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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Two and a half hours. Dry but windy, 35mph gusts and a fairly constant 20mph wind the rest of the time. Real feel temperature around 7C. I was cold. More crap has come off Mow's worst foot, mainly at the back and looks pink at the moment. Sylph has shed some more of her damaged foot scales as...
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    Announcement BYC Recognition Medals

    Jolly good show all round I would say.:clap Special thanks to those who nominated. No nominations, no awards and who could guess what mischief DuckLady might get up to if these awards faded away.:p
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    No escapees today. Dry with some sunshine and a more moderate wind. Glais jumped onto my arm this afternoon as I gave out a couple of blueberries each. He looked quite surprised to be there.:D He likes to give out the blueberries. Sylph switched off egg laying when she went broody. I'm quite...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I got about a third of the way into the field when Glais ran down the field to meet me. I'm not convinced he meant to get out. The top section of chicken wire is deliberately loose and floppy, even the jackdaws aren't keen on perching on the top of the fence. It's possible he made a jump for the...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    31/03. Mainly sunny but chilly in the wind. Two hours. Sylph is still not quite over being broody.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    :eek:
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    I like this about broody hens when you've taken them off their nest to eat, drink, bathe and socialize. Sometimes, they're slow and or reluctant to wake from their trance. One knows they're awake once they've done the screaming vertical take off.:D
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    Fugly Farm

    My plot is still covered in weeds. It hasn't been the weather for doing much bar the essentials. I do pull the nettles and a couple of other weeds that grow easily and fast here. It doesn't take them long to put down a far reaching root system that's lots more work if you leave the weeds to grow...
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    April Fools 2026 - New BYC Product - OvaSense™ Smart Nest Panel!

    I would like a version that ejects the hen from the nest so she gets out to eat, drink and bathe once a day.:p
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I haven't made up my mind yet. I have some medical tests and some results from previous tests to consider. The problem scaly leg mite inheritance is a another factor. Then there is still my interest in taking care of some Ex Battery hens.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    The bit that confused me was the reference to vegetarianism when many in the list are not, including whales.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    If she's like her mum she'll try again sooner rather than later. I would like her feet in better condition before she heats them up so they're sticky. Also, I don't think the commitment is quite there, and, she hasn't eaten enough from what I've seen. I like to see a nice solid, reliable and...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    29/03. Sylph is broody. A classic example of looking at the wrong thing when trying to work out what's going on. I was concentrating on Mow, because it was her in the nest box at night.:rolleyes: I'm always telling people, don't look at the bird you're interested in, look at how the other birds...
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    Companihens chickens

    I let them die with their friends and family if I can. I have killed very sick birds in the past; I'm never sure if I'm doing it for their sake or mine. Greedy.:love
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    A pretty amazing video. What I find incredible, but completely believable from my own experiences of observing chickens, is the team have been tracking and observing this group of whales for twenty years, 20 years! And, if I've understood correctly, this is the first time they witnessed a whale...
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