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Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock
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13+ YRS SAGA since 2011 cont...today's saga longer than usual cuz of how impressed we were with the 3 Dominique chicks we added to our dwindling backyard flock.
Harray! After losing several hens from 2016 thru 2017 down to only a Cuckoo Breda and Silkie left outdoors we began raising our 3 new Dominique chicks. Once all birds would integrate we'd once again have our full allowed ordinance of 5 hens/no roos.
3 Dom chicks loved the warm keyboard
6 weeks later they weren't babies any more and had the most beautiful blue eyes that sadly turned to red-orange as adults
By 4 months the pretty blue eyes were turning orange -- this is DANA with her uneven wattles
Dominiques turned out to be our friendliest chickens ever -- people-friendly, outgoing, unafraid as chicks up to adulthood, peppy as chicks and juveniles but calm temperaments and talkative as adults.
Right from the first day of integration the Dominiques accepted 6-yr-old Silkie
"Violet" as alpha hen. She was treasured by the young Doms who were submissive to her, protected her from stray cats, and defended her from the aggressive Cuckoo Breda hen who developed an aversion to the little Silkie.
3 Dom pullets with Violet
"Char" the Cuckoo Breda would take any opportunity she could to pick on little "Violet" since Violet lost her Silkie companion in Sept 2017 and was left with no other bantam friend to toodle around with
VIOLET
CHAR was a pretty Cuckoo Breda but at 7.5-lbs she took advantage going out of her way to specifically attack 2.5-lb Violet whenever she could
CHAR
Thankfully all 3 Dom pullets took turns staying with Violet to protect her from Char. Darnedest thing we ever saw when 3 Dom pullets would put Char in her place for attacking Violet!
Little Violet standing near a dust-bathing Dom who is aware that Cuckoo Breda Char is approaching at the front. Char was never a people-friendly or flock-friendly hen and the Doms were always on high alert when she came near.
VIOLET, JEWLZ, & CHAR
2018 -- Sandbox Doms -- OPAL, JEWLZ, DANA
....to be cont'd
Harray! After losing several hens from 2016 thru 2017 down to only a Cuckoo Breda and Silkie left outdoors we began raising our 3 new Dominique chicks. Once all birds would integrate we'd once again have our full allowed ordinance of 5 hens/no roos.
3 Dom chicks loved the warm keyboard
6 weeks later they weren't babies any more and had the most beautiful blue eyes that sadly turned to red-orange as adults
By 4 months the pretty blue eyes were turning orange -- this is DANA with her uneven wattles
Dominiques turned out to be our friendliest chickens ever -- people-friendly, outgoing, unafraid as chicks up to adulthood, peppy as chicks and juveniles but calm temperaments and talkative as adults.
Right from the first day of integration the Dominiques accepted 6-yr-old Silkie
"Violet" as alpha hen. She was treasured by the young Doms who were submissive to her, protected her from stray cats, and defended her from the aggressive Cuckoo Breda hen who developed an aversion to the little Silkie.
3 Dom pullets with Violet
"Char" the Cuckoo Breda would take any opportunity she could to pick on little "Violet" since Violet lost her Silkie companion in Sept 2017 and was left with no other bantam friend to toodle around with
VIOLET
CHAR was a pretty Cuckoo Breda but at 7.5-lbs she took advantage going out of her way to specifically attack 2.5-lb Violet whenever she could
CHAR
Thankfully all 3 Dom pullets took turns staying with Violet to protect her from Char. Darnedest thing we ever saw when 3 Dom pullets would put Char in her place for attacking Violet!
Little Violet standing near a dust-bathing Dom who is aware that Cuckoo Breda Char is approaching at the front. Char was never a people-friendly or flock-friendly hen and the Doms were always on high alert when she came near.
VIOLET, JEWLZ, & CHAR
2018 -- Sandbox Doms -- OPAL, JEWLZ, DANA
....to be cont'd
Desertvalleychickens
Spurred by a Cactus Spine
Are you okay? Is your eye
sore?
Southwest Airlines?
Fly coach
It’s the sand kingdom of the Dominiques!
Dakota got too hot outside. She was crying at the door to let her into the house. Now I can’t get her to go back outside 
Looks like heavy damage in JasperI have been following the news about the wild fires north of here. About San Francisco and the fires in the Sierra Nevada mountains that threaten even my properties. It’s a scary thought to have lost everything that has been built due to a devastating fire. I pray that nothing happens to you my friends in Canada
Smoke out there is heavy, I wonder if LhickenChicken is ok with the air quality.
Little peckers
I know my chooks well. Dakota has stomach issues (digestive tract)
Xzit has completed her broody journey, but she still has the Chuk chuk chuk
Poor BoPeeps is concerned about Dakota and is complaining about it.
Flash has a poopy butt, but I can’t catch her to give her a bath
Xzit has completed her broody journey, but she still has the Chuk chuk chuk
Poor BoPeeps is concerned about Dakota and is complaining about it.
Flash has a poopy butt, but I can’t catch her to give her a bath
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