Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RebeccaBoyd]

Chiquita's eggs have been in the incubator for a week now last night. I just candled them and 3 are coming along perfectly. Not only are the veined up you can see the embryo and watch the rhythmic movement of it and the veins. I could get lost just staring at that in fascination but each egg was only out at most 2 minutes. The 2 eggs I was questioning are now without a doubt duds. They did not even try to start. In truth though, 3 is a perfect number for this time of year. And because they are silkies, they will not outgrow their brooder at that number until they are about 2 months old when they will be ready to transition outside if weather permits. During that 2 months, they will become the most spoiled and pampered chicks who will probably protest the injustice of it all when they are moved to the big outdoors.

 

[Lady Red]

Drive by posting...
Have had 2 girls in full molt.
Doesn't stop Whip from her beauty regiment of dirt bathing

And a fluffy bum for Friday, courtesy of Pingu

Hope everyone is doing well...I have hundreds and hundreds of pages to catch up on. It's quite daunting!

 

[RoyalChick]

Fluffy butts for Friday (but actually taken earlier this week - today it is pouring with rain and all the snow has gone)

Keep your fluffy butts to the sun ladies!

And because Diana is so uncharacteristically fluffy these days she gets a solo mention.

 

[BY Bob]

Oh my gosh, Bob! I’m behind due to my move situation. Are they fully integrated now? Or at least sharing both quarters?

They are not. These are videos from before Betty came to join us. Quarantine is not over until Tuesday.

 

[BY Bob]

This is the scoop, apparently in the US Henny Penny is known as Chicken Little, in all cases of the story's idiom is the premise that the sky is falling, which is more or less equates to fearmongering ; thus the poor Pentagon Hen, may in fact have been trying to go see the king (someone there knows their Brothers Grimm!):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henny_Penny

Thankfully someone explained this mystery for us.

Did someone say mystery?

 

[Ponypoor]

Chiquita's eggs have been in the incubator for a week now last night. I just candled them and 3 are coming along perfectly. Not only are the veined up you can see the embryo and watch the rhythmic movement of it and the veins. I could get lost just staring at that in fascination but each egg was only out at most 2 minutes. The 2 eggs I was questioning are now without a doubt duds. They did not even try to start. In truth though, 3 is a perfect number for this time of year. And because they are silkies, they will not outgrow their brooder at that number until they are about 2 months old when they will be ready to transition outside if weather permits. During that 2 months, they will become the most spoiled and pampered chicks who will probably protest the injustice of it all when they are moved to the big outdoors.

So egg-citing I can't wait to see them!

 

[Ponypoor]

Thankfully someone explained this mystery for us.

Did someone say mystery?
View attachment 2983082

Hahaha that's great

 

[Ponypoor]

There was a Henny Penny in both stories that I read as a kid. I remember it striking me as odd that she could be in both as she is so sensible in "The Little Red Hen" and so foolish in "Chicken Little".

Little red hen tax:
Deana
View attachment 2983054

and Deana's fluffy butt for Friday
View attachment 2983055

Beautiful hen!

 

[BY Bob]

My girls spent most of the day in one of their summer spots in the backyard. View attachment 2983024

That looks just lovely.

 

[BY Bob]

There was a Henny Penny in both stories that I read as a kid. I remember it striking me as odd that she could be in both as she is so sensible in "The Little Red Hen" and so foolish in "Chicken Little".

Little red hen tax:
Deana
View attachment 2983054

and Deana's fluffy butt for Friday
View attachment 2983055

Marvelous bum.