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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Finally getting back to normal temps after today!
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    That is just hard. It is not imminent, but I figure I have about 30 - 40 years left, and if my son doesn't want to take over, I will find a young family that wants to love and care for them, and leave them the land, but set it up as trust with a stipulation that the chickens and turkeys must be...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    How old is Chuck? Is it possible he is still maturing? Spud wasn't always the perfect lad, but he got better as he got older, he is now 3 years old.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    We are just lucky to have broody hens and really awesome roosters. I am totally not judging anyone, I got my first chickens from a hatchery and used an incubator for a second group, but after watching the hens raise their own and the turkey hens co-brooding and parenting their own, this is just...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I think it is sad that the Cheepy couldn't rule the world with her little army, and Mini Minx couldn't take her babies and join any tribe. I love how Harold brought Gedit in. (Sorry, I have something in my eye.) I guess Spud is just a really extraordinarily special boy. He immediately...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I work to keep the animals in comfort! Our broodzillas are fine with me, they only leave their nest to go eat, drink and poo, so when I take watermelon or fish down for my feathered masters, I always take some in to them and they will eat it out of my hand without even a growl. The poor Egg...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    How ADORABLE! I love cows! (ok, I am a bit animal mad and really miss the farm life. I need more land in a cooler climate.) :love:love
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I am just saying I won't. :-) We have 2 established flocks of Buff Orpington's and they are always broody, we added CCLs and I think they will be too. Some of the combs and wattles are turning red and one of the girls just walks around practicing her broody growl and she hasn't even laid an...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I loved raising the chicks, they are so sweet, but since watching the broody hen and the broody turkey turkey hens, raise their chicks is so beautiful. You are still involved, you are supporting the broody even if she is bitey broodzilla, and you can always win them over with treats (the...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    We will never use an incubator again. It is just to wonderful letting the hens raise the chicks, even though ours are extremely welcoming of new family members.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Great show! :-)
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Ours went through a phase where they wanted to roost outside, and when the run was secure, we let them. The mohawk maniacs still try to, but the out door area is no longer secure, as we have been opening it up more to increase their spaces, so we don't let them.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    This is the hardest part of keeping animals of any kind. :hugs
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It has been in the high 90s here, it is miserable for the chickens. We have fans going, but I am getting 2 mini-splits one for each coop. The turkeys actually seem to be dealing with it better, they will stand in their play pools or the pond to cool down, whereas the chickens won't. 😭 Luckily...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Some of my best early childhood memories involve time spent in the garden with my great grandfather on my grandmothers side and my great grandmother on my grandfather's side.
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