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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Someone posted about a chicken nest and broody up a tree. They were concerned that a chick would die should if fall out of the nest or jump on the instructions of mum. The are are very light and have enormous drag due to the chick fluff, that fluff also gives great cushioning. Watching days old...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Two and a half hours today. 32C. I let Mow and Sylph onto the field as soon as they had finished eating. They headed straight for my plot, possibly the coolest place on the field late afternoon with at least some sort of cover. They had a long bath together and hung around the plot and shade...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    11/12. 31C and sticky. Not critical heat yet but not comfortable for the chickens of me.
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    My ISA wants to be broody

    It's what I've found to be true in general. Some are less inclined than others but everywhere I've worked with chickens where the owners have said the hens don't go broody got proven wrong after I had been there a while.:confused:
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    My ISA wants to be broody

    I've been hearing this or that breed don't go broody for years.:p There does seem to be some truth in this; I've had red sex links go part broody on a few occasions but never got past a day or two. The drive is still in there somewhere thankfully.
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    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Same here. All cats and most dogs.:( It used to be pollen. It seems to have got better and animal hair worse.:confused:
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    10/07.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I've felt much the same towards a few of my partner's families.:p
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    Rooster doesn’t like exposed skin?

    First thought is if he pecked you on bare skin and didn't draw blood he wasn't trying.:D So, I would be inclined to rule out aggressive intent. Next, chickens use their beaks much as we use our hands. They have different types of pecks and pecks of different forces...
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    fuzzi's Chicken Journal

    Thankfully mum standing out in torrential rain protecting the chicks doesn't last for long. It used to worry me when I saw it. I limited the number of eggs a hen could sit on after watching a particular hen trying to cover eight chicks in a storm. It just wasn't possible and some chicks were...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Three hours today. Dry and sunny.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I eat meat. I would be a lot happier if I only ate what I had raised or swapped the chicken for another type of meat or fish that had been raise in a more natural manner than the majority of the meat producers manage. For a start it tastes better, even if he or she has a name. I find the only...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Space is indeed the thing. The more space, the fewer problems, apart from one post I recall where the OP posted they had lots of space, over half an acre I believe and when they were asked if they could post a picture the space was one large bare lawn. Getting people to understand the importance...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I used to get drawn into such threads. I realised I was getting very close to the point of writing something less than sympathetic on the "a rooster chased my little boy/girl/husband when I was itching to write, "keep the brats away from the chickens if they can't behave appropriately." When I...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    No thanks required.:D I can assure you it was a purely selfish endevour when I started it.
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