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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Abney and his sister Teal are fence-hoppers too. I suppose I shouldn't be suprised as they're leghorns, I probably wouldn't have them again given the choice! We got the eggs in a hurry for the hens who were broody when we moved in, so options were limited. On the plus side, we're now getting...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Stunning! We'll have to visit now we're this side of the country :)
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I love these diagrams! They make so much more sense of all the groups
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    Reviving the English Golden Cuckoo Marans

    Such a fun project! I'm glad I've found your thread - following with interest! (And if I ever get a broody hen I'll be pm-ing you for eggs!!)
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Much excitement here today - Lightning laid an egg!! She is one of the two remaining hens from the 5 we inherited in the summer, she's at least 6+, breed unknown, and she hasn't laid since we moved here. She was very underweight when we finally managed to catch her in the summer, and she had...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Henry really was a big lad, wasn't he!!
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    UK Members Please Say HI

    I was surprised by the numbers too - I imagined that given all the attention and controls, there would be more in the wild populations.
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    UK Members Please Say HI

    Indeed! And then of course there's the great unknown of unreported birds...
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    UK Members Please Say HI

    These are really very helpful, thanks @Perris! It's so interesting to see that distribution - the table slightly obscures the extent of the part waterfowl play by separating geese/ducks/swans into residents and migrants, but my rough mental arithmetic suggests each month they accounted for 80%...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    That makes sense! We lived much further out (in Backwell) so we didn't have to deal with them up close unless we went visiting. Here it's just farm machinery and military helicopters ;) Balloon Tax: We had a tree down in the last winds (last week?? I've lost track!) and helpfully it fell...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Ahh I miss the Bristol air balloons!! We don't seem to get them over this side :p
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    Fermented feed for chickens

    I use fermented whole grains too - like @Perris and @Molpet I feed specific meals, so I don't have a problem with it going nasty over the course of the day. I ferment for 24-48 hours depending on the temperature, it doesn't ever get to the point of smelliness and is fine in our utility room. I...
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    oops, sorry @kattabelly, I forgot that I'd only been lurking here and I haven't said hello yet! I hope you don't mind me joining in ;)
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    One of my pullets rejected the regular nest boxes at first - we only realised she was laying when we started taking apart the old chicken coop which had been scheduled for demolition for months. She had flown up and through a hole in the roof to get in, and used the old nest box for the first...
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    UK Members Please Say HI

    Hi Marie! whatever the reasons, I hope you can soon have some more chickens in your life :)
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