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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Fancy sending a couple down here to show the field lot they need to toughen up?:lau
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I had a medical appointment a couple of days ago. They took my blood pressure, pulse, etc. My blood pressure read 106 over 63 with a pulse of 53 beats per minute. The nurse asked me how I kept it that low, yaga, Tai Chi, and the other usual suspects were suggested. "Nope" I said, "don't do any...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    not much going on due to the weather. Had some dry mornings but the second I step outside heading for the field, the rain starts and doesn't really stop until morning. They'll come out to eat if it's not pissing down. They seem to know when the rain isn't going to stop before roosting time and...
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    On the intelligence of livestock

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    On the intelligence of livestock

    One of many. The more one observes other creatures the smarter they get. :)
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    MJ's little flock

    Be good to get into the low 30s. That's a good comfort range for chicks.
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    Any problem adding a mature rooster to my flock of 8 wk olds?

    A one year old ish rooster will be sexually mature while the eight week old pullets are probably not and therein lies the problem. He will want to mate the pullets and they are not likely to be impressed. Some roosters and cockerels don't bother pullets until they are ready to lay eggs; others...
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    MJ's little flock

    Definitely better quality pictures.:love
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    One and a half hours. Not bad weather until fifteen minutes before dusk and then it tipped down. They all came out but as I had to do some patching due to Mrs Psycho Chew A Coop and fit the new water holder, I didn't get to see much of what they were up to. They didn't venture far. I'm going to...
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    Cockerel with Pasty Butt??

    This is going to be bit gross... I use bare hands for this so I can feel whats going on and have my fingernails available. There's a technique to shite rolling but that is what I've found works. Find a clump, doesn't matter if it's dry or wet and roll the clump between the thumb and forefinger...
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    Hen skipping days

    Normal thankfully. It seems that the fewer eggs a hen lays the longer they live. The sex links are bred to lay the maximum number of eggs in the shortest period of time. They go pretty much flat out from POL to eighteen months and then, slowly reduce egg output until a few week before falling...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    A bit under one hour today. 8C with showers and strong wind gusts. The weather people underestimated the wind strength particularly the gusts which hit 40mph this afternoon. They came out for half an hour and went to roost ten minutes before dusk. Cleaned, watered and fed. I've got a couple more...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Unfortunately an e-bike just isn't realistic where I live. I would buy one tomorrow if it were different.
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    fuzzi's Chicken Journal

    ... and I'm complaining at anything below +10C.:lol: I'm not happy in the cold unless I'm doing something physical. When it's cold and damp I'm tetchy to say the least. When it's below freezing, damp and windy I sort of seize up.
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    MJ's little flock

    I did find these which would do for water and maybe food. Similar to what you are using...
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