea behind the development of the GMO seeds is to be able to use lots of poison, something is definitely wrong imho.

Ooh .. and Im sorry to barge in like this in Bob’s thread. Im usually not responding in this thread. But the use of GMO/poisons really worries me. Amongst other things like harvesting the rainforest, spreading PFAS etc.

People can make a personal choice to eat and use GMO/feed with poison residues themselves , but please do not ignore it and make your choice well informed.

Tax from my organic bantams for lecturing.
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I appreciate the info, as always! You brought up a good point that I never would have even considered!

 

[TOMTE]

Reminder

This is a chicken thread, pictures, stories, etc. I do not want politics here, I don't want hot topics here, I don't want lifestyle debates, I don't want debates on what humans eat.

Let's stick to chickens.

As an example, we did not debate Covid, masking, lock downs, anything like that.

If you see something not chicken related to which you feel the need to respond, then start a different thread, post a link, and take your debate "outside".

There is so much going on here that I can't keep up now. I don't need debates elongating the thread and making people angry.

Thanks everyone.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize GMO was a political or hot topic Off topic in this instance but I didn't know it would make anyone angry.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Ole Reliable has been plugged in. The old girl came up to temp like always within 10 minutes and I have her humidity steady at 46% The turner is working as well. If she can hold it I am setting the eggs around 8pm tonight. You got this old girl, let us get through one more hatching season.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

25 eggs will be going in tonight. I will double check the silkie pen at dark but I am sure they have finished laying for today. It is a good amount for this first hatch to really test their fertility. The oldest eggs are 8 days old. Of course when I am collecting for myself I get 2 bad days from them on the number of eggs. 1 day nothing and another day just 1.

 

[SimpleJenn]

"Look mommy, the chicks are loafs on the shelf!"