I should have straightened up a little before video taping but I didn't want to miss the roosting duck on the hen house! That's Lucy. She has always flown up on the roosting bars in the hen house and slept side by side with the hens. This is new for her though. She flies up on the hen house just for a little while then comes down.
The 2 geese are Sebastopols. Sunny and Trudy.
The first part of the video shows Silkie Villa. Silkies live in there along with a temporary refuge for Cream Legbars til their pen is completed.
We will have some Silkies crossed with Cream Legbar available. As soon as their rooster matures we'll have pure bred Cream Legbar. Also 'free love' Silkies. Our roosters are black, white and a black frizzle. Our hens are white satin, gray, black, and white.
Happy Halloween y'all !!
That's Trudy, our goose, that you hear in the background.
Chloe, our little dog hates her. She's barking just listening to this video LOL!
I went outside this morning to photograph the morning glories and saw this bumble bee feeding on the flowers.
This is Trudy, a Sebastopol goose. She's one of the Fluffy Butt Chicken Ranch pets. You'll see AJ, the cat and Eor (dog that identifies as a little boy) running through the video. Many people ask how many pets we have. We recently counted our actual pets that are not part of our breeding programs and aren't for sale. 2 dogs (Chloe 8 in Dec. and Eor 7 in Dec.). 4 cats (AJ, Jane, Rosie and Orbit - Jetsons theme. Born April 10th 2022). 1 goose (Trudy. Born in the spring 2022). 2 parakeets (Grace and Andy 5 months old). 1 chicken (Dog. 2 yrs old). She lived inside in our nursery her first 3 months. She was born with Wry neck. We hand fed her and built her a feeding area as she couldn't put her head down to eat. 1 duck (Thelma. She is a 3 yr old Pekin). So, 11 LOL!
We breed: Black Stars, Turkens, Barred Rock, Cream Legbar and Silkies. Also backyard mixes. We raise Cornish Cross meat chickens. Those are all chickens. Our incubators run 24/7. We hatch our own eggs that come from our hens that are breeders.
We are a very small mom and pop hatchery and love our animal family. Our mission is simple: to put an egg laying hen in your back yard.
Bugs is growing fast! As soon as she sees her bottle, she latches on. When she's had enough, she turns her head. Then she naps for about 10 minutes.
One more kitty milk feeding to go and then we're out. Hopefully she will like the goats milk we have.
Oreo, our rabbit, getting dried off after his bath. Milk Dude, the female rabbit, is younger than him and wallows all over him. He winds up being felted on his back. I cut out the felted hair and wash him off with baby wipes. He loves it! Eor, of course, wants to participate in everything. So glad they love each other.
Bun Bun loves her carrots!
Emily with her 8 babies! She's a Buff Optington and very protective. The babies can do a jump fly just enough to get theirselves in trouble. This morning one got stuck in a water bowel and when I went to rescue her, Emily bit me on the hand! LoL.
Two of our 4 week olds got out of the hen house brooder. They are running around the yard with the hens. They aren't quite big enough to be outside without supervision yet. Boy can they fly! Love chasing chickens! LoL.
This is what we do at 630 am on a mini farm LOL. What's better than watching baby ducks bath while you're having breakfast?
Louise in her new wheelchair. She isn't fond of the actual getting in part, but once she's in seems to love it. All her friends come to her party to eat and drink with her. (Looking underneath, you can see she's pulled her left foot up. She does have two feet LoL!.) This is her 4 th therapy session and we can already tell a difference in her abilities to stand upright when out of the wheelchair.
Finally! The ducks have hatched. 32 days incubation!! That's a long time to wait. Female Pekin and male Muscovy. These make mules.
This is why I peel. She had pipped a tiny crack but stopped. 24 hrs later it's do or die. Her shell was dirty from everyone else hatching all around her. I also wanted to show the membranes. There is the first layer under the shell that is white and tough. Next is a slimy layer. Peeling the shell takes time. I slowly chip away but you can't let them get cold. Remove all shell, loosen the white layer around the beak and leave the slimy layer alone. If you see blood stop where you are and peel elsewhere. Don't remove the baby. Put her back in the incubator and she'll kick free when she's ready.
We're in the middle of tornado warnings and floods. All is well @fluffybuttchickenranch . This video is the sound of our yard right now at 4:30 am! Mostly frogs with roosters, ducks and geese in the background.
Beautiful geese! Opal, the white male is pretty calm. Diamond, the female Brown Chinese can't stand Chuckie, the male duck. Everytime Chuckie gets close to her gate, she yells at him! She is extremely territorial. They live in our garden and if there was an insecure area of the property, that would be it. But we'd know LOL!
These are 2 of our Americanas. 'Thing' is the lighter one and 'Thing Two' is the darker one! LOL. The dumbest chicken names we came up with I think 😷. These 2 girls are part of our egg laying team. The yellow Fluffy Butt is Emily, our Buff Orpington. She's also part of our fantastic egg laying team.
Cornish hens, aka 'chicken salad' getting ready to go out to their grow out pen. Should then transfer to Raptorville within the week.