Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Sylvester017]

So a normal day eh? for me at least!

Well Georgie laid another egg today, I told her thanks I would add it to the 21 dozen I now have….

Thankfully my regular weekly client is back from Florida, so he will get 4 dozen on Monday, I’ll give a few dozen to my neighbour and 4 dozen to my Vet’s son. That takes care of 11 dozen…. Of course by Monday I’ll have another 2 or three dozen



Now that’s real chicken math!

All 5 of our Silkies are laying so DH promised me a quiche next week. I love mushroom-spinach-bacon-green onion quiche w/3 cheeses

 

[Sylvester017]

I am thinking the dumplings are non-bearded, of course I can’t remember what Georgie and Clyde were like at that age. Hmmm I’ll have to check in the morning.

Bearded chicks will definitely have a lot of fluff under their beak in addition to fluffy side cheeks fluff almost growing into their eyelids.

 

[Sylvester017]

I noticed something like a growth on one of Nacho’s little ones. It doesn’t seem to slow it down however, so hopefully it isn’t a cancer or something else that is dangerous or life threatening.

I will try to get a picture. But you know babies, they don’t hold still for long

Where on the body is the growth? head? foot? toe?

 

[Sylvester017]

Lost my last Auntie 94-yrs-old January 2024, today my 90-yr-old sis just got released from ER & has to see a Gi specialist for the painful polyp/cyst on her liver, our 84-yr-old friend passed away a couple weeks ago, & I have a bevvy of therapy appts coming up. I'm really feeling my old age

My 11-yr-old sis & me 1-yrs-old
c. 1945

 

[bgmathteach]

I was surprised when my egg ranch uncle told me eggs sometimes get stored up to 6 months before going to market. Of course, ranchers like him coated the eggs w/ a thin spray film to keep eggs from drying out for such long storage.

It is illegal now.

Farmers have a maximum of 30 days from when the egg was laid to 'crate it'. They have 30 days from when it was processed to sell it (if have a 'sell by' date on it - 45 days after processing for a 'best by' date). So, eggs can not be sold more than 60 days after it was laid - MAXIMUM.

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/eggs/shell-eggs-farm-table

 

[rural mouse]

Yes, all Silkie varieties are amazing. & good assessment on your part not to have any. In a closed run that's necessary like yours, Silkies would get picked on. In a mixed standard-bantam flock Silkies would fare better in a free-range where they can keep distance from any potential bullying. The setup & hens you have now is very nice.

Depends upon the individual birds. There are some silkies that would rule the flock.

 

[Marie2020]

Lost my last Auntie 94-yrs-old January 2024, today my 90-yr-old sis just got released from ER & has to see a Gi specialist for the painful polyp/cyst on her liver, our 84-yr-old friend passed away a couple weeks ago, & I have a bevvy of therapy appts coming up. I'm really feeling my old age

My 11-yr-old sis & me 1-yrs-old
c. 1945
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[Ponypoor]

Candlemas Day
(aka Groundhog Day)

"If Candlemas Day be fair and bright. Winter will take another flight; If Candlemas Day be foul and rain, Winter is gone and won't come again."

With Clyde the Brave as you shadow host

 

[Ponypoor]

Depends upon the individual birds. There are some silkies that would rule the flock.

Yup like Fluffy McNugget and her sidekick Marty McDonald.

Two tough little monsters! Don’t mess with Marty’s wee man!

 

[Ponypoor]

Bearded chicks will definitely have a lot of fluff under their beak in addition to fluffy side cheeks fluff almost growing into their eyelids.

Yes at 6 weeks that is what I would expect also.