Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Sorry, I've just woken up. And it gave me visions of a chicken being strangled

Me too. Horrible.

 

[Marie2020]

Page, 20405. Wow @BY Bob Bob
What have you started

Here's a nice fluffy mucky butt for you. Princess is feeling generous this morning and we both hope you're well

 

[LozzyR]

Friends I am stepping away from BYC for a few days.

I am so careful with my chickens. I watch where I step as they are always underfoot especially the silkies.

I went with dad to the store last night and was late getting home. Mom already fed the horses their grain and filled up the water. She did not give hay because a bale needed pulled down from the top. I went out to do it. I did not turn on the barn light and only took a head lamp with me.

I was not watching where I was going and I really was not looking. I stepped on Bunny. She was in front of the hay pile. I assume broody, but she had shown no signs of going broody. She did not growl or shriek at me when I got close like she normally would. She was also partially covered with loose hay. Bunny's leg is irreparably broken at the joint. I am sick over this. I've killed my hen. I cannot fix this. No amount of cage rest or splinting will allow it to heal is a somewhat useable fashion.

Bunny just turned 4 last month. She was one of the first chicks Holly hatched. Holly let me interact with them from the moment she hatched. Bunny was the house chicken. She was the one who grandma allowed to lay on the couch and she was the one who hatched on the couch. Bunny had many years left and because of me. Because of my moment of carelessness those have been taken away. I have no one to blame but myself.

I am so sorry Bunny. You deserved better.
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I’m so sorry Rebecca.

 

[Ponypoor]

2 moulting buttsView attachment 3955988Nellie flashed her non-fluffy pin filled butt today and I felt for her. She's gone all pins bum to breast. Wisely, I took no pics. The good thing is she seems to have figured out doing the nekkid thing in patches rather than whole body all at once.

Belladonna's pins are a bit farther along than Nellie's, but she's a bigger girl, so Nellie may finish up sooner.

Poor pookie, I have a few like that.

I would like my Azur to moult.

 

[Ponypoor]

I’m so sorry Rebecca.

Hi LozzyR,

Hope your Spring weather is good and you and your chooks going well.

 

[Ponypoor]

Sooo tiny!

And can fly like any other bird! I am very surprised she does go flying outside the fence like Tippy and her partners in escape.

And when she gets under the brush it’s hard to see her she blends into the leaves hahaha!

 

[Ponypoor]

Lovely photos! That last one - you need to enter that for POW and the caption contest - just stunning . She and her 'twin' are looking glorious!

Yes agreed!

 

[Sally PB]

The lime green is sweet potato vines and I grabbed a couple tubers to propagate and hopefully grow for food. I love taters of all forms.

Look up how to grow sweet potatoes in Michigan. It's kind of a crap shoot. They like long hot seasons and loose, well drained soil.

After digging, they need to be "cured" in a warm, humid environment. To achieve that, I had to put them in large plastic bags and tuck the bags into an electric blanket spread out on the dining room table for several days. Some molded, some cured. They didn't store well in my basement, however.

Sweet potatoes are not related to potatoes at all. They're a member of the morning glory family. The leaves are edible. I tried one raw and it felt "fuzzy" and stuck to my tongue. Maybe they'd be good sautéed?

 

[Sally PB]

Tax for sweet potato talk:

BFTP. Chickens say "I love you, mom!" in the darndest ways.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Eeeeeeeee today is the day!
We decided on Nocturne (nox) for the black hen. Nyx and Nox, both names for a night goddess.

Nyx

Nocturne (Nox)
My mother in law is also excited to get Cookie and Cream, she's never had chickens before and I'll be doing the work for her so she can just enjoy the fun bits haha. Dad-in-law wants to get a small coop in town but I don't think they'd have good luck, right beside a school and there are lots of raccoons in the town they live in.

Cookie

Cream
Hubby says we can just get hatching eggs a few times a year to raise meat birds, that way we can let them be broody-raised. It is SO much easier having a mama hen.