Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[rural mouse]

This is very encouraging. I hope that Polly is indeed a female and that she can chill in the mid-low range for some happy years with us Good news for her is that our bossy Delaware-turned-Leghorn is most likely a roo and will be finding a new home in the next couple months and he's the one with a problem. We shall see how it all shakes out!

If the one is so huge, is it actually a meat bird such as a Cornish cross?

Cockerels don't usually get larger than the pullets until they're clearly sporting rooster hackle and saddle feathers after the 12 week mark. More like can no longer hide the fact that they're cockerels so start gradually getting larger. At a year, they're still broadening but are close to full height.

Cornish X are bred (male and female alike) to grow really quickly and be butchered at 8-12 weeks as a 3-4 pound bird. After that age, they frequently have problems walking and break bones easily. If not kept on a very carefully controlled diet, they can eat themselves to death.

Based upon your comments about bird size while same age as your other chicks.....it started my "I wonder if" itch.

 

[Marie2020]

Hawk attacked people and has finally been caught

 

[rural mouse]

Hawk attacked people and has finally been caught

video says not available for people in my country (aka US). Unless someone know ways around that, going to need VPN to watch it..

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the welcoming committee

 

[Ponypoor]

Phyllis spent much of her 5 years as the only polish in my flock. My alpha hen Aurora greatly disliked her but aside from that she wasn't really bothered. When she passed she wasn't even the bottom of the pecking order here. I think she did excellent.

Agrees and Mr P is my only Polish as a Roo he is so quiet and all the girls love him. Sometimes too much

I would like be to have a Polish hen like Phyllis, what a couple they would make. Though Marty may have something to say on that!

 

[Ponypoor]

Morning all! Caturday
BFTP - Jungle Kitty Missy

 

[BY Bob]

Please can I have these stunningly beautiful babies

Such a sweet thing to ask but.......NO!

 

[BY Bob]

She was certainly a beauty, one of a kind. She lived a great life with you Bob. The same as all of your girls

Thanks Marie. We try.

 

[BY Bob]

We overcame a couple hrs of driving through all sorts of rain and completed our quest to obtain Silkie chicks.

There is an incredibly tiny fluffy butt in these pics for Friday.
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Such darlings!

 

[BY Bob]

I love seeing the babies when they have full crops they look so funny! It seems like they must be carrying around their weight in food!

Next week they will have changed even more - oh I can’t wait to see what colouring they end up with

Little wing feathers are coming in. That should give some hint but not the final look.

 

[Marie2020]

video says not available for people in my country (aka US). Unless someone know ways around that, going to need VPN to watch it..

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This hawk started to attack people.
One guy had nasty gashes to his head . They were afraid that the menace would start to attack children. So they managed to contain it and took it somewhere where it would be able to learn better ways.

It's not caged and apparently he's been seeking out a female.

Hawks are not my favourite I'm sad to admit.

My friend posted a video that I have added here, and the entire family are now gone due to one of these creatures. This makes me dislike them even more

@rural mouse
This was Cheryl crow. I'm so sad she's gone