Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Pony Sunday

Yesterday afternoon around 4:30 the chickens were all huddled in the top corner of the run and yard under the Jack Pine, all growling and doing their ‘quiet warning’ call.

My uncle and I couldn’t see anything in the sky so we were unsure what was going on. While walking back to the barn chatting I happened to see this great big lovely fly to the back of the barn.

I knew it had landed back there so I told my uncle ‘quick follow me and shhhhh be quiet!’ We went through the barn and looked out the back door and found this beauty roosting on the fence.

I am very leery about any type of water bird hanging around here so I was glad when it flew off. It spent a while preening and then flew off.

Crane? I think Heron.
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So beautiful. I had one visit last week too!
I need to look it up - I think they live year round here.

 

[RoyalChick]

Pony Sunday

Yesterday afternoon around 4:30 the chickens were all huddled in the top corner of the run and yard under the Jack Pine, all growling and doing their ‘quiet warning’ call.

My uncle and I couldn’t see anything in the sky so we were unsure what was going on. While walking back to the barn chatting I happened to see this great big lovely fly to the back of the barn.

I knew it had landed back there so I told my uncle ‘quick follow me and shhhhh be quiet!’ We went through the barn and looked out the back door and found this beauty roosting on the fence.

I am very leery about any type of water bird hanging around here so I was glad when it flew off. It spent a while preening and then flew off.

Crane? I think Heron.
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Picture #5 where s/he is just taking off is amazing!

 

[Logar]

That's a lot of playground! Will the top bird poops hit birds standing on the lower levels?

It is pretty massive. I tried my best to set it up so it wouldn’t. It is possible but it shouldn’t be a big problem

 

[notabitail]

Fluffy Butt Friday.
It's Sunday, by the way.
This is Empress Josephine.

@BY Bob, what is missing from this bird?

 

[Sally PB]

Some of the birds are molting bit by bit, but others are throwing feathers away left and right. The back of Pip's neck is all pin feathers.

 

[Sylvester017]

Today I was able to put up the rest of the perimeter fencing for the chooks, and I moved the poultry netting giving them a bigger area to roam.

I had to take the netting down first:
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Then moved it, the chookies have decided the big white pine is their favourite spot.
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And those brown feathers really blend into the ground and brush!
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Beautiful! Green ~ my favorite color. Our birds always liked to snooze under big bushes or trees ~ Yours chose your pine. Looks like those large pipes make good exploring ~ probably lots of insects & spiders! Ours love spiders

Digging for crickets,'wigs, spiders

 

[Sylvester017]

Pony/Deer Sunday

A pick from Yosemite my 17 yr old sis sent me when I was 7 yrs old:
c.1951

 

[SimpleJenn]

Before their feather trims, I forgot to get after pictures. They can see all around now.


And my little Trickster who bit the crap out of hubby while I gave him a quick spur check (he has em!)


What a handsome little guy he is.

 

[LhickenChicken]

Fluffy Butt Friday.
It's Sunday, by the way.
This is Empress Josephine.
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@BY Bob, what is missing from this bird?
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The bird is missing an eye.

 

[LhickenChicken]

Pony Sunday

Beauty and Juice